Author Archives: Roger Moore

Phylicia Rashad is his neighbor. Presented without further comment. January.

“Story Ave.” is a Bronx tale about graffiti, growing up and coming to grips with grief. The debut feature of commercial director Aristotle Torres, it’s immersed in street life, a vivid portrait of gangs — “crews” — that spread their … Continue reading →

Perhaps the last thing you’d expect a reboot of “The Exorcist” franchise to botch is — you know — the exorcism scene. But that’s what “The Exorcist: Believer” does. It’s another David Gordon Green (“Halloween” franchise) reboot, so you can … Continue reading →

I’ve seen “Stop Making Sense” a few times over the years, and that was reason enough to duck back into this re-issued classic 1984 concert film between other new releases to catch it on the big screen the other night. … Continue reading →

“On Fire” is a solid if generally unsurprising drama spun out of every week’s headlines, a tale of a family scrambling to escape the wildfire that’s exploded all around their rural home in the dry, mountainous American West. Starring and … Continue reading →

The cinematic label for any film under 40 minutes is “a short.” But in the case of “Strange Way of Life,” Pedro Almodóvar’s half hour long gay Western romance with gunplay, the better descriptor might be “small.” Truncated, even. A … Continue reading →

Here we go again, Ellen Burstyn may be 90, but she’s still getting a demon exorcising job done. My review is here.

Netflix has had very good luck with World War movies, mostly made abroad. This three part series, set in WWII France, is about a blind radio operator speaking out about the darkness of fascism, and a German soldier witnessing this … Continue reading →

They didn’t use words like “groomer” way back when. But if this isn’t the most famous case of it — ever — I don’t know what is. Cailee Spaeny has the title role. Aussie Jacob Elordi is The King….who liked … Continue reading →

“Love is in the Air” is an an inane and scenic romance from Australia, a “Hallmark Movie” is all but name. This Netflix release is an old-fashioned “fish out of water” comedy that’s rarely comic, a city boy/gal from the … Continue reading →