Author Archives: Roger Moore

You’d think restaurants would know better than to name a cheese dessert “Fromage a Trois.” A label like that can get couples thinking and talking about the other trans-national use of “trois. And one thing might lead to another, or … Continue reading →

Somebody on your movie-buff birthday or holiday shopping list is a Clint Eastwood fan. This luxe new pictorial with essays on the man and his films comes in its own box, a beautifully presented book that matches its author’s thesis … Continue reading →

A giant who still walks, sings, protests and preaches among us gets her due. Oct. 6.

Bill Camp, Pamela Reed, Alan Ruck and Jurnee Smollett star in this serio-comic courtroom “true story” about little men sticking it to The Man. Oct. 6.

There’s something about Rhys Darby’s quick, quizzical-voiced Kiwi cadences in “Relax, I’m From the Future” that remind me of the performances in the BBC Radio series (broadcast on NPR in the US) “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” I love the … Continue reading →

As a critic, I’ve been listed with the online movie review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes since the day it went “live” in 1998. Because, as every ageist troll who disagrees with a review I’ve written likes to point out, I’ve … Continue reading →

Every turn towards the bizarre and amusingly complicated gives away director and star Fares Fares‘ intentions in his “true story” hostage thriller “A Day and a Half.” He’s aiming for something like a Swedish “Dog Day Afternoon.” There’s a member … Continue reading →

Sandra Oh plays the loopy sister in this dognapped farce set for Nov. 3 on Hulu. I laughed a couple of times. Got to be a good sign for the “Quiz Lady.”

“Just keep driving” that Ute, mate. Yeah, it’s Australian. Vague “crime in the Outback” vibe. Trapped in that Ute, frantically on the phone, rising threat levels, a panicked dad who “Didn’t know.” Oct. 6, we’ll know.

She already got two movies and a TV series out of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding.” And Nia Vardalos even put a Greek travel comedy into theaters, “My Life in Ruins.” But it’s pretty obvious that the only thing Hollywood … Continue reading →