Author Archives: Roger Moore

In the spirit of “It’s animated, let’s dub it with English-speaking voices and see if it’ll sell” comes “Goodbye Monster,” a cross-cultural curiosity from China that loses something in translation. The director and co-writer of “Bobby the Hedgehog,” Huang Jianming, … Continue reading →

This A24 release is a sort of Jesus-adjacent/not quite Pythonesque account of the revolutionary ferment of 1st century Jerusalem. Omar Sy, Alfred Woodard, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Oyelowo and James McAvoy are in this January release.

An Oct 6 release from Lionsgate, et al. Mel Gibson is Mississippi Mel in this one, which is based on a Michael Farris Smith novel. Sort of Stockholm Syndromish involvement between the son and an accused cop killer? Hard to … Continue reading →

I was never much of a fan of B-movie maker Monte Hellman, who had a long if not exactly prolific career — 23 directing jobs between 1959 and the 2010s. “Two-Lane Blacktop” is a solid genre picture, and I’m hard … Continue reading →

Well, thank God that “Squared Love” romance is settled and done with. Again. Those crazy lovebirds, teacher Monika (Adrianna Chlebicka) and high-living influencer Enzo (Mateusz Banasiuk) have had not one but TWO Polish rom-coms to fall hard and tie the … Continue reading →

Elham was beaten, almost to death, by her abusive husband. When she gets out of the hospital, the only place she feels at peace — normal — is in the sea, swimming. As the daughter of a famous freestyle wrestler, … Continue reading →

“Showdown in Yesteryear” is an exceptionally-pokey indie Old West fantasy about an aged John Wayne-worshipping stable boy who finds himself transported back to @1880, Dogwood Pass. It’s ambitious enough, making use of an Ohio “Old West” town attraction, but clumsily … Continue reading →

An assassin-for-hire tale from the Great Fincher? Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell and Arliss Howard star in this assassin-fears-assassination mystery thriller. It reunites Fincher with his “Se7en” screenwriter Alexander Kevin Walker. October theatrical release, Nov on Netflix.

Screen adaptations of popular Broadway comedies were all the rage during the ’60s, as the cinema struggled to figure out what to do to break the grip of TV. Most of them, even the hits (Neil Simon’s shows), aren’t aging … Continue reading →

What a daft and twee thing “Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose” is. And God help anybody trying to market this dry, eccentric comedy built around the charms of Simon Pegg, Minnie Driver, Christopher Lloyd and sci-fi author Neil Gaiman … Continue reading →