Author Archives: Roger Moore

“Seasons” is a tedious, tepid and inane romance about a woman who toys with her boy “friend” and reaps the consequences. It’s meant to be a rom-com, but it isn’t the least bit funny. The leads are pretty, and Lovie … Continue reading →

If you didn’t see “Glitter & Doom,” a wistful musical set to the songs of Indigo Girls, you should. It’s damned adorable. I saw it, but didn’t realize it was a harbinger of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers having ” … Continue reading →

The mere hint of the fights sampled here is “Old Boy” gonzo. Stuntman turned director Kensuke Sonomura (“Hydra”) really outdid himself this time. “Bad City,” streams Aug. 1 and hits DVD Sept. 19 from our font of all fun films … Continue reading →

“For a number of reasons, film buffs have long harbored the feeling that Orson Welles had a hand in directing some of — perhaps his own scenes — Carol Reed’s film noir masterpiece “The Third Man.” The best arguments for … Continue reading →

If you look at the history of the suicide bombings as a weapon of Palestinian militants, you can see that it’s basically not happening anymore. Sporadic rocket attacks and occasional shootings, yes. So why release this movie when it feels … Continue reading →

We judge Mia, right from the start, because we’re invited to. She’s very pregnant, pretty young and scrambling to get to her work, her classes and meeting her two children. The classes are mandated by the state. There are drug … Continue reading →

It plays like a rowdy, raunchy 1970s Blaxploitation period piece. Because aside from cell phones, what’s changed in “tha’hood” in the past 50 years? Gang-bangers, pimps and “ho’s” riding around in Yank tank Buicks, aimless souls pumping iron, hitting the … Continue reading →

“Cobweb” is a horror genre piece as simple and to the point as its title. A child hears noises in the walls of the old house where he lives, and in trying to raise the alarm with his parents, comes … Continue reading →

Regal Waterford Lakes, Orlando, 833pm Thursday July 21. “Barbie” fans represent. My review is here. The movie, as of Friday AM, is on track to $100 million+ on its opening weekend, just in North America. Huge overseas, too.

Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” is a movie of its moment, a brilliant bauble of female empowerment, scathing satire and genuine wit. That “war on women” that is eating up so much of America’s bandwidth right now takes it in the gonads … Continue reading →