Author Archives: Roger Moore

The “Beanie Baby Craze” of the 1990s silenced anybody who ever had a laugh when learning of the “Tulip Fever” that gripped Dutch collectors, investors and ordinary folk in 17th century Holland. And no movie about the Clinton Era plush … Continue reading →

For some reason, a Childersburg Alabama rescue squad member told a local TV affiliate in BFE, Alabama that a “TikTok Challenge” involving teens leaping off the back of speeding motorboats has killed four kids this year and that this was … Continue reading →

Winter Park, Florida ready for a (preview) fright because they know if it’s an A24 horror release, it’ll be smart. (Updated: A link to my review of “Talk to Me” is here.)

John Sweet’s not a name you think of when you remember the great actors, or even the lesser ones of Hollywood’s Golden Age. He was a Minneapolis schoolteacher turned sergeant in the Army, training in Great Britain to liberate Europe … Continue reading →

Christopher Nolan turns his considerable talents back to World War II era history for “Oppenheimer,” a biography that plumbs the genius, foibles and moral and ethical dilemmas faced by “The Father of the Atomic Bomb.” It’s an all-star revisiting of … Continue reading →

A cynical, snarky semi-musical about womanhood and marriage from the Latvian director of “Rocks in my Pockets. Oct. 6.

It begins all conjunto cute and jaunty and finishes with a banda band flourish. But it’s the dull, cluttered and formulaic middle acts that let down “The (Almost) Legends,” a tale of half-brothers and a Mexican band/Mexican road rally racing … Continue reading →

No “Minions,” but birds in flight. And a family having relationship and “vacation” issues. Looks good, vegetarian and “green.” Dec. 22.

Disney Springs AMC. Here we go. The only way to see this. My review is here.

The Japanese Boy Band brawlers “media franchise” “High & Low” may be the craziest thing you ever drop in on as you travel Around the World with Netflix. It is, in many ways, the classic Japanese “give the people (teen … Continue reading →