Author Archives: Roger Moore

This looks fascinating, a “hack” that hit the weakest link in a banking/Federal Reserve chain. “Billion Dollar Heist” comes out Aug. 15.

Writer-director Roderick MacKay’s “The Furnace” is a solid if somewhat slow Australian variation on the “gold fever leads to gold madness” “Treasure of Sierra Madre” theme. MacKay’s debut feature is about a blood-stained quest to get stolen gold out of … Continue reading →

I was traveling Monday when word came down that the great action director William Friedkin died. I only interviewed him once, about one of his lesser titles, “Blue Chips,” which brought him to Orlando where he and Shaquille O’Neal held … Continue reading →

“Jules” is a bland comedy about aging and an alien, of little consequence save for its impressive and whimsically-engaged cast. Oscar winner Ben Kingsley, Emmy winner Jane Curtin and always-amusing Emmy nominee Harriet Sansom Harris take their shot at this … Continue reading →

A French best seller about “making the invisible visible” among that country’s under-employed and over-worked “gig economy” cleaning crews becomes a sentimental, occasionally-moving melodrama built around Juliette Binoche, playing a well-known writer/researcher undercover among those crews, trapped “Between Two Worlds.” … Continue reading →

Daisy Ridley and Oscar winner Marion Cotillard also provide voices for this multi-animation style whimsy, coming to theaters Aug.25. Considering the middling kids’ fare this past summer, that’s a nice counter- programming move.

When it comes to comedy, “tone” counts for a lot. So hats off– OK, Keffiyehs off — to director Malik Nejer, screenwriter Abdulaziz Al Muzaini and their cast for going for “goofy” with “Head to Head,” that rarest of rare … Continue reading →

Elizabeth Falkner was a jet-setting, TV-friendly chef and “food personality” at work on a documentary project of some sort when the COVID pandemic hit in 2020. She recognized the calamity unfolding around her, and also admits to being triggered by … Continue reading →

Skip past the odd lapses in logic and boil down the new “version” the of river-rafting-with-a-murderer plot titled “River Wild” to its basics. It’s a thriller. Does it provide thrills? Does it serve up a surprise or two? Does it … Continue reading →

“Mickey Hardaway” is a well-intentioned, slow-moving indie drama about a sensitive young man’s hard upbringing and the consequences of all the blows he’s taken along life’s way. It’s your standard-issue “film festival movie” — indie, an unknown cast shot mostly … Continue reading →