Author Archives: Roger Moore

Somebody was “picking up,” killing and dismembering gay men and dumping their body parts across rural New Jersey and Pennsylvania in the early 1990s. And because the victims were gay and the little evidence at hand said they were “pick-up … Continue reading →

No singing. No dancing teapots or candelabras. No Disney. A bit horrific, as the French intended. July 14.

If the pop powerhouse Wham! didn’t begin, progress to the “Top of the Pops” and end exactly this way — and it almost certainly did — it most certainly should have. Chris Smith’s engaging, adorably upbeat portrait of the brief, … Continue reading →

The first full trailer lays out the cast –Lilt Gladstone included — the historical backdrop and the stakes. A bit of “The Aviator” about it, with themes similar to “Gang’s of New York.” Oct. 6 in theaters, Apple TV+ to … Continue reading →

A solitary, older “Baker” “becomes the Butcher” in this man-takes-care-of-a-child he doesn’t know, and “takes care of business” thriller. Looks good, and a lot like the Gena Rowlands “Gloria” and Jean Reno/Natalie P. “The Professional.”

The thing about the great film stars of the past is that they’d often as not embrace their screen “persona” and rarely make the effort to “stretch” as an actor. Bette Davis to Tracy, Peck and Wayne to Deborah Kerr … Continue reading →

In the introduction to her psychological biography “The Farrows of Hollywood: Their Dark Side of Paradise,” critic and film scholar Marilyn Ann Moss declares “I intend neither accusations nor support of Mia Farrow, the Farrow family or Woody Allen in … Continue reading →

The creators of the series “Hijack” set two priorities for themselves in their “real time” seven part “seven hour flight” thriller. Priority one, Get Idris Elba. Priority two, try to squeeze a Big Surprise or two in most every episode. … Continue reading →

There is a superbly-detailed, thrillingly-pitched and well-acted film account of the 1942 Czech assassination of “Reichsprotektor” Reinhard Heidrich, the murderous Nazi nicknamed “The Hangman” during his military rule of occupied Czechoslovakia during World War II. It’s titled “Anthropoid,” and it … Continue reading →

Well-cast and acted with sympathic warmth and wit, “Making it Up” is an object lesson in the shortcomings of relying on voice-over narration to tell your story on screen. It’s a dark, maddeningly-manic and almost cute dip into loving someone … Continue reading →