Author Archives: Roger Moore

Perhaps the biggest bonus to come from Brian Cox‘s lauded turn in the hit HBO series “Succession” is that it made him just viable enough to get a few indie feature films made, little grace notes added to a career … Continue reading →

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced the Governor’s Awards for the next Oscars, and a screen queen, a comic king and a celebrated editor will take home honors. Angela Bassett has two Golden Globes, and she … Continue reading →

Film fanatics don’t need an excuse to re-watch classic films, some of them over and over again across the decades from when we first encountered them. But if you’re a critic, one reason you do it is to check back … Continue reading →

Two grannies try to throw together their good-looking-but-still-single grandkids in “Make Me Believe,” a seriously bland, barely comic rom-com from Turkey. It’s a formula film that stumbles badly when it strays from the formula. But it has three stand-out features … Continue reading →

We were prepped for Robert Duvall’s Big Moment for a decade before it happened. From “The Godfather” (1972) through “Network” (1976), “The Great Santini” (1979), “Apocalypse Now” (1979) and “True Confessions” (1981), people who knew acting and film scholars with … Continue reading →

If a “twee” falls in the woods, would anyone hear it? “Asteroid City” is the latest from the Tsar of Twee, Wes Anderson. It’s an all-star, pull-out-all-the-stops “comedy” that wrestles existentialism, Group Theatre, “The Twilight Zone,” 1950s paranoia and 1950s … Continue reading →

Dreamworks cleverly timed the release of “Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken,” to follow Disney’s live action “Little Mermaid” remake into theaters and into the hearts of parents and children everywhere. OK, maybe not. A movie in which mermaids are vain, murderously … Continue reading →

Ask anybody appearing in this violent Ethan Coen road picture romp and they’ll tell you. Things go to hell in a hurry when you’re Tallahassee bound. Sept. 23 is this comedy drops.

Aliens pay to watch Humans be human and fall in love. Sounds like pretty much half the Internet. Only Fans etc. This oddity, based on a YA novel I don’t know, features Tiffany Haddish as the adult in the room. … Continue reading →

You know what they used to say Katzenberg was King (OK, dauphin) of Burbank. “If you don’t come in Saturday don’t bother showing up for work Sunday.” Not a huge turnout for this kiddie preview of “Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken.” … Continue reading →