Author Archives: Roger Moore

A little old-fashioned movie star charisma and sex appeal spice up the latest from romance novelist Colleen Hoover, “Reminders of Him.” An overwrought and only slightly less far fetched romantic melodrama than her edgier and abusive “This Ends with Us,” … Continue reading →

The scary possibilities of a spooky story told and acted-out with simple sound recordings and timely sound effects are stretched to their limit in “Undertone,” a myopic and creepy thriller that messes with everything between your headphones. Basically it’s a … Continue reading →

The Grateful Dead may be dead, but Deadheadism lives on in the global “Let’s try Ayahuasca, ‘shrooms, (hallucinogenic) sage and toads” set — the “consciousness” pathfinders among us. Well, the idle, entitled and easily bored among us, anyway. “Wetiko” is … Continue reading →

The many unattractive faces and personality traits of deeply flawed humanity cross the screen in “The Ugly,” a Korean murder mystery and human nature parable from the filmmaker of the zombie thrillers “Train to Busan,” “Seoul Station” and “Peninsula.” It … Continue reading →

You don’t need a wine buzz to “appreciate” “The Napa Boys,” a vulgar, lowbrow and clumsily unfunny send of up “Sideways” and lots of pop culture of similar vintage. But it probably helps. There have been good reviews of this … Continue reading →

Generations have been introduced to the no-named stranger who is quick to kill or maim and even quicker with a quip through the Clint Eastwood Sergio Leone Western “A Fistful of Dollars” (1964), the Bruce Willis/Walter Hill Depression Era Western … Continue reading →

The two old men bickering on a bench could be there in “2030, 1984, 506” or whenever, an opening title of “Strangers in the Park” tells us. This tale is “timeless” is the message. This movie is an “I’m Not … Continue reading →

We can all stop fretting over Margot Robbie’s long-term cinematic prospects. She finally has a bonafide star-vehicle romance/blockbuster on her resume, a smash that isn’t the epic “movie of its moment” event that was “Barbie” or a “Suicide Squad” comic … Continue reading →

Unlike the kids who’re the target audience for most Pixar pictures, I’m supposed to know better. I know that Pixar long ago lost its animation mystique, a combination of hype and media management that had unwary reviewers manipulated into singing … Continue reading →

Job one, aka all Maggie Gyllenhaal had to do in her ambitious, inventive take on “The Bride!” of Frankenstein, was not stink up the screen so much that she blows Jessie Buckley’s best shot at an Oscar. Not for this … Continue reading →