Author Archives: Roger Moore

This may start on time. Or not. Apparently, 24 locals somehow went to the wrong theater. “Tampa” in a nutshell.

June 9, a little “Dark Crystal,” a bit of “Narnia,” a taste of “The Never Ending Story,” and a lot of reptilian CGI critters

I found an AMC “classic” (an old theater where they don’t fix that which is broken) near me and a matinee showing of comic Bert Kreischer’s “The Machine” that cost me a whopping $5.19. No, I’m not asking for my … Continue reading →

It’s titled “The Year I Started Masturbating,” it stars “Sleepy Hollow” hottie Katia Winter and it’s SWEDISH. What’s not to love in this made-for-Netflix sex comedy? A lot. There’s a lot not to love. It’s a tepid tease of a … Continue reading →

Lithuanian filmmaker Sharunas Bartas achieves a “Defiance” level of grim, wintry detail in his post-war Soviet occupation drama “In the Dusk.” The director of “The Corridor,” “Freedom” and “Frost” tells a story of his native land’s countryside in 1948, with … Continue reading →

“Joy Ride” is loud, vulgar and crude, exactly what you’d expect from an Asian-American romp across “Girls’ Trip/Bridesmaids” terrain. But “Crazy Rich Asians” screenwriter turned director Adele Lim gives this raunchy road trip comedy a “Joy Luck Club” detour into … Continue reading →

Memorial Day weekend always means WWII movie marathons on all your favorite classic movie channels. But I thought I’d get a jump on that by tracking down a favorite of mine from the ’80s and watching it for the first … Continue reading →

“Where the Tracks End” is an affectionate appreciation for the broke, small town schools that were the rule in much of Mexico much longer than they should have been, and the inspiring, intrepid women and men who made it their … Continue reading →

“Blood & Gold” is a sadistically funny German Spaghetti Western set in the last days of World War II. Suspenseful and violent, with brawls, booby traps, impalings and machine gunnings, it’s damned entertaining in the ways it finds to kill … Continue reading →

“Simulant,” the latest slice of cautionary sci-fi about “sexy replicants/androids/’simulants’” developing minds of their own points to one solution worth tossing into the current debate over the many forms and faces of AI — artificial intelligence. Make a rule that … Continue reading →