Author Archives: Roger Moore

Stephen Rea also stars in this summer release from Sony Pictures Classics. Veteran Irish filmmaker Thaddeus O’Sullivan (“Into the Storm,””Stella Days” and “Nothing Personal”) is behind the camera. Looks slight but sweet.

The image might be the way most of us remember that consummate showman, the entertainer’s entertainer, Sammy Davis Jr. He’s laughing, often as not surrounded by white actors, singers, comics or politicians — some of them his peers — most … Continue reading →

“Big George Foreman” is a movie that mimics its title character to a T. Like the fighter himself, it’s big and bloated and ungainly on its feet, but with a gentle charm that made this boxing legend, owner of the … Continue reading →

Hollywood’s idea of a “Top Gun” is a somewhat short action tyro who isn’t shy about hitting the gym, driving his motorcycle without a helmet or doing his own stunts. Some of China’s top guns, cast in “Born to Fly,” … Continue reading →

It’s safe to say that “Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3” is an emotional roller-coaster, a fan-friendly ride through “the feels” that puts our motley, space-traveling crew in peril and revisits old trauma as it does. If you’re the least … Continue reading →

“AKA” is a solid if generally unsurprising terrorist thriller built around a French undercover killing machine with “particular skills.” “Lost Bullet” actor turned star and screenwriter Alban Lenoir leans on genre formula tropes and thriller cliches entirely too much in … Continue reading →

New cast, Nov 17 holidays release date. They’re expecting big things. Not sure anybody asked for this, but you know the suits loved what the earlier films did for their bottom line.

The hardest hurdle for any new take on Peter Pan to overcome is simply justifying its reason to exist. There have been many Peters, many Wendys and many Captain Hooks. We’ve seen the story told this way and that, from … Continue reading →

May 5. Looks sweet.

The acting is bad, the screenplay is worse in “The Wraith Within,” a low-budget thriller about “cursed” stuffed bear and the white-haired demon who goes around stabbing random Texans in revenge for a horrible crime long ago. Five friends (Shane … Continue reading →