Author Archives: Roger Moore

A couple of sketchy “refurbished” cell phones gives a couple of British tweens the ability to take calls from the future in “Future TX,” a dreadfully chatty, incessantly-explaining 90 minutes of nonsense from the U.K. They make D-movies for kids … Continue reading →

Action comedy time, with Chris Evans playing the part of Chris Pine to Ana de Armas in the Gal Gadot role. A little romance, a few texts — a LOT of texts — unanswered, and a Big Romantic Gesture that … Continue reading →

The latest model of the movies’ most efficient eviscerating machine, “Scream VI,” kills off five characters within the first 40 minutes. Characters lean into the conventions of the genre once more, breaking down the obvious tropes, tricks and trivia concerning … Continue reading →

Kind of a send up of Garth Brooks, via a resurrection/meet-up with George Jones. Looks artsy and strange, with no budget and no big name stars. Mar. 16, limited release.

A dare stares the viewer dead in the eyes right from the outset of “Champions,” a long and formulaic basketball comedy starring Woody Harrelson and directed by his “Kingpins” partner, Bobby Farrelly. As the film’s hook is that this team … Continue reading →

“The Lost King” is a featherweight little charmer about a plucky Brit who decides that King Richard III, whom history and Shakespeare have rendered as a murderously psychotic, has gotten a bum rap. As played by Sally Hawkins, Philippa Langley … Continue reading →

Hard to believe now, but there was a stretch in the MTV mid-80s when two blues-playing brothers from Dallas were all over the radio, the TV and even tucked into movie soundtracks. Jimmie Vaughan was the older sibling, the first … Continue reading →

March 28. Oscilloscope begins rolling out this lush and upbeat tale of theater and dance and folks who make it and have their horizons broadened by it and a transgender dancer in Lahore, Pakistan.

“The Ritual Killer” trots out Morgan Freeman as yet another expert involved in a serial killer case. And for his benefit, the screenwriters discovered a grabby hook to hang this thriller on, an arcane subject for his character’s expertise. The … Continue reading →

Now here’s a proper gore and splatter fest, and from Ireland no less. “Unwelcome” is a murderous mashup of “Straw Dogs” and…wait for it…”Leprechaun!” It’s visceral (literally) and pulse-pounding on occasion. And as we see the wee creatures making all … Continue reading →