Author Archives: Roger Moore

Big, brassy popular pop band takes an Iron Curtain countries tour for the State Dept. and the wheels come off their 1970s career. This seems paranoid and perhaps delusional, but true, false or exaggerated, it could be fascinating. March. 24.

In her latest, Malin Åkerman plays a 40something divorcee who has “baby fever,” which is why she finds herself coming on to select single men the night of her peak ovulation, turning a friend’s birthday gathering into “The Donor Party.” … Continue reading →

“The Pilgrim” is a serene, scenic and soul-searching indie drama that goes adrift as it charts an over-familiar course. It’s about a workaholic manager at a London construction firm summoned home to the Great Plains after his mother dies. He … Continue reading →

Sort of a “Scream” send up, genre aware and genre mocking higher-minded than the “Scary Movie” outings of yore. June 16.

Guy Ritchie may have — at long last — lost his fastball when it comes to action ensemble pieces with his muse, Jason Statham. But their fifth collaboration, a “Mission: Somewhat Improbable” caper (action) comedy, has Aubrey Plaza, Hugh Grant, … Continue reading →

Sam Worthington plays an Aussie sniper roped into some violently sketchy business in “Transfusion,” a thriller about a father, a son, a comrade-in-arms and a late wife who keeps lecturing her husband, post mortem, about how he’s “failing” their boy. … Continue reading →

God, I miss “Drunk History.” But Hulu talked Mel Brooks into bringing “History of the World” back, which has a similar sketch-comedy spin on history format — without, alas, the hilarious application of alcohol. So I guess this’ll have to … Continue reading →

Nobody should watch the latest from Indian filmmaker Lijo Jose Pellissery without at least glancing over a review. The director of “Churuli” and “Angamaly Diaries” has a reputation for not playing by the rules, for not overexplaining or even explaining … Continue reading →

If you’ve ever bought a pass to an entire film festival just to see the restored Fritz Lang masterpiece “Metropolis” or Abel Gance’s “Napoleon,” ever driven across state lines just to catch the post-restoration re-release of “Lawrence of Arabia,” or … Continue reading →

The Advertising has a Disney World after the apocalypse vibe. Not seeing a lot of that in the trailer. Sure looks as if it was filmed in Florida or its equally swampy sisterlands, Louisiana or Georgia. “Coming soon?”