Author Archives: Roger Moore

Hiring the editors from “Searching,” the sleeper hit of a few years back about a father (John Cho) hunting for his missing daughter via her digital/social media footprint, pays off with “Missing,” a sort of sequel from the same studio, … Continue reading →

A gimmicky, obscurant and clumsy style of storytelling spoils what could have been gripping story about a young Russian figure skater who “jumps” across the border to Finland in “Free Skate,” a film written by and starring Finnish actress Veera … Continue reading →

March 10.

“Elesin Oba: The King’s Horseman,” is a classic culture clash melodrama, one of the most celebrated works (a play) by Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka. It comes to the screen with all of its rhetorical power and a lot of … Continue reading →

Of all the tones in all of lightly comic cinema, “twee” has to be the hardest to master. Documentary filmmaker Derek Shimoda, whose film on the history of fortune cookies I remember, takes his shot at “twee” with “Hank and … Continue reading →

Today’s Around the World with Netflix offering demonstrates that South Africans are just as capable of wasting money and effects on a sci fi comedy with barely a laugh in it. And the phrase “lost in translation” isn’t limited to … Continue reading →

Pixar’s “Turning Red,” Henry Selick’s “Wendell & Wild ,” DreamWorks’ “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” and “The Sea Beast” are destined to lose to Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” when the Annie Awards are handed out. Unless the fact that … Continue reading →

Alice meets two friends for drinks after work. But there’s a nervous edge to the evening, something about the repeated “ping” alerts from her cell phone that her friends exchange a resigned look over. Is her job that essential, her … Continue reading →

Neil Jordan directs Liam, who performs William Monahan’s adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s most famous creation. Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Danny Huston, Alan Cumming, Ian Hart, Francois Arnaud, Daniela Melchior and Colm Meaney star in this Feb. 15 release.

My favorite scene in the heist thriller “Out of Exile” takes place in an arthouse cinema, supposedly in Dallas. An FBI agent (Ryan Merriman) meets a biker-looking “CI” (confidential informant) played by Jake Roberts. You think to yourself, “Hey, I … Continue reading →