Author Archives: Roger Moore

I’m all for everyone working as long as they’d like, doing whatever they love so long as they can still get the job done. But Nick Nolte as a DEA field agent, fighting the drug wars along the border? The … Continue reading →

The Ukrainian Olga Kurylenko is in on the joke in “High Heat,” a glib, action-packed and surprisingly-amusing riff on the time-honored “I am NOT a person you’re gonna want to f— with!” thriller. It’s a straight-up B-movie, and like a … Continue reading →

Billy Eichner came close to killing the gay rom-com back in September with “Bros.” Which was at least funny, even if nobody saw it. Now, here’s Jim Parsons driving a stake through the doomed gay romance. Quite the fall. Pun … Continue reading →

“Jumping from High Places” is a sugary sweet, lightweight take on living with anxiety, a movie that gets credit for tackling the subject and showing off pretty people in a very pretty place — Bari, in Apulia on the very … Continue reading →

“Twisted” is a lukewarm, slow-walking thriller built around a co-dependent relationship between a widowed mother and her troubled, introverted teen daughter. It’s not helped along its merry way by clumsy plotting, slack direction and stiff performances, which seem more amateurish … Continue reading →

A lot of charm and potential cuteness gets lost in the holiday shuffle and stumbling structure of “Delivery by Christmas,” a light and what could have been more amusing seasonal romantic comedy from Poland. A lot of packages get delivered … Continue reading →

A trippy trip of a picture from Neon and directed by a Cronenberg, but not THAT Cronenberg. Check it out.

“Shook” is a half-hearted attempt at a moral parable wrapped in a standard-issue “She’s all alone” and “She has to complete all these tasks/puzzles/challenges” horror film. It’s a gimmicky thriller hung on the “influencer” hook. Seems like every other film … Continue reading →

At some point the administrator in charge of a Sicilian witness protection program has to admit to the slushie vendor who witnessed a Mafia hit and was spirited off to the Swiss Italian alps that yes, the hitman our witness … Continue reading →

“Burning Patience” is a Chilean romance that comes to your Netflix queue saddled with some baggage. You have to ignore the fact that this is the third film based on the very same source material. The Chilean screenwriter and novelist … Continue reading →