Author Archives: Roger Moore

There’s no shouting and very little pleading in “Safe Place,” Croatian writer, director and star Juraj Lerotić’s debut feature. That can be misleading, as the film is about a brother and his mother’s frantic efforts to keep a sibling and … Continue reading →

 The actor Rainn Wilson recently changed his name to Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson as a way of protesting America’s indifference to the growing climate crisis facing the planet. Young activist Greta Thunberg has devoted her life to challenging … Continue reading →

One of the bloodiest and most important struggles of World War II in the Pacific is given a loopy, ahistorical B-movie treatment with loopy, B-movie actors in “Battle for Saipan.“ It’s loosely based on the real-life “banzai charge” at the … Continue reading →

So, a fantasy parable about a world of earth, wind, fire and water, things do different as to be “Elemental,” living together, mixing and mingling and eventually getting along? Hard to get much of a bead on it based on … Continue reading →

The actor’s first duty in a movie that is plainly nobody’s idea of a “good choice” is to not let us know it’s her or his “only choice” or offer at the moment. Don’t embarrass yourself by looking bored or … Continue reading →

We’ve seen decades of boot camp movies over the decades, most taking their cue from 1957’s “The D.I.,” with Jack Webb playing the titular Marine Corps drill instructor. More recently, the bar was set by R. Lee Ermey in “Full … Continue reading →

One of the best films ever made about the Armenian Genocide tells the story of one of the first survivors to make it to America. It’s titled “Aurora’s Sunrise,” and it uses different media, bending film genres to relate one … Continue reading →

Seems like every time he reminds us of how good he is, Nic Cage goes right back to doing B-or-C pictures. The wardrobe and (in one shot) fake mustache give this one away. Could be good. Maybe not. We’ll see. … Continue reading →

Apologies to anyone at the roll-your-eyes “Here he goes again” stage of reading my familiar gripe, lament and rant about where too many thrillers come up short — pacing. But here I go again. “The Pay Day” is a a … Continue reading →

Here are three things that aren’t explained in the movie that might help you get more out of Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s “oneiric,” Fellini-esqe, quasi-autobiographical magnum opus “Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths.” “Oneiric,” a label applied by the … Continue reading →