Author Archives: Roger Moore

If you’ve never seen a Filipino action pic, this could make a fun introduction. Limited release Dec. 2. https://youtu.be/ro6xty9NWe0

Gross, gory and psychedelically nonsensical, Alex Phillips “All Jacked Up and Full of Worms” plays like the sort of indie film guy with a camera and some stoner buddies make. It’s sloppy, semi-scripted and lacks much of anything that you’d … Continue reading →

I haven’t been the biggest fan of Netflix’s attempts at “prestige” pictures, movies rolled out late in the year with a whiff of “Let’s throw some money at big names and see if we can get an Oscar” about them. … Continue reading →

The Oscar winner shows up on Apple TV with this 19th century period piece about a runaway slave. Ben Foster also stars. Dec. 2

This Nickelodeon Films/Paramount+ production stars Kelly Rowland, Omari Hardwick and Marsai Martin and streams Nov. 25.

The sound of a men’s chorus harmonizing through “Sloop John B.,” “Sail Away Ladies,” “Santiana” or “Haul Away Joe” still brings a tingle to the spine when those Cornish Fisherman’s Friends bring sea chanteys back to life in “Fisherman’s Friends: … Continue reading →

We pick up the tail end of a story of reporter Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) was just finishing up, the 2016 research and publishing her expose of Donald Trump’s legion of sexual assault accusers, and facing death threats and an … Continue reading →

We know that the many threatening phone calls recreated for the new drama about the Harvey Weinstein serial sexual assaults scandal “She Said” aren’t actual recordings of the Miramax/Weinstein Co. chief yelling “WHO did you talk to? Was it Gwyneth?” … Continue reading →

I didn’t get around to reviewing this one. Not a fresh title, arrived unsolicited by mail, Japanese, a trio of short stories about sex and food, reviewing seemed pointless and labor intensive. And I have hesitated to palm it off … Continue reading →

“Taurus” is more proof that there’s little new to say in the self-destructive rock star movie genre, that a Cobain by any other name is either fated to end up drowning in his own vomit, or not. Writer-director Tim Sutton’s … Continue reading →