Author Archives: Roger Moore

Wow, I did not see THAT coming. Or that. Or this other thing. Shinzô Katayama’s “Missing” is a serial killer thriller that trips you up, bounces you around and repels and entertains you all along the way. The assistant director … Continue reading →

Love this idea for a sequel. Love Amy Adams, Idina Menzel, James Marsden and Patrick Dempsey…and they added Maya Rudolph. Loved “Enchanted.” Let’s how “Happily Ever After” goes off the rails. Nov. 18.

“You Resemble Me” is a tale of two sisters, raised under abuse, cast out of their home and torn apart by The State. A sometimes moving, always gripping story of a life on the streets, it’s also French account of … Continue reading →

Swinton is both mother and daughter in this ghost story from director Joanna Hogg, a real tour de force that could park her in the best actress field — or best supporting actress — depending on the breaks. Dec. 2, … Continue reading →

Taste is the most subjective thing in film criticism. It’s a deeply personal thing, built on background and core beliefs that direct how a given person responds to a given moviegoing experience. I think about “Educating Rita” several times a … Continue reading →

You’ve got to be on their wavelength to “get” the latest strange, dry and deadpan sci-fi venture of “Synchronic” and “The Endless” creators Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. “Something in the Dirt” is about two oddly-mismatched, reasonably compatible Angelinos who … Continue reading →

Here’s what the best movies about talk radio — “Talk Radio” being the gold standard — get right. It’s what Marshall McLuhan called a “hot medium,” requiring the engagement of the listener/consumer at a level TV and film don’t. Voices … Continue reading →

I cringe so much every time I have to pummel a really bad performance that I avoid doing so at almost all costs. There are so many things that can go wrong in the making of a bad film — … Continue reading →

The critically-acclaimed drama “Call Jane,” about the “bad old days” before abortion was legal in the US, isn’t just a movie, it’s a cause. Now the producers of it are showing it at women’s health care clinics that provide abortions, … Continue reading →

Scott Cooper helms this latest Tale of Poe to make it on the screen, based on a novel by Louis Bayard in which EAP is a character. Gillian Anderson is in it. And Harry Melling co-stars as Edgar Allan Poe. … Continue reading →