Author Archives: Roger Moore

Breathless hype greeted this simple, emotional two hander when it premiered at Cannes. Oct 21, A24 let’s us see what the fuss Is about.

Well, that headline’s something of a bait and switch. “Major motion picture” doesn’t really fit this meek kiddie horror tale, a thriller that still has its training wheels on. But what more could we expect from a movie that took … Continue reading →

The latest horror tale from the director of “Valentine DayZ” is about a cargo ship with a vampire in its hold — “VampyrZ on a Boat.” It is badly acted, with a mostly high-mileage cast that for the most part … Continue reading →

A woman reporter travels to the misogynist state investigating killings. Timely, and it looks terrific. “Holy Spider” comes out Oct. 28, from Utopia.

Movies about the early career of stage and screen “wunderkind” Orson Welles are, by definition, for fans. And one thing fans are always going to insist on is casting a convincing version of the charismatic, sonorous stage and radio tyro … Continue reading →

The leather gives them away — the tattoos, the piercings, the black boots and wristlets and matching Flying Vee replica guitars. This here is a metal band, and judging from the “Enter Sandman” era hair, they’re all about the thrash. … Continue reading →

“Project Wolf Hunting” is “Con Air” on a cargo ship — psychopathic convicts being transported by sea. And there’s something even more monstrous on ice in the hold! Boy, Hollywood’s going to have to put the work in to catch … Continue reading →

Netflix is all in on this sequel.

Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Mia Farrow, Christopher MacDonald, Jennifer Coolidge and Margo Martindale are among the stars of this “true story” of terrorized suburbia. Looks nerve wracking. Oct. 13.

MBB is back in the tile role, Netflix has decided to treat this as a streaming franchise as this sequel is to be two movies. Lots of action and 19th century British drollery.