Author Archives: Roger Moore

New Orleans at its most demented. Stranger than fiction. But not stranger than science fiction. Sept. 30.

The pop star of the moment stood on a quiet, dimly-lit stage behind lit candles and performed a Bob Marley song, “War,” a cappella. When it was ending, she held up a photo of Pope John Paul. She tore it … Continue reading →

“Pearl” was the aged, sex-obsessed psychopathic matriarch and villain of Ti West’s satiric, social commentary slasher picture “X.” She was played by actress Mia Goth, who also played the libidinous teen whose Texas family farm has been rented by a … Continue reading →

Guy tumbles under a damaged parachute, a skydiving blur, and wakes up the in the middle of the desert. He doesn’t know how he got here. He only knows he’s got no cell service. And then he (Hugo de Souza) … Continue reading →

The images are stark, often silent snippets of little-remembered American history. And they offer a fresh view of the burning summers of 1967 and ’68, when American cities erupted in civil rights protests that quickly crossed over into riots. “Riotsville, … Continue reading →

Vicky Krieps plays an Austrian Empress, Elizabeth, facing “old age” and a loss of beauty…at 40. Is there any language this woman doesn’t speak? IFC has this already buzzed contender, an 1877 period piece, coming soon.

Jon Hamm makes it look too damned easy in “Confess, Fletch,” a LONG awaited reboot of a franchise that gave Chevy Chase more credit than he deserved for its appeal. Hamm never hits the laughs too hard, lies on the … Continue reading →

Feast your eyes on this! Decadent fun.

France’s once and forever cinematic “enfant terrible” has died. The often controversial, always “revolutionary” director of “Breathless” and “Contempt,” “Weekend,” “Alphaville,” “Bande a part,” “Hail Mary” and “Bridges of Sarajevo” was 91, and got “Sarajevo” onto screens at 83. Godard … Continue reading →

With Godard as my witness, I swear I remember Roger Corman’s “The Raven” being more subtle than this. And funnier. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still amusing — here and there — and a treat for classic horror fans seeing … Continue reading →