Author Archives: Roger Moore

Finn Jones, Jessica McNamee, Dana Rhodes and Donna Briscoe star in this Oct. 7 release from Blumhouse, Paramount and Epix, going straight to ye olde streaming video.

“Blind Ambition” is a simple, straightforward non-fiction film about what we journalists call a “man bites dog” story. It’s about something wholly unexpected and unusual, odd and cute. We meet a quartet of Zimbabwean refugees who fled hardship to South … Continue reading →

This BBC/Amazon Studios production features Chaske Spencer, Rafe Spall, Toby Jones, Stephen Rea and Ciaran Hinds in supporting roles. Filmed in Oklahoma, six episodes worth, which is a good thing.

Close your eyes and you can pretty much imagine the full “package” of a movie that would make its premiere on Comedy Central. It’d be derivative — familiar and “new” at the same time. Maybe update “The Office” for the … Continue reading →

“Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul” is a dark comedy about a prosperity gospel megachurch preacher and his wife’s “comeback” from a fall from grace. First-time feature director Adamma Ebo got very lucky that Sterling K. Brown and Regina Hall … Continue reading →

Women drive half of the story threads of the latest version of “The Lord of the Rings,” and that’s a definite broadening of perspective for the Amazon-created origin story “The Rings of Power.” But is it enough to answer that … Continue reading →

A poor teen wants to break free of poverty via bio hop stardom. Sept. 23 on Paramount Plus.

It’s entirely-too-tempting to try and psychoanalyze the Perversity of Polanski when dipping into the cinema of the Franco-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski. After all, we’re welcome to interpret his gory “Macbeth” as a reaction to the Manson Family’s murders of his … Continue reading →

“Killer Whales” is “true crime” mockumentary about the making of a documentary whose aim it to find the killer of a “bad boy” artist from among the four likeliest suspects. It pokes fun at not just the genre, but the … Continue reading →

From the folks who brought us “The Father.” No. I’m serious. Florian Zeller, who wrote the source plays both films are based on, and directed both films, and Christopher Hampton, who adapted them both and Sir Anthony Hopkins carry over … Continue reading →