Author Archives: Roger Moore

There’s not much to “the Last Film of the Summer,” Screen Gems’ “The Invitation” — no wit, few frights and not much in the way of thrills, either. But then, you got that much out of the trailer, didn’t you? … Continue reading →

Rough, gripping and quite good, “Reflection” is one of several films made about Putin’s Russia’s ongoing efforts to destabilize and devour Ukraine, bit by bit. The trauma began over a decade ago and threatens to last for generations, as this … Continue reading →

Three solitary strangers unwittingly share an empty apartment, crossing paths and even anonymously hooking up, in Ming-liang Tsai’s “Vive L’amour,” a Golden Lion winner at the 1994 Venice Film Festival. Tsai’s second feature was his break-out film, leading to a … Continue reading →

A reminder of what a giant step backward the Clarence Thomas/Barrett/Kavanaugh/Gorsuch wing of the Supreme Court endorsed, what faced women back in the dark old days and a reminder timed to give women one last incentive to punish those whose … Continue reading →

Sept 23, in a cinema near you. A little “get you outta prison to join our special ops” thriller. Never seen THAT before…

Netflix has this one, which co-stars Journee Smollett as the neighbor/single mom whose kid might have been swiped to smoke out the bad ass retiree with “special skills” that the Oscar-winning Janney plays. Sept. 23. I may have to get … Continue reading →

Cute take on the novels that became a Chevy Chase franchise way back in the day — until nobody wanted to work with Chevy Chase any more. This is another Gregory McDonald book, about murders and art theft, very cinematic … Continue reading →

All the Twitter talk about Michael Mann’s “Heat” prequel novel and when it might be turned into a film has had me quipping “I’m holding out for his ‘FIRST of the Mohicans’” more times than the joke can stand. I … Continue reading →

The classic handicap of any “stoner comedy” is the expectations the filmmakers often put on the audience. If you’re coming to a stoner comedy, what you want out of it and what they need out of you is kind of…baked … Continue reading →

A classic, National Book Award-winning, satiric, career-launching post-modern novel, the film version reunites director Noah Baumbach and his “While We’re Young/Marriage Stories” star Adam Driver, and gives Driver his first Middle Aged Man role, that of a death-obsessed college professor … Continue reading →