Author Archives: Roger Moore

The “true” story of a middle-aged woman who gets obsessed with finding England’s most infamous monarch as a sort of midlife/career-stalled crisis. Steve Coogan plays her quizzical, amused husband, and Harry Lloyd is the Ghost of “A horse, a HORSE, … Continue reading →

A serious upgrade in “Dragon Ball” franchise animation runs up against the same overdoses of exposition, endless back story and arcane plot contrivances designed to pit characters against each other in epic throwdowns in “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero.” Honestly, … Continue reading →

A buttoned-down, bowler-hatted Brit cuts “loose” for a day. A Christmas season release for Father Christmas himself, the dapper scene stealer of “Love, Actually.”

“Sissy” is a one messed-up thriller wrapped up in the most adorable, upbeat and value-affirming package. It’s a horror variation of the Agatha Christie “Ten Little Indians/And Then There Were None” school in the language of influencers, self-actualization and self-help. … Continue reading →

You probably don’t remember this movie, even though it was directed by Ron Howard and starred Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly and Winona Ryder. “The Dilemma” was a painfully unfunny “what I know about the state of my friends’ … Continue reading →

Let us begin with a few words in praise of Iyana Halley, the young actress tasked with playing a trope and knocking that trope out of the park. In “Beast,” the “This is Us” ensemble member is the Hollywood idea … Continue reading →

There’s been talk in India of remaking “Forrest Gump” as a pan-historical Indian parable for decades, but landing Aamir Khan as star was what it took to get it made. If Gurinder Chadha can take on Jane Austen for “Bride … Continue reading →

The glib response to George “Mad Max” Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” is suggesting that only Terry Gilliam should be making Terry Gilliam “epics.” That assertion carries the message that it’s sprawling, fantastical and ambitious and that there’s a … Continue reading →

The first-person narration of a killer patiently plotting his “perfect crime,” pitilessly committing it and then going mad by the pounding of “The Tell-Tale Heart” of his long-dead victim is the most sinister component of Edgar Allan Poe’s masterpiece. It’s … Continue reading →

Several things stand out in Viola Davis’ just published memoir, “Finding Me.” She likes to eat, a product of a grueling food-deprived childhood. She’s never been afraid to work out, get in shape — or out of shape — for … Continue reading →