Author Archives: Roger Moore

There’s a gloriously workmanlike quality to everything about Ron Howard’s fine film of the famous Tham Lunag cave rescue in Thailand, “Thirteen Lives.” It’s one of those real-life thrillers like Eastwood’s “Sully” or Howard’s own “Apollo 13,” a celebration of … Continue reading →

“Buba” is a spinoff movie from a comic German TV series titled “How to Sell Drugs Online Fast,” which I’ve not seen. So when I say I kind of got into the film’s dark, masochistic comic vibe but found it … Continue reading →

Jesus, I hate bad dialogue. Even in a torture porn C-movie, it grates. It’s not that one doesn’t notice the pitiless, pointless slaughter, the heartless cruelty and bad acting. Idiotic plot? Let’s throw that in, too. But bad lines badly-delivered? … Continue reading →

“The Road” is one of the most evocative two word titles in all of cinema. It brings up memories of Fellini’s Italian road picture, “La Strada,” the romance of “Two for the Road,” the adaptation of Kerouac’s “On the Road,” … Continue reading →

August 16, the hustle hits. Could be funny.

If hip hop breaks big among women in the Muslim world, look out. Look for this Kino Lorber release Sept. 16.

Sept. 2. Beware of tiny mean girls.

A romantic comedy with “Wedding Season” as its title kind of gives away the game. There are going to be weddings — maybe “Wedding Crashers” weddings, perhaps “27 Dresses” weddings. Since it’s rated TV-PG and more Indian than Indian American, … Continue reading →

The “In Bruges” team in front of and behind the camera, Ireland’s finest, take us into a very personal feud in an Ireland of the recent past. Funny, with a nasty edge, as you’d expect from the director of “Three … Continue reading →

“Easter Sunday” is a sentimental, lighthearted star-vehicle built around Filipino American comic Jo Koy. With Koy playing a stand-up comic trying to mollify his Filipino-American (Catholic) family and cope with their foibles, it’s a cute, occasionally amusing, no-heavy-lifting-required peek into … Continue reading →