Author Archives: Roger Moore

Allison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Alessandro Nivola, Molly Shannon, Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker… A work trip to Italy turns romantic, and then goes ever so wrong. This looks edgy and fun, from IFC Aug. 19.

“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” is so much bubbly, frothy fun that it makes you wonder how “feel good movies” ever got a bad name. Director Anthony Fabian and a team of co-writers make this glorious, feather-light period piece effortlessly … Continue reading →

The DVD cover is much more lascivious than the documentary it contains, or the tepid movie that inspired it, and apparently a generation of South American filmmakers who saw it and thought, “I can do that.” That’s what the Spanish … Continue reading →

“John Wick” and “Kick Ass” folks are behind this amped up foul-mouthed action dramedy. Aug 12, y’all.

A Spanish Civil War action comedy with nationalist fascists, anti-fascists, Nazis and zombies, “Valley of the Dead” is the epitome of “high concept,” a movie so simple you can sum up its plot and/or potential appeal in a single line. … Continue reading →

What a tricky, twisted thriller in a minor key “Gone in the Night” turns out to be. Well-cast and toying with a tetchy, testy subtext, its virtues tend to suck the life right out of its shortcomings. Ostensibly about an … Continue reading →

I’m sure fans of the character-actor/gourmand Stanley Tucci can be forgiven for starting his new food-and-film memoir by flipping back to the 20th and final chapter to the “news hook” of the book. He had a mid-COVID battle with cancer, … Continue reading →

A couple of old friends — one of whom never outgrew their laser tag champions past — are all that stand between Norway and the light-sensitive alien zombies who would infect the country, from fjord to shining fjord, in “Blasted.” … Continue reading →

You don’t need to wait for the next season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” or the future it foretells to get a taste of what the global right wing patriarchy has in mind for women. Plunge into the “honor killing” Islamic … Continue reading →

Plaza always gives off the “maybe don’t mess with me” vibe. Usually with a wink.