Author Archives: Roger Moore

A very interesting turn towards a sort of “true crime” found footage take on a tragedy.

You tend to forget how dark “Our Man in Havana” is. Carol Reed’s film of Graham Greene’s “comic” spy novel is no “Ugly American,” to be sure, and was never quite as sadistic as the early James Bond movies it … Continue reading →

Jorge Lendeborg, Jenna Ortega and Bella Ortiz are among the stars in this action comedy, coming out July 15.

In the dozen years since his non-starter first feature film, “Virus X,” writer-director Ryan Steven Harris has found his muse. It is his little girl, Haven Lee Harris. He’s made a short with the redheaded moppet, “Every Child is a … Continue reading →

There’s a secret language shared by filmmakers and critics, words and phrases that connect an “I’m not sure what I meant” with “I really don’t what know to make of it” when it comes to movies. The code phrases turn … Continue reading →

Yowza. Nicholas Hoult, Janet McTeer and John Leguizamo also star in this fine dining fall thriller with a horror pedigree.

Of all the promising places “Frank & Penelope” hints at or threatens to take us, how’d they end up at a murderous “sin eater” cult at a combo tow truck service, garage and motel — complete with a tunnel and … Continue reading →

Lorraine Bracco, Keegan Michael Key and Luke Evans also star in this Robert Zemeckia (Remember him?) film. Sept 8.

Pierce Brosnan heads the supporting cast in this comic book adaptation, part of the DC Shazam thread of comic book storylines. Oct. 21.

Digital aerial combat has come a long ways since “Red Tails” and “Flyboys,” judging by the trailer of this October release. “Midway” raised the CGI bar. Those are F4U Corsairs, WWII vintage fighter-bombers, flying missions in the Korean War of … Continue reading →