Author Archives: Roger Moore

An iconic tune’s tortured journey to fame, a songwriter’s ticket to immortality.

As dying-man’s-last-road trip dramas go, “Hole in the Wall (Gat in Die Muur)” has more “hole” than “wall.” Dull, uninvolving and downright off-putting in the story it tells and the way that it tells it, “Wall” doesn’t make sense until … Continue reading →

By “Bridgerton” I mean the color blind casting that compensates for history and literature’s erasure of people of color from the Napoleonic Era and Britain on the cusp of the 18th century. The Shonda Rhimes sex and plenty of it … Continue reading →

Here’s all you need to know about this ever-so-slight teen romance from Mexico, “Anonymously Yours.” It’s all about how two kids meet by mistake via texts, and decide to keep their “relationship” secret — “No personal information, no pictures, no … Continue reading →

Forget the cop-out of an anti-climax that the makers of “The Policeman’s Lineage” insisted upon, and you’ve got a decent thriller built around the struggle for a young Korean cop’s soul. Director Lee Kyu-maan and screenwriter Bae Young-Ik set up … Continue reading →

“Beast” is an awkward blend of camp, over-the-top action picture and even campier over-produced production numbers featuring gorgeous stars of the Indian cinema and a sea of sexily-choreographed Indian extras. Two and a half hours of slaughter, song and dance? … Continue reading →

Wondrous.

“Cordelia” is about a London actress of that name rehearsing King Lear’s youngest daughter, his favorite, in Shakespeare’s play. There’s something about Cordelia — the actress, not the Bard’s “banished” for most of “King Lear” character — that seems a … Continue reading →

Oscar-winning effects and stop-motion animation master Phil Tippett helped get “Star Wars” off the ground and won an Oscar for bringing dinosaurs back to life in “Jurassic Park.” But for 30 years, in between “Robocop” sequels and installments in the … Continue reading →