Author Archives: Roger Moore

A doomsday conspiracy thriller with Hopkins directing his “team” to save the day, from beyond the grave? Not a big name in the supporting cast. But just the sort of movie you can make in a pandemic. Self quarantined. Could … Continue reading →

A somewhat frazzled turn by Christina Ricci and the ambition to try a big third act plot twist are the chief recommendations of “Monstrous,” a 1950s horror tale about a mother trying to save her son from something not wholly … Continue reading →

“Mau” is a documentary about the Canadian thinker, futurist and designer Bruce Mau, a man who wants to make the world realize “your life is a designed life.” And if the design of that life, this profession, that cultural practice … Continue reading →

The thriller “Thar” is a reminder that Sergio Leone’s Westerns can be adapted to any setting, and that nepotism isn’t just a Hollywood thing. “Thar” is a plodding desert borderland tale of drugs, murder and revenge, decorated with gunplay, gruesome … Continue reading →

Kino Lorber picked this film festival darling up for June 3 release. Striking and unlike anything else “out there?” Oh yes.

Posting this again as this intriguing title now has opening dates — June 3 and June 17. Check it out. Looks and SOUNDS fascinating.

“Tankhouse” is the sort of indie comedy one often encounters in film festivals. Come up with a daffy setting and/or conceit, sign a few “names” (Joey Lauren Adams, Richard Kind and Christopher Lloyd) for bit parts to get it financed. … Continue reading →

If you caught “Doc Strange 2” you saw this in the previews. Just in case you didn’t.

Ashley Benson and Shiloh Fernandez star in this potentially murderous tale, which has a hint of class warfare about it. “Private Property” opens and streams VOD Friday.

One self-evident truth of teen summer romance movies is that they’re all wish fulfillment fantasies. Party-packed, carefree, candy-colored money-is-no-obstacle to anything we want to do because everybody is Cover Girl thin and gorgeous — even the girls — they’re like … Continue reading →