Author Archives: Roger Moore

Brawny and bloody, mythic and mystic, “The Northman” is a revenge quest as Viking saga, an epic that wears that label lightly. Robert Eggers’ grim, gory and gorgeous tale lets us sentimentalize “the hero’s journey,” and then disembowels that sentiment … Continue reading →

It’s about people trapped…in a cornfield. It’s like they’re maze runners who can’t figure out a way out, “Six characters in Search of a Twilight Zone Exit,” or Steven King has another even less original son than the one that … Continue reading →

Writer-director Riley Stearns picked up on something that he was able to cash in on in casting Karen Gillan in “Dual,” his dark sci-fi thriller about a future when cloned “replacements” take over for the dying. Although he had to … Continue reading →

Newcomer Anna Cobb stars in his Jane Schoenbrun tale, a vlogged experience, a shared terror opening April 22.

Any road trip with a small child might turn out to be a trial. But if the kid is as manic as the little Iranian boy in “Hit the Road,” there’s no doubt about it. He is wound-up, loud, blurting … Continue reading →

The new look Rebel Wilson stars in this “in a coma for 20 years” comedy about a cheerleader (“Cheer CAPTAIN.”) who has an accident, wakes up, and wants to go back and finish school…at 37. Looks raunchy and rude and … Continue reading →

Lot of fun voices on this martial arts/critters comedy, which opens July 15.

A potboiler of a spy game thriller, “Yaksha: Ruthless Operations” is far more revealing about the state of rivalries in Asia than virtually anything to come out of the Far East of late. It’s a tale of South Korean spies … Continue reading →

This animated action comedy allows Pixar to go back to the “Toy Story” well and pretend that they aren’t. It’s impressive, but looks overfamiliar. “Lightyear” comes out in June. This was one of several kiddie films trailers attached to “Sonic … Continue reading →

Few cultures make a religion out of embracing eccentrics the way the Brits do. They like to see themselves as history’s plucky underdogs, and they’re always on the lookout for another example of unlikely glory, somebody underestimated but determined to … Continue reading →