Author Archives: Roger Moore

As subtle as a cudgel, and almost as artful, “Unsilenced” is a Chinese polemic against Chinese one-party-state suppression of the Falun Gong religious and spiritual exercise movement. Sorry if I’m not characterizing this “religion” as accurately as I might, or … Continue reading →

I crack up every time Antonio Banderas lays on the jamon-laced purr in this role. Great voice casting, hilarious movies. “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,” comes to a cinema near your Sept. 23.

His gestures are economical and spare. Oscar winner Mark Rylance has his own particular interpretation of “underplaying,” turning a role into a life being lived in the moment on the screen. His melodious line readings, taking care with every syllable, … Continue reading →

What a tepid treatment of an intriguing piece of murderous plotting “Measure of Revenge” turns out to be. It’s a star vehicle for Oscar winner Melissa Leo in which she plays a grande dame of the theater, a woman famous … Continue reading →

Writer-director Pushpendra Singh’s “The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs” has a lyrical, folk parable simplicity that instantly summons up memories of India’s greatest filmmaker, Satyajit Ray. Singh’s poetic film tells us the story of a Kashmiri woman’s marriage into “another … Continue reading →

April 8, it’s Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Knuckles the Hedgehog, and Jim Carrey vs. a very big mustache.

“Squared Love” is a vapid little “Around the World with Netflix” bauble from Poland, a romance about a teacher whose side hustle is modeling. By day, Monika is a doting Polish elementary school teacher, an innovator beloved by her kids … Continue reading →

Oscar winner William Hurt has died, four years after letting us know that he’d been diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer. He was 71. His stand-out performances were legion — “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” “Broadcast News,” “A History of Violence,” … Continue reading →

“Win a Trip to Browntown!” is a “family” comedy about anal sex, an almost-laugh-free lurch along the not-so-fine-line between “insipid” and “insufferable.” Broadly, dully acted, with a script that sounds like a beer-soaked brainstorming session from your 25th college reunion … Continue reading →