Author Archives: Roger Moore

Darby isn’t big on thinking things through. Rash decisions, lashing out, acting on impulse, that’s how you end up in your seventh stint of rehab, too jaded to mask your cynicism about the process. A phone call telling her that … Continue reading →

A loud round of applause for Netflix for giving that master of dark French whimsy Jean-Pierre Jeunet, creator of “Delicatessen,” “Amelie” and “The City of Lost Children” money to make one of his twisted tales in his inimitable eye-candy style. … Continue reading →

The people that brought us “The Wave” and “The Quake” annex another piece of disaster movie real-estate with “The Burning Sea,” a compact, tense and smart oil rig yarn that’s light on melodrama, heavy on facts and heartening in its … Continue reading →

We know the minute we see the old man strike up a conversation with the young woman that she’s a ghost. Serene, silent and spectral, it doesn’t matter that he chats as if they’re old acquaintances. Something about him (Yannawoutthi … Continue reading →

What do you make of this? VERY Japanese, really…out there. Who do you think the title is referring to as “The Cherry Bushido?” Surely not… Anyway, this is odd looking sword-and-sorcery and nationalism and North Korean missile provocations mashup. March … Continue reading →

The early scenes of Martha Coolidge’s Holocaust romance “I’ll Find You” cover over-familiar ground with a Polish classical music subtext. A flashback takes us back to the days our future lovers met, as rival tween prodigies in pre-war Lodz, Poland. … Continue reading →

So who are the Scandinavian commandoes fighting up there near the Artic Circle in this mid-apocalyptic thriller? Maybe Russians? March 18, on Netflix.

This March 11 thriller from RLJE and Shudder is about going home because “Your mama’s grave has been vandalized,” and realizing that hell’s bells, there’s a way on but not way OFF this island. I can’t be the first to … Continue reading →

There’s a little “ick factor” that nestles itself into the heart of today’s Around the World with Netflix venture, the sci-fi action rom-com “Ai Love You.” This Thai film expects us to root for a machine that’s taken over a … Continue reading →