Author Archives: Roger Moore

A wonderfully lived-in but melancholy lead performance is the best reason to check out “Curtis,” a simple yet affecting portrait of mental illness starring the Bayou dad of “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” Dwight Henry has the title role, a … Continue reading →

A warning appears on the screen before “A Mouthful of Air” begins, suggesting it might be “upsetting for for people with depression and anxiety.” And it’s not uncalled for. There’s a disquiet to the film and Amanda Seyfried‘s unsettling performance … Continue reading →

If this isn’t the way it was, it’s certainly the way it should have been. “King Richard,” the story of the working class Black man who raised and “created” the greatest players in the history of women’s tennis — Serena … Continue reading →

Humanizing a demonized “coach” and father and mentor is a novel approach. This story of the obsessive stage dad who raised Venus and Serena to be world beaters at tennis comes to theaters Nov. 19.

Ok, maybe now’s not the best time to release a three-years-in-the-can action comedy about an indie film crew trapped in a fight to the death with murderous mobsters in a condemned and about-to-be-imploded building that the crew has no permission … Continue reading →

An armed standoff, men at barricades shout and point semi-automatic weapons. Mohawk Indians scream profanities at Quebecoise, who scream back, spit and hurl rocks, all while smirking Canadian police stand by and do nothing. What in the name of Ryan … Continue reading →

“Little Big Mouth” is a fizzy little romantic comedy — aimed at kids — about a problem-drinker guitarist falling for an ex-model single mom, and the efforts of her little boy and his problem-gambler grandad to put a stop to … Continue reading →

Michael Caine was at the peak of his post-“Alfie” stardom when he took on one of the darkest anti-heroes of his career in “Get Carter,” a hardboiled 1971 “hunt down the blokes who killed me brother” thriller that launched the … Continue reading →

You remember the six-shooter that magically fired 41 times in Westerns of yore, today embodied by a sloppy movie’s “endless” gun clip in combat or cop thrillers? “One Shot” throws a fresh goof into the cinema fan’s lexicon. It’s the … Continue reading →

Halle and Patrick Wilson, with Donald Sutherland narrating, give us a preview of a mass extinction event, as visualized by Roland “Independence Day” Emmerich. Feb. 22.