Author Archives: Roger Moore

This one has a familiar C movie face or two. French woman has her head shaved as a traitor, but is anything but. Nov.5, “Hell Hath no Fury” like a woman who had her head shaved.

In teen rom-coms, the “ugly duckling” is never, ever ugly. The “unpopular” kid is never repellent. And Mr. Right is always right under your nose. All you have to do is wax off the mustache to see him. “Confessions of … Continue reading →

“Birds of Paradise” is a dance film that begins with a jete and rises into an arabesque before collapsing in a heap, a parade of ballet drama cliches that winds up stuck at the barre. The set up — ballerinas … Continue reading →

“The Many Saints of Newark” could be the pilot to a new Sopranos TV series. It’s built that way, back-engineering stories, giving us the pre-mob don Tony Soprano and the family that made him a made man. It has a … Continue reading →

Everybody loves an underdog. Except, well, Yankees fans, Cowboys fans, Alabama and Clemson fans, Dookies. This Christmas, a pretty good cast that includes Oscar winner Anna Paquin and Dennis Quaid, with Zachary Levi in the title role, will bring “American … Continue reading →

How do we love Tim Blake Nelson? Let me pontificate the ways. It’s the folksy demeanor, the disarming smile with just a pinch of menace, the Oklahoma drawl that makes you underestimate whoever he portrays on the silver screen, a … Continue reading →

Twee? Check. “Vintage? Retro? Sure. Animated? And adorable? Check and check again. “The French Dispatch” comes out Oct. 22. At last.

Justin Chon‘s “Blue Bayou” could be a companion piece to Lee Isaac Chung’s Oscar-winning “Minari.” It’s a grittier and far more downbeat look at a bleak version of the Korean-American immigration experience. Writer, director and star Chon, who gave us … Continue reading →

Let’s put all the “Dear Evan Hansen” bashing into context, shall we? Here’s what 2021, what was supposed to be our post-pandemic year at the movies, has given us in musical form. “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” felt dated and quaint, … Continue reading →

Never caught it on the stage, but one certainly hears all about it on Broadway websites and such. Another uplifting musical about self confidence, acceptance, tolerance, self worth, how mean everybody is in high school.