Author Archives: Roger Moore

Casting really good actors as the leads has paid endless dividends in “The Conjuring” films, and with every subtle, emotional gesture or realistic depiction of terror or shock, Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson make that as true in “The Conjuring: … Continue reading →

It’s always damned impressive to see Jonathan Rhys Meyers bring the same intensity he’s long been famous for in yet another “larger than life” role in the big screen. Meyers gives a soulful turn as a benevolent despot from the … Continue reading →

In this busy, rushed, multi-tasking world we live in, who has time for a movie that will not get to the point, a point, ANY point? So it is with “Open Your Eyes,” the latest film to use that well-worn … Continue reading →

You’ve got to meet this dopey desert slasher picture on its own terms. You have to be ready to laugh at the archetypes/stereotypes, the one-liners, the D-movie bravado. “Why don’t you step out of there and fight me LIKE A … Continue reading →

Bulky, tattooed goons beat up “foreigners” and show up at protests, snapping cell-phone photos, sneering, intimidating, just hoping to start a riot. And the protesters have reason to wonder if the sometimes-passive cops aren’t on the thugs’ side. Chanting “We … Continue reading →

Cape Canaveral National Cemetery at dawn.

This version of the true story of Sir James Brooke, who explored Borneo and then set up his own kingdom there, stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Dominic Monaghan and opens June 21. https://youtu.be/ycgW26bzjq0

“Censor” is a horror satire about one of those intrepid, iron-stomached bureaucrats of the British Board of Film Classification, a woman who brings a zeal “to protect people” to her job in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain. It’s the mid-80s, and the … Continue reading →

An Antoine Fuqua take on an action tale with sci Fi underpinnings. June 10 on Paramount +.

It takes a while, a good overlong while, for the Thai thriller “Ghost Lab” to get going. But man, once it’s on its feet, saddle up for a fun ride. Hair raising moments, touches of pathos, gonzo violence, decent effects … Continue reading →