Author Archives: Roger Moore

One big idea separates “1971: The Year that Music Changed Everything” from other music anthology documentaries bathed in Baby Boomer nostalgia. It’s the overreaching claim in the title, that “music changed everything” in that seminal year, just after the ’60s, … Continue reading →

The warm, inviting glow of that pricey tank in our homes or our favorite sea food restaurants can be a living, bubbling conversation piece. We treat the tanks and those in them more as decor than pets, which is probably … Continue reading →

Wanna feel old? HBO Max is guessing you do. Still, looks kind of cute. May 27.

This mystery thriller comes our way July 2.

The word “uneven” is built-into any anthology film, and “The 100 Candles Game” is no exception. But here, the least interesting “story” of the eight sampled, is the framing tale, four people gathered in a candle-lit room telling tales of … Continue reading →

The tropes of the big screen boxing drama were basically chiseled in stone in the Hollywood of the 1930s and ’40s, set up and recycled — with some variations — by “The Champ” and “Golden Boy” and “Body and Soul,” … Continue reading →

IFC has this horrific laugher, on its way to you this June 25.

June 1, this “out there” slasher farce makes its public bow. Wow.

I don’t recognize the listed distributors, but this cast in an action pic? It’ll make it our way.

Suki Waterhouse, a deep-voice/zero-range “model/actress” plays the “new girl” at a “Seance” obsessed boarding school in this week’s classmate killer horror thriller. While her look, voice and name are distinctive, I don’t recall her standing out in “The Broken Hearts … Continue reading →