Author Archives: Roger Moore

“Pagglait” is a somewhat cheerful Indian dramedy about female empowerment set against the backdrop of a traditional Hindu funeral. With its many characters, intrigues and generous servings of rituals and traditions, it could have been a “Monsoon Wedding” for funerals, … Continue reading →

That big opening would be impressive even without the pandemic depressing turnout. By Friday, “Kongzilla” will be on hundreds more screens and ready to accept big Easter weekend crowds. Still limited capacity, still wear your mask inside. But this is … Continue reading →

Producer Sam Raimi helped lure some big names to “The Unholy,” a Catholic “Our Lady’s no ‘lady’” thriller timed to hit theaters for Easter. Biggest and best of all is the lead, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, cast as a cinematic cliche … Continue reading →

Inspired by a “true story” documented on twitter (ahem), this has a “Spring Break” vibe — sexual and dangerous and dirty. “Hoeism” is the word they’re using to market it. Coming this summer.

Hey, they’re marketing this as a “Good Friday” horror release set to dominate Easter Weekend. Well, everybody who doesn’t go to “Kongzilla” will want to see this, right? So yeah, I get to use “Maundy” for maybe the first time … Continue reading →

“Entre Nos” presents a fairly conventional view of the American immigrant experience. But the intimacy in its portrayal of co-writer and star Paola Mendoza’s bitter arrival in New York is striking, as is the poignancy in her portrayal of her … Continue reading →

Ed Helms and Patti Harrison star in this one, which opens April 23. An Ed Helms comeback?

It’s Sean Patrick Flanery vs Nicolas Cage’s son in “Assault on VA-33,” a half-hearted, half-assed “Die Hard” in a VA hospital shoot-em-up. “Boondocks Saints” alumnus Flanery, emerging as the ginger-haired B-thriller (sometimes C) rival to Frank Grillo, plays a battered, … Continue reading →

“The Sound of Identity” makes its way to streaming June 1.

“A Week Away” isn’t the most original idea for a movie. A summer camp comedy? At church camp? But making this a musical and thus one of the most ambitious “faith-based” films in years, mark this “Week” down as a … Continue reading →