Author Archives: Roger Moore

This Searchlight thriller has a whiff of some of the smart horror coming out of A24 these days. Rebecca Hall stars in “The Night House,” a mirror image mind-game tale from the director of “The Ritual.” It’s coming our way … Continue reading →

“Your parents. They visited.” “That’s impossible. My parents are dead…” “Then who are they?” “Nobody?” “They visited. Who are they?” “Nobody. Nobody came over.” “You know them. Who ARE they?” “Demons.” “The Believer” is a creepy pseudo-intellectual horror story, a … Continue reading →

Submitted for your persusal…an April 23 adaptation of H.P.’s “writings.”

In the last weeks of his life, a visitor urged the British novelist, playwright, screenwriter and poet to look back over his storied career and take pride. “A few, yes, are good books,” the author of “The End of the … Continue reading →

There are messy movies and shambolic comedies, and then there’s whatever the hell “Last Call” is supposed to be. It’s a “back to the old neighborhood” dramady almost guaranteed to give you a hangover. I’m on my third aspirin already, … Continue reading →

In a passing glance, I thought this was Spiderman on a Catamaran. Which makes sense in an onomatopoeia sort of way. But no, this Texas cat in my Florida marina rocks Deadpool to scare off gulls, pigeons and other wrongdoers. … Continue reading →

This looks like a hoot. Coming very soon from IFC.

Yeah, Margot Robbie’s back. Oscar winner Viola Davis is here. But Idris, Cena, Alice Braga, Joel Kinnamon, Jai Courtney, Peter Capaldi and Michael Rooker? UP grades, my dears. UPgrades. This looks ultra violent and James Gunn funny/cool. Aug. 6.

“Boys vs. Girls” is an homage to those wacky/edgy kids summer camp comedies of yore, a “Meatballs” for a new generation…or rather it might be if it hadn’t been such a limp biscuit. It’s a period piece send-up of such … Continue reading →

The latest beta test of the Screenplay Cliches Bot is titled “The Oak Room,” a moody, talky, stunningly-dull and hilariously-trite “thriller” mostly set in a bar — a couple of bars — in remote, snowy Ontario. Cliche #1? “Bar’s closed.” … Continue reading →