Author Archives: Roger Moore

If I’m honest, and I strive for that in every review, I think I cut the last “Avengers” movie the same slack I cut the last “Pirates of the Caribbean” picture. The last “X-Men” outing? Maybe not as much. I’m … Continue reading →

Coincidence? This looks…terrific. And empowered and real “year of the woman/Decade of women” sharp. And how many yuan do you think The Mouse will haul out of China by making it and releasing it there? A young lady who was … Continue reading →

Interesting read from The Hollywood Reporter. It used to be cable that gave the Glenn Close/Kyra Sedgwick generations fresh opportunities. Now it is streaming video that has “lifted women of over 40, 50 or 60” https://t.co/3nWj7Kncsk https://t.co/pYh12zLUng https://twitter.com/THR/status/1147774015794274304?s=17

Let us focus, on this day of its death, on the good Movie Pass did, not on its unsustainable business model. Theater chains came up with their own discount mass consumption of movies model. Young people got back in the … Continue reading →

Much has changed in the decades since the French Canadian filmmaker Denys Arcand first cast a satiric eye on Western Civilization, especially its North American practitioners, in chatty, thoughtful films such as “The Decline of the American Empire,” “Jesus of … Continue reading →

For decades, four words invoking his name so inspired fear in the hearts of public figures that they became a cultural punchline. “Mike Wallace is Here.” The famous and the infamous were said to dread the thought of defending themselves, … Continue reading →

Don’t recognize any of the faces in this conceptual comedy. It comes our way (VOD, etc.) July 30.

From the moment they meet, Stu the Uber driver in “Stuber” is a smart-ass. Doesn’t matter that he’s a Pakistani-American pushover driving a Nissan Leaf in the evenings for extra cash, and his new passenger is a roided-up, tattoo covered … Continue reading →

Yeah? And? This has been where things are going for a few years, but the death spiral has been interrupted repeatedly by this or that trend or genre that suddenly exploded in popularity Maybe the death will be sudden, but … Continue reading →

Craig sounds like he’s goofing on Pierce Brosnan in this trailer for the Thanksgiving comedy. Christopher Plummer and Lakeith Stanfield are also on board.