Author Archives: Roger Moore

“Swiped” is about just what you think it is. And if you thought it was impossible to make what is essentially a PG movie about “hook up” apps like Tinder/Grindr, you weren’t far off. It’s an airless comedy about a … Continue reading →

They didn’t know what a big deal it was going to be. But Disney can be forgiven for knowing what it now has in “The Lion King,” 25 years after the animated classic came out, 22 years after the stage … Continue reading →

Gravitas Ventures has this horror tale, a whodunit with a supernatural twist. Somebody killed him. He’s a ghost — sort of — traveling body-to-body in search of a killer. A great conceit. Creepy looking. Little known names in the cast, … Continue reading →

A lot of Orson Welles’ ill will in Hollywood started when he tried to angle ex newspaperman, veteran screenwriter and legendary raconteur and drunk Herman Mankiewicz out of a screenwriting credit for Welles’ debut film, “Citizen Kane.” Welles’ contributions to … Continue reading →

A fart joke. But we’ll see… Aug. 9.

Timothy Spall continues his survey of the great artists of Britain with this character study of L.S. Lowry, who lived with his mother until her death. With her discouraging his art all the way home. Pity they couldn’t release it … Continue reading →

Oh, to be a “liberal” Christian in Oklahoma, where, as the song almost says, “the dogma’s as high as an elephant’s eye,” and because its believers envision a life in the sky. “American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel” finds … Continue reading →

OK, maybe the better description is “real world settings” “Lion King.” Because truthfully, it’s still animated. Just digitally, and the animals look real. They premiered the film in LA last night. And today critics outside of La La Land get … Continue reading →

  Rip Torn was funny and scary, regal and homespun, folksy and urbane and damned good every time out, on the big screen and the small one. And “quite the character” doesn’t sum up his offscreen life. Robbery, an infamous … Continue reading →

Her obituary’s already written. Bethany Hamilton will always be “the surfer who lost an arm to a shark, and got back on the board.” But her story didn’t end when she did that, losing that left arm to a tiger … Continue reading →