Author Archives: Roger Moore

In an alternate, perhaps more just universe, the career of deadpan comic Marc Maron might have been just a tad less quixotic. A hit sitcom (not this) or long-running chat show hosting gig, a movie here and there, a household … Continue reading →

He’s often said he’d like to do eight or nine did he’s proud of, and then hang it up. We’ve been assuming hel’ll finish that promise with a “Star Trek” or some such final film that he has bandied about, … Continue reading →

Here I was, all set to hate all over “Trespassers” and leave a mess as I did. But it delivers such a visceral, pulse-pounding and predictably far-fetched finale that my hate was gone with the wind — almost. “Trespassers” is … Continue reading →

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.