Author Archives: Roger Moore

This might seem an odd moment to be releasing a documentary about the meteoric rise of freshwoman U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar from Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District. Forget the fact that the almost-worshipful “Time for Ilhan” was directed by Norah Shapiro. … Continue reading →

Funny thing about that Cockney bloke, Maurice Micklewhite, aka Michael Caine. The raconteur you’ve seen on TV chat shows for half a century is pretty much the fellow you get on the printed page. He’s a polished storyteller, great with … Continue reading →

  Liberated and liberating, “Captain Marvel” swoops onto the screen with baggage, expectations and a comic book bragging rights agenda. It plays like an extension of that age old “Anything you can do, I can do better” Marvel/DC publishing grudge … Continue reading →

I’ll let you know how it goes. I think the embargo’s off Tuesday AM.

Here’s a bracing blast from the past, a time capsule of Jamaican London and the prehistory of hip hop via its dub reggae birth parent. Franco Rosso’s “Babylon,” a 1980 near-classic that had little in the line of a real … Continue reading →

Four academics, experts in their fields, have been summoned to a dingy, cedar-paneled basement office in a remote Chilean astronomic observatory. Each was exceedingly flattered by the invitation, by a famous scientist legendary for his secrecy. But when the door … Continue reading →

Netflix has responded to Steven Spielberg’s reported efforts to ensure that the Academy Awards, for over 90 years the showcase for honoring the best THEATRICAL motion pictures the world experiences in MOVIE THEATERS, makes Netflix play by the same rules … Continue reading →

A caper comedy/heist hoot about the origins of “Stockholm Syndrome.” Looks badass and funny, and as Noomi Rapace and Ethan Hawke co-star in “Stockholm,” we have our fingers crossed. We do. It doesn’t appear to have a release date, but … Continue reading →

We meet Steve at what might be his lowest — 60, alone, weeping and brooding. It’s a bottle-by-the-bed/pistol to the head moment. Steve, played by J.K. Simmons, long ago discovered what the writer Mark Lawrence observed in his “Prince of … Continue reading →

OK, this is starting to look like some seriously twisted goings on. Love Harbour’s take on the character, and I have to say, it’s had to grow on me because I was quite amused by Ron Perlman’s hulking slow-burn version … Continue reading →