Category Archives: previews

Gilliam strikes again with wild, weird, wondrous-looking “The Zero Theorem”

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Roger Moore

The trailer to Terry Gilliam’s “The Zero Theorem” proves he’s still got the vision.

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Movie Review: “A Long Way Down”

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Roger Moore

Oh yes, the song goes, “life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone.” That’s the sentiment at the heart of “A Long Way Down,” a suicide dramedy based on that pop music-loving British novelist Nick Hornby’s book.That … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Made in America,” Ron Howard’s not-quite-a-concert documentary

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Roger Moore

“Made in America” is a concert film where you never get to hear an entire song by any of the many groups performing. It’s cluttered with backstage interviews with everyone from the artists who appear on stage, to the road … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Linklater makes his big statement on growing up with “Boyhood”

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Roger Moore

Twelve years in the making, filming a few scenes each year to capture kids as they progress through life, Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” is an amazing achievement in telling an unremarkably remarkable life story. It’s a film of cultural touchstones and … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Nicolas Cage trots out more “Rage”

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Roger Moore

Nicolas Cage as an actor is still a formidable screen presence, capable of an amazing moment, even in a mediocre movie. But Nicolas Cage, as a movie star, just cannot get out of his own way. After a nice little … Continue reading →

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To hear the co-stars tell it, the decision to make the indie dramedy “Land Ho!” was all “Location, location location.” “There wasn’t any script,” Earl Lynn Nelson (“Passenger Pigeons”) says. “Martha (co-writer/director Martha Stephens) called me up and said, ‘Would … Continue reading →

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Roger Moore | Comments Off on Eenhoorn and Nelson, two old guys mismatched and loving it in “Land Ho!”

Why are there no black pop and doo-wop acts in “Jersey Boys”?

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Roger Moore

Please consider the headline as it was intended, a question which group sourcing may help me answer. If I was trolling for controversy-driven pageviews, I’d have posted “Is Eastwood’s ‘Jersey Boys’ racist?” Clint Eastwood’s film of the Broadway bio-musical about … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “A Million Ways to Die in the West”

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Roger Moore

Seth MacFarlane wants to be a movie star in the worst way. “A Million Ways to Die in the West” is result of this longing, a long/longer/longest comedy with long waits between jokes and longer waits between those that work. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “God’s Not Dead”

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Roger Moore

When you lose your temper, mother always taught you, “You’ve already lost the argument.” That’s not good news for “God’s Not Dead.” This is the angriest faith-based film in memory. Believers here are outnumbered, a persecuted, righteous and intellectually rigorous … Continue reading →

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The Worst Reviewed Disney Cartoon ever — Disney’s “Planes”

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Roger Moore

Cynical, underwritten, blandly voiced and marketed to beat the band, Disney’s “Planes” is shaping up as an epic fail for an animation division that John LAsseter’s hiring was supposed to make failure proof. They’re cashing in on a direct-to-video movie … Continue reading →

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