Category Archives: Reviews

Movie Review: “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya”

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Roger Moore

Studio Ghibli’s “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya” is an old fashioned Japanese folk tale beautifully rendered in old-fashioned hand-drawn animation. As anime projects go, Isao Takahata’s film is rougher-hewn, more hand-crafted looking than the Oscar winning work of Ghibli’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Interstellar” aims high

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Roger Moore

Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” is the most ambitious science fiction film — maybe ever, certainly since “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Long, filled with lengthy passages of exposition and explanations of science, it takes forever to get to a killer third act. … Continue reading →

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EXCLUSIVE: Mark Strong talks about maintaining his poker face for “Before I Go to Sleep”

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Roger Moore

It comes as no surprise that renowned British character actor Mark Strong is a pretty fair poker player. He’d have to be. His screen reputation is “unadulterated villainy” (Sandra Hall, Sydney Morning Herald). He was the bad guy in everything … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Horns”

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Roger Moore

In his new film “Horns,” Daniel Radcliffe grows a pair. Playing a young man whose girlfriend was brutally murdered, that’s a magically realistic way of him becoming what his suburban Seattle neighbors think of him. “When they looked at me, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “Missionary”

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Roger Moore

“Missionary” is a lean, slickly sordid indie thriller about a Mormon missionary who goes bad. Really bad. Take away the not-so-saintly Latter Day Saint element and it would only occasionally rise to generic, a simple love triangle turned deadly. But … Continue reading →

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Movie Review — “Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me”

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Roger Moore

“Cheerful” and “triumphant” aren’t words that come to mind when you think of Alzheimer’s, the debilitating illness that destroys memory, mind and body. But darned if country star Glen Campbell doesn’t manage that in “Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me.” It’s … Continue reading →

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Deconstructing “Fury,” or The Art of the Tank Combat movie

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Roger Moore

David Ayer’s new combat film “Fury” is, as I said in my review, a very entertaining B-movie, an old-fashioned WWII actioner of the sort Hollywood used to crank out for the generations that could never seem to get enough of … Continue reading →

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Dominic West and the REAL Jonathan Blake talk about the big dance in “Pride”

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Roger Moore

Sometimes, the spark of a movie can come from a photograph. That’s the case with the new British comedy “Pride.” Screenwriter Stephen Beresford had already settled on telling the true story of gay activists reaching across a cultural divide to … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Bill Murray goes “cute” for “St. Vincent”

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Roger Moore

Bill Murray has his most adorable film role ever in “St. Vincent,” playing a cranky and embittered old drunk who becomes a father figure to the little kid who moves in next door. It takes every ounce of his disaffected … Continue reading →

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Ryan Phillippe mocks his rep and ways social media can end your career in “Catch Hell”

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Roger Moore

Ryan Phillippe has lived his entire adult life in the public eye. A star since “Cruel Intentions,” he courted, married and divorced America’s Sweetheart, Reese Witherspoon. Always the object of paparazzi, you’re not going to get tears from Phillippe about … Continue reading →

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