Category Archives: Reviews

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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Box Office: “Ouija” falls off, “John Wick” isn’t a Keanu comeback after all

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Roger Moore

Those heady late Thursday and all day Friday numbers for “Ouija” and “John Wick” were a mirage, it turns out. “Ouija” nows looks like it will hit $20 million, no more. Poor word of mouth? Bad reviews finally sinking in? … 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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Movie Review: “The Drop”

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Roger Moore

They also serve who pour and observe.That’s Bob Saganowski’s modus operandi. He’s bartender-for-life at Cousin Marv’s on the cruel side of Brooklyn, a 30something loner living in the house his late parents bought and, from the looks of it, furnished … Continue reading →

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Bill Hader talks about being a “Skeleton Twin.”

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Roger Moore

   Regarding his new film, “The Skeleton Twins,” Bill Hader is the first to admit “I don’t get offered guys this serious or complex.”    The 36 year-old Tulsa native has been known for comedy — pretty much exclusively — thanks … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Maggie Smith shines with Kline as “My Old Lady”

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Roger Moore

Kevin Kline is a failed American writer, broke and in Paris to collect his inheritance — an ancient two-story apartment with an accompanying garden in the center city Marais district.Maggie Smith is the 90something little old Englishwoman living in it.And … Continue reading →

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