Daily Archives: March 1, 2022

Netflixable? Polish teacher struggles under the “blessings” of “My Wonderful Life”

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Roger Moore

Joanna is an English teacher at a Polish high school, battling student indifference and bursts of foul-mouthed exuberance on a daily basis. She’s married to Witek, the school’s headmaster, but he’s “falling apart” and sort of checked out of his … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A Nordic take on “Children of the Damned?” “The Innocents”

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Roger Moore

The children reveal their secrets, mainly to each other, in the Norwegian summer. The director of “Blind” and “Louder than Bombs” is behind “The Innocents.” This IFC thriller comes out May 13.

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Movie Preview: Melissa Leo needs Bella Thorne’s help in getting her “Measure of Revenge” for her son’s OD death

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Roger Moore

Leo’s always good, and Thorne seems to hold her own opposite her in this. Avenging mom of a musician gets that revenge March 18.

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Movie Review: Sex cult is subjected to a mockumentary — “Adventures in Success”

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Roger Moore

Honestly, “The Office” ruined the “mockumentary” as a genre. There’s nothing like a long-running TV series, where everybody involved in front of and behind the camera forgets the original conceit of “We’re being candidly filmed while all this nonsense is … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Another Bit of Brit Nostalgia for New Wave music and the blokes who popularized it — “Schemers”

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Roger Moore

This Scottish period piece, about a budding concert promoter who books XTC and Iron Maiden and gets to say, “U-2? Never HAIRD’of’em,” is set in 1979 and into the early ’80s and looks gonzo and grungy and fun. Whatever the … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: John Malkovich as a mad scientist? Quite the stretch for “Chariot”

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Roger Moore

I’m not sure I got “corporate reincarnation conspiracy” out of this trailer, to be honest. But that’s what “Chariot” is about. Check out Malkovich’s clown-red hair and understated sinister growl in this trailer for a film that also stars Thomas … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Something Sinister’s Going on at “Huda’s Salon”

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Roger Moore

Passing by, “Huda’s Salon” looks like any other hair salon any place hair salons can be found. Yes, it’s in the Middle East, so the all glass front has a coating of floral sun tinting decor. But inside, Huda banters … Continue reading →

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