Daily Archives: March 24, 2022

Movie Review: Retired biologist ponders a runaway with a famous name — “The Issue With Elvis”

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Roger Moore

A mushroom expert bonds with a runaway he meets in the woods collecting mushrooms in “The Issue with Elvis,” a milder-than-mild-mannered family drama set in wild, wonderful West Virginia. The drama is low-key/low-stakes, the pace is leisurely and the dialogue … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Formative Years of a Mass Shooter — “Nitram”

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Roger Moore

Film and the culture it reflects tends towards gross oversimplifications. When a terrible crime happens, we want it explained. We want to know what “triggered” this person, what made them “finally snap.” The truth is always muddier, more complicated. Sometimes, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: A Finn and a Russian share “Compartment No. 6”

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Roger Moore

Downbeat, infuriating, reluctant to give up its mystery and illogical and anticlimactic by its finale, “Compartment No. 6” parks us in a Russian train for a long journey from Moscow to Murmansk with two intriguingly mismatched traveling companions. It might … Continue reading →

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