Daily Archives: March 25, 2022

Movie Preview: The Zombies reach Oz, “Wyrmwood: Apocalypse”

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Roger Moore

This looks like a splattered, splintered hoot with a helping helping of “G’Dye.” April 14, “Wyrmwood” comes to Dunsinane…of Brisbane. Crikey!

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Movie Review: Czech Seminarians face the Ultimate Test after the Russians Invade — “Servants”

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Roger Moore

The 2020 Czech drama “Servants (Sluzobníci)” could not be a more timely home streaming release, it being a drama set not long after the 1968 Warsaw Pact, aka “Soviet Union” aka “Russian” invasion, “regime change” and occupation of Czechoslovakia. Director … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Japanese couple discovers “Love Like the Falling Petals” can be fleeting

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Roger Moore

A practice engrained by years in newspapers has me avoiding the use of staged/photoshopped promotional photos for reviews of films. But this image so perfectly encapsulates the Japanese weeper romance “Love Like the Falling Petals,” that avoiding it wouldn’t be … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: “The Sound of Scars,” a metal band’s Coming Out Story

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Roger Moore

In a streaming universe where whole channels are devoted to music documentaries, it’s inevitable that almost any band you an think of, any band anybody cares about, is going to merit a film telling their story. Many of these films … Continue reading →

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Series Preview: Ansel Elgort wants to report on “Tokyo Vice”

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Roger Moore

This is the golden age of binge watching and streaming series. But I find the storytelling cliffhanger formulaic. And reviewing series is time consuming, and the reviews typically have no shelf life. So I try not to invest in many … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: The second “Ambulance” trailer has more mayhem….and Christopher Cross.

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Roger Moore

Michael Bay and Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Eiza Gonzalez…April 8.

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