Daily Archives: April 5, 2022

Netflixable? A Soapy Sex Triangle from India in shades of “Cobalt Blue”

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Roger Moore

“Cobalt Blue” is an Indian “Call Me By Your Name,” a gay lad’s sexual coming-of-age tale that shares torrid sexual encounters and a few other details from the André Aciman novel that screenwriter James Ivory turned into Oscar bait film … Continue reading →

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Next Screening? Michael Bay’s “Ambulance”

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Roger Moore

Yes, it’s opened in some parts of the world and thus there are lots of hot Australian and British takes on Michael Bay’s latest on Rotten Tomatoes, as well as some North American ones. But my buddy Keith noted when … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The losses of the Great War overwhelm everyone on “Mothering Sunday”

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Roger Moore

“Mothering Sunday” is a somber, sad tale of the gutting emptiness of loss, the unspoken-of absences of everyone who died in The Great War as remembered by an adult writer who saw this all first hand during her years “in … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Stop Motion Animation at it’s quirkiest, “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Roger Moore

This started life as a short and evolved into a feature film, an “interview” with the titular mollusk, with the voices of Jenny Slate, Isabella Rossellini, Thomas Mann and as the interviewer, Leslie Stahl. A24 has this one, due to … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Hackman’s a jock-turned-PI practicing his “Night Moves” (1975)

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Roger Moore

“Night Moves” is one of those ’70s to early ’80s Hollywood noirs you channel surf by, get a taste of and say “I need to come back and catch this bad boy from the beginning.” It’s got Gene Hackman, stepping … Continue reading →

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