Daily Archives: May 6, 2022

Movie Preview: “Cordelia” wonders if he’s a suitor or a menace in this Brit thriller

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Roger Moore

Antonia Campbell-Hughes has the title role, with Joel Fry, Aline Armstrong and Johnny Flynn, who might be the threat, in this paranoid thriller. “Cordelia” comes our way May 20, via Screen Media.

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Today’s DVD donation? Halifax, Va. discovers the traumas of a Belgian school’s Playground”

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Roger Moore

This engrossing drama about bullying and its impact not just on the boy directly subject to it, but to his sister, stay at home dad, family and a school bureaucracy helpless to handle it has a lot to offer…and subtitles. … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Indie drama gives us a “Glimpse” of the Surveillance state’s private sector excesses

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Roger Moore

If there’s one thing the pandemic lockdown taught us, it’s that some filmmakers had ideas that turn the restrictions and limitations of that time into dramatic scenarios. “Glimpse” combines disparate, isolated characters, hidden camera CCTV footage and rising paranoia about … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Bogart’s glib, mean and scary in Nicholas Ray’s “In a Lonely Place” (1950)

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Roger Moore

The great thing about Bogart was that he never lost that nasty edge that gave him a career, even as he transitioned from heavies to leading men. There’s a hint of Fred C. Dobbs, Duke Mantee and Roy Earle in … Continue reading →

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