Daily Archives: December 3, 2022

Movie Review: Japan’s Oscar Contender is about an Aging Populace Considering “Plan 75”

Japan’s aging and shrinking population is the inspiration behind “Plan 75,” the debut feature of writer-director Chie Hayakawa. Expanding her short film of the same title, she imagines a Japan which a government program, “Plan 75,” incentivizes the elderly to … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Middle Eastern combat from a United Arab Emirates Point of View — “The Ambush”

French action auteur Pierre Morel of the “Taken” movies delivers a solid, tactically-fascinating Middle Eastern combat film with “The Ambush,” a United Arab Emirates -acked account of a firefight that really happened during the Yemeni Civil War. It’s a movie … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Taming “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”

Full disclosure here, I had to watch Netflix’s new take on the oft-filmed “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” twice. No, not savor the sex scenes one more time. But because director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s lovely, natural light and “outdoorsy” version of the … Continue reading

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