Daily Archives: December 3, 2022

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

Posted on December 3, 2022 by Roger Moore

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”

Posted on December 3, 2022 by Roger Moore

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”

Posted on December 3, 2022 by Roger Moore

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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