Daily Archives: February 16, 2023

Movie Review: An Animated Refugee Odyssey based on Rumi — “Lamya’s Poem”

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Roger Moore

A Syrian refugee child finds comfort in the poetry, philosophy and biography of Jalaluddin Rumi in “Lamya’s Poem,” an engaging animated drama that compares its title character’s life and fate with that of her fellow refugee, a 13th century Persian … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Japanese teens fight a ghost who makes them “Re/Member”

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Roger Moore

I don’t think the Japanese title of “Re/Member” is as clever a pun as it is in English. As this is a horror tale of high school kids trapped by a ghost, doomed to search for and re-assemble the dismembered … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: China’s WWII intrigues and treachery, fighting Japan with a “Hidden Blade”

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Roger Moore

Broadly speaking, China’s World War II began before anybody else’s, and ended with the conclusion of the long off-and-on Chinese Civil War that preceded it and postdated it. Any trip down the rabbit hole of the various Sino-Japanese wars, considered … Continue reading →

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