Daily Archives: July 13, 2023

Movie Review: A Colorfully Grim Depiction of Life on the Rez — “War Pony”

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Roger Moore

“War Pony” is a compelling, wholly-lived-in drama that tracks the dead-end lives of two aimless young males of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota and Nebraska. We follow immature-even-for-19 Bill and tweenage Matho as they navigate their opportunity-deprived … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: “The Lesson” gets lost in the lesson plan

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Roger Moore

“The Lesson” is a writerly thriller that spends the better part of its first hour trying to convince you it’s not “Deathtrap Lite,” no matter how many times its author-antagonist insists “Good writers ‘borrow,’ great writers STEAL.” And then the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: More Sad than Desperate, “The Miracle Club” travels to Lourdes

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Roger Moore

“The Miracle Club” is a downbeat Irish Catholic character study in a minor key, a period piece about the tragedy, desperation and simple superstition that sends the faithful to the French shrine at Lourdes in search of “the cure.” What … Continue reading →

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