Daily Archives: August 14, 2023

Movie Review — Mysterious Immolations baffle cops in “Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation”

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Roger Moore

On December 17, 2010, a Tunisian street vendor set himself on fire, in protest, and changed the Arab world. Mohamed Bouazizi’s desperate, despairing act started the Arab Spring, which didn’t quite upend the socio-political order of the Islamic Middle East … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The IRA/UK “Dirty War” Becomes Dueling Vendettas — “Dead Shot”

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Roger Moore

“Dead Shot” is a lean, myopic thriller that remembers the IRA wars against UK “paras” and special units as tit-for-tat violence that couldn’t help but turn “personal.” Set against the IRA London bombing campaign of 1975, it enfolds dueling personal … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Daffy Deaths in Rural Thailand — “The Murderer”

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Roger Moore

“The Murderer” is a comical Thai whodunit featuring grisly (ish) deaths, goofy, conflicting versions of how they occurred and a grumpy senior cop nicknamed “The Hot-Headed Crime Buster” who tries to sort out the truth from the conclusions he’s more … Continue reading →

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