Daily Archives: March 14, 2024

Movie Review: Korean experts on the uneasy dead? Call them “Exhuma”

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Roger Moore

“Exhuma” is a somewhat lumbering South Korean thriller about ghosts, how they can disturb the tranquility of the families that descended from them and the professionals hired to help remedy such problems and remove such troublesome spirits. It’s got lighter … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Hot Interpol cop hunts Art Heist Hunk — “The Art of Love”

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Roger Moore

“The Art of Love” is an almost-flippant Turkish take on “The Thomas Crown Affair.” Never quite funny, and nowhere near amusing enough to be a caper comedy, with stakes that are entirely too low to be an effective heist picture, … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: A record collection enables time-travel — “The Greatest Hits”

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Roger Moore

A music lover tries to save a doomed lover via the music of their affair. Then again, maybe this new music lover could distract her from that time-traveling music mission. Searchlight and Hulu have this one. April 12.

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Movie Preview: Ethan Hawke directs Maya Hawke as Flannery O’Connor — “Wildcat”

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Roger Moore

Hard, brittle and cutting short stories like “A Good Man is Hard to Find” sealed Flanney O’Connor’s reputation as an unblinking observer of humanity, mostly in its Southern form. “I try to turn the other cheek, but my tongue’s always … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: Memories of the real “Masters of the Air” — “The Bloody Hundredth”

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Roger Moore

“The Bloody Hundredth” is a documentary commemoration of the real-life airmen whose exploits fighting the air war in Europe during World War II inspired Apple TV’s fine “Masters of the Air” series. We meet some of the survivors of that … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Kristen Stewart stars in Surreal Queer Noir — “Love Lies Bleeding”

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Roger Moore

Dark, darkly funny, surreal and nauseatingly violent, “Love Lies Bleeding” is a serious shock to the system. “Saint Maud” writer-director Rose Glass’s second feature delivers jolts, grim jokes and grisly killings in a queer noir thriller brimming over with “Bound” … Continue reading →

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