The Road Dance (Adams, 2021)
It is hard for me to fault The Road Dance for being about what it is about, but … I have seen so many stories over the yers about women… Continue reading "The Road Dance (Adams, 2021)"
Author: kenmorefield
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Bob Marley: One Love (Green, 2024)
Few critical cliches make me grind my teeth more than “I wanted to like it,” but I don’t know where else to go in a review for this film. Bob… Continue reading "Bob Marley: One Love (Green, 2024)"
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The Teachers’ Lounge (Çatak, 2023)
The Teachers’ Lounge is a nasty little mousetrap of a movie. It is one of those films where circumstances spiral from bad to worse while basically well-intentioned people get more… Continue reading "The Teachers’ Lounge (Çatak, 2023)"
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God & Country (Partland, 2024)
For nigh on ten years now, I have been telling all of my friends, most of my acquaintances, and anyone else who would listen: “This isn’t Christianity. This is not… Continue reading "God & Country (Partland, 2024)"
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Interpreters Wanted (Ham, 2024)
Interpreters Wanted puts a human face on a political issue so seemingly one-sided that it is hard not to fault the film for refusing to be angrier and failing to… Continue reading "Interpreters Wanted (Ham, 2024)"
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2023 Top 10
There was a lot of misery at the movies this year. Some of it was onscreen. A writer’s strike and actor’s strike didn’t exactly keep us devoid of new content,… Continue reading "2023 Top 10"
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Lead and Copper (Hart, 2023)
William Hart shows up with enough receipts in Lead and Copper to dismay even the most hardened pessimists and persuade … who exactly? That’s not meant as an indictment of… Continue reading "Lead and Copper (Hart, 2023)"
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Lawrence, 2023)
For just a moment in the first act of the new Hunger Games movie, it looked like the franchise was going to give President Snow the full Darth Vader treatment,… Continue reading "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Lawrence, 2023)"
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Wish (Buck and Veerasunthorn, 2023)
I am not positive that Wish is that much worse than the average Disney fare, but I can say with confidence that it is the least I’ve enjoyed a Disney… Continue reading "Wish (Buck and Veerasunthorn, 2023)"
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Paris Police 1905
When I heard that there would be a second season of this French television serial, I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. I liked Paris Police 1900. But I… Continue reading "Paris Police 1905"