by moxie | Nov 30, 2024 | Documentary, drama, Events, Foreign, Historical, Independent, Movies
Reviewed by Alicia Glass The film is half a recollection of displaced Vietnamese kids fled to America after the Vietnam war creating a community of their own around the super-popular New Wave music movement, and half a biographical journey of filmmaker Elizabeth Ai’s...
by moxie | Oct 20, 2022 | Documentary, drama, horror, suspense, TV Reviews
Reviewed by Alicia Glass The story of the Milwaukee Monster, notorious serial killer and cannibal, the infamous Jeffrey Dahmer, and the repeated police incompetence that allowed him to continue killing, largely told from the point-of-view of his victims. The whole...
by moviemoxie | Mar 30, 2022 | Action, Adventure, comedy, Documentary, drama, Events, Foreign, Movies
Reviewed by Alicia Glass Struggling L.A. Indian-born actor Omi Vaidya lands a starring role in the Bollywood film 3 Idiots and subsequently becomes famous! I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, given the word Bollywood in the title and all. I have seen some of their...
by moviemoxie | Mar 30, 2022 | Documentary, drama, Events, Foreign, Movies
Reviewed by Alicia Glass A documentary of the life and work of Sushi Master Jiro Ono, his restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro, and his heir and son Yoshikazu. You don’t have to be in love with sushi to enjoy the movie, but it would really help if you had a clear appreciation...
by moviemoxie | Mar 25, 2022 | Documentary, drama, Events, Historical, horror, Movies
Reviewed by Alicia Glass Rating: 6 Jesus is a young man attempting to find the Priest who abused him as an altar boy at 11, and gain some measure of closure. I don’t want to be mean, but I fail to see the point of this movie. It wasn’t closure, Jesus didn’t actually...
by moviemoxie | Mar 25, 2022 | Adventure, comedy, Documentary, drama, Events, Foreign, Historical, Independent, Movies, Music, Romance
Reviewed by Alicia Glass Rating: 6.5 Using the diversity now available in Mexican music as a framework, everything from traditional Mariachi to up-and-coming rap, the documentary approaches contemporary Mexican culture and modern and lasting issues. The whole of the...
