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DVD Review: Best Sellers – “Light-hearted and enjoyable”

DVD Review: Best Sellers – “Light-hearted and enjoyable”

Posted by on Nov 29, 2021 in All, comedy, DVD/Blu-ray, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Films depicting cross-generational friendships are not hard to find.  The Intern with Anne Hathaway and Robert DeNiro comes to mind.  ...

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Review: tick, tick…BOOM! – “One of the best performances of Andrew Garfield’s career”

Review: tick, tick…BOOM! – “One of the best performances of Andrew Garfield’s career”

Posted by on Nov 15, 2021 in All, biopic, drama, Film, Headline, musical, Reviews | 0 comments

On January 25, 1996 at the age of 35, Jonathan Larson passed away suddenly from an aortic aneurysm.  The next night, his hit musical Rent...

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Review: See You Next Christmas – “Easy to enjoy”

Review: See You Next Christmas – “Easy to enjoy”

Posted by on Nov 8, 2021 in All, comedy, Film, indie, Reviews | 1 comment

With Halloween behind us, the Christmas season is now drawing near.  With it we can expect the usual onslaught of holiday fare.  We may...

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Review: 7 Prisoners – “An eye-opening and vital experience”

Review: 7 Prisoners – “An eye-opening and vital experience”

Posted by on Nov 4, 2021 in All, drama, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

History is awash with examples involving the exploitation of human beings.  Yet sadly, we still need not look any further than the present...

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Review: Finch – “Touching and tender”

Review: Finch – “Touching and tender”

Posted by on Nov 3, 2021 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi | 0 comments

As an avid lover of dogs, and long-time admirer of Tom Hanks, I’d been waiting for Finch, coming to Apple+ this Friday, with great...

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Review: Giddy Stratospheres

Review: Giddy Stratospheres

Posted by on Oct 4, 2021 in All, Film, indie, Reviews | 0 comments

To me, the 2000s don’t seem that long ago, but perhaps that is a sign of the times and how strange the passage of it has felt lately.  Yet...

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TIFF 2021 Review: Ali & Ava – “Satisfyingly sweet while never becoming overly sentimental”

TIFF 2021 Review: Ali & Ava – “Satisfyingly sweet while never becoming overly sentimental”

Posted by on Sep 20, 2021 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, romance | 0 comments

Films about the working class, while increasing in number, are still not the norm, and romance films even less so.  It’s therefore...

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TIFF 2021 Review: Silent Night “Make no mistake, it is bleak, but it’s also funny”

TIFF 2021 Review: Silent Night “Make no mistake, it is bleak, but it’s also funny”

Posted by on Sep 20, 2021 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi | 0 comments

Prior to the start of Camille Griffin’s Silent Night, the writer-directors feature debut, she had this to say: “I believe as...

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TIFF 2021 Review: The Mad Women’s Ball – “Haunting and beautiful”

TIFF 2021 Review: The Mad Women’s Ball – “Haunting and beautiful”

Posted by on Sep 19, 2021 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

In 1885, Victor Hugo died.  He was revered in France, and around the world for that matter, for his work.  He was also a man who...

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TIFF 2021 Review: The Eyes of Tammy Faye – “Chastain’s sincerity is palpable”

TIFF 2021 Review: The Eyes of Tammy Faye – “Chastain’s sincerity is palpable”

Posted by on Sep 18, 2021 in All, biopic, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

When one thinks of the late Tammy Faye Bakker now (she passed in 2007), she is often thought of with that overzealous eye makeup, big...

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