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Sundance 2025 Review: Sorry, Baby – “A film with humour and heart.”

Posted by on Jan 31, 2025 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

A warning – this film, and hence this review, mentions sexual assault. Please take care while reading. I didn’t really know...

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Sundance 2025 Review: Prime Minister – “Makes a world leader approachable and understandable.”

Posted by on Jan 30, 2025 in All, documentary, Film, Headline, Reviews | 1 comment

In 2017, Jacinda Ardern became the self-described ‘reluctant’ Prime Minister of New Zealand.  Just weeks before an election...

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Sundance 2025 Review: Brides – “The filmmakers create empathy while exploring the reasons for their decisions.”

Posted by on Jan 26, 2025 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Two teenagers sit in an airport, sharing a milkshake and scarfing fries.  They look slightly older than their fifteen years, perhaps...

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Review: Across the River and Into the Trees – “A fine film, elevated with solid performances”

Posted by on Oct 31, 2024 in All, drama, Film, Reviews, war | 0 comments

In 1950, Ernest Hemingway published the novel, Across the River and Into the Trees.  Apparently, Tennessee Williams said it was ‘the...

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Review: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin – “A warm celebration of a life lived”

Posted by on Oct 25, 2024 in All, documentary, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Mats Steen was born to parents Robert and Trude in 1989.  They were ecstatic at his arrival, loving parents that documented his early...

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TIFF 2024 Review: Sweet Angel Baby – “the overriding message is still triumphant.”

Posted by on Sep 30, 2024 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

When you’re a little bit ‘different’ from the rest, you might be apt to hide parts of yourself.  This is even more true if you live in a...

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TIFF 2024 Review: Addition – “What starts out as a more typical rom-com does become more serious in the second half”

Posted by on Sep 20, 2024 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, romance | 0 comments

To Grace Lisa Vandenburg (Teresa Palmer), everything is seen in numbers.  There are nineteen letters in her name, for instance.  The...

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TIFF 2024 Review: The Assessment – “Fortuné directs with assuredness and a clear vision.”

Posted by on Sep 17, 2024 in All, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi | 0 comments

In a futuristic world, a voice reports atmospheric pressure and radioactivity statistics under ‘the dome.’  It’s a...

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TIFF 2024 Reviews: Matt and Mara, All of You

Posted by on Sep 17, 2024 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, romance, sci-fi | 0 comments

Two titles at the Toronto International Film Festival I viewed stood out as having similar themes.  What happens when friends discover, or...

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TIFF 2024 Review: The Fire Inside – “takes the typical formula of an underdog sports story and turns it on its head.”

Posted by on Sep 16, 2024 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sport | 0 comments

In 2016, boxer Claressa Shields became the first, and only, American boxer to win back-to-back gold medals at the Olympic Games.  She went...

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