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TIFF 2022 Review: What’s Love Got to Do With It? – “An elevated and welcome new slant on the rom-com genre”

TIFF 2022 Review: What’s Love Got to Do With It? – “An elevated and welcome new slant on the rom-com genre”

Posted by on Sep 15, 2022 in All, comedy, Film, Headline, Reviews, romance | 0 comments

In the tradition of Richard Curtis British rom-coms like Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually comes What’s Love Got to Do...

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Bond Blog: Skyfall – A James Bond Retrospective

Bond Blog: Skyfall – A James Bond Retrospective

Posted by on Sep 15, 2022 in action, All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 1 comment

It was the bad luck of the James Bond series to always be in some kind of limbo. There were court cases, studio disputes, writers’...

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TIFF 2022 Review: Devotion

TIFF 2022 Review: Devotion

Posted by on Sep 15, 2022 in action, All, biopic, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, war | 0 comments

Rising through the ranks of U.S. Navy fighter pilots is Jesse Brown who was the first African-American aviator to graduate from the basic...

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Review: Strawberry Mansion – “A weird, mad and uniquely lovely surreal romantic-adventure”

Review: Strawberry Mansion – “A weird, mad and uniquely lovely surreal romantic-adventure”

Posted by on Sep 14, 2022 in action, All, comedy, drama, fantasy, Film, Headline, indie, Reviews, romance, sci-fi | 0 comments

The cute mind-melter, Strawberry Mansion, is written and directed by Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley and also starring Audley,...

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TIFF 2022 Review: Empire of Light – “Olivia Colman is an acting powerhouse”

TIFF 2022 Review: Empire of Light – “Olivia Colman is an acting powerhouse”

Posted by on Sep 14, 2022 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, romance | 0 comments

A lonely mentally ill movie theatre employee living in an English seaside town in the early 1980s learns about the power of friendship and...

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TIFF 2022 Review: Baby Ruby – “There are powerful themes explored”

TIFF 2022 Review: Baby Ruby – “There are powerful themes explored”

Posted by on Sep 14, 2022 in All, drama, Film, Headline, horror, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

“Nothing’s going to be any different. It’s just a baby,” says Josephine (Noémie Merlant, Portrait of a Lady on...

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TIFF 2022 Review: Plan 75 – “A quiet, contemplative and largely unsentimental film”

TIFF 2022 Review: Plan 75 – “A quiet, contemplative and largely unsentimental film”

Posted by on Sep 14, 2022 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

The population of the world is getting older.  Where I live, in 2012 one in seven Canadians was a senior. By 2030 it will be almost one in...

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TIFF 2022 Review: The Whale – “An intimate and heartbreaking film”

TIFF 2022 Review: The Whale – “An intimate and heartbreaking film”

Posted by on Sep 13, 2022 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, Theatre | 0 comments

In an essay about Moby Dick, a writer describes the whale as a ‘large, emotionless animal.’  It’s a writing that when...

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TIFF 2022 Review – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story – “A film full of abundant laughs and so many cameos”

TIFF 2022 Review – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story – “A film full of abundant laughs and so many cameos”

Posted by on Sep 13, 2022 in All, biopic, comedy, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

“What. Is. Happening?” It was a question I asked myself in disbelief more than once while watching Weird: The Al Yankovic...

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US Blu-ray and DVD Releases: Real Genius, Lightyear, Magnum P.I., Canadian Bacon, Drive, Flowers In The Attic: The Origin, Young Sheldon and more

US Blu-ray and DVD Releases: Real Genius, Lightyear, Magnum P.I., Canadian Bacon, Drive, Flowers In The Attic: The Origin, Young Sheldon and more

Posted by on Sep 13, 2022 in All, DVD/Blu-ray, Film, Reviews | Comments Off on US Blu-ray and DVD Releases: Real Genius, Lightyear, Magnum P.I., Canadian Bacon, Drive, Flowers In The Attic: The Origin, Young Sheldon and more

The focus this week is on new titles, with a few TV-on-DVD and catalog offerings thrown into the mix. Take a look at what’s on shelves...

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