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LFF 2021 Review: The Lost Daughter – “A thrillingly-weird ride with a resonant message”

LFF 2021 Review: The Lost Daughter – “A thrillingly-weird ride with a resonant message”

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

A man held court outside the screening of The Lost Daughter, surrounded by a small group. “I just didn’t get it,” he exclaimed, “I thought...

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LFF 2021 Review: Petite Maman – “Utterly charming”

LFF 2021 Review: Petite Maman – “Utterly charming”

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

Céline Sciamma’s follow-up to 2019’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a quieter and more playful film. But despite its lean running time of...

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Review: Halloween Kills – “A total shambles, but I loved it”

Review: Halloween Kills – “A total shambles, but I loved it”

Posted by on Oct 17, 2021 in All, drama, Film, Headline, horror, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Halloween Kills is, in many ways, a total shambles. For a film that was pitched as the middle section of a planned trilogy, it feels...

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LFF 2021 Review: Language Lessons – “A bittersweet film that will resonate with our need for connection after long months apart”

LFF 2021 Review: Language Lessons – “A bittersweet film that will resonate with our need for connection after long months apart”

Posted by on Oct 15, 2021 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, indie, Reviews | 0 comments

Stories featuring Zoom have been a growing trope of filmmaking in the time of Covid-19. But Natalie Morales’ debut feature deftly avoids...

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LFF 2021 Review: The French Dispatch – “Everything You Want from a Wes Anderson Movie, and Plenty That You Didn’t”

LFF 2021 Review: The French Dispatch – “Everything You Want from a Wes Anderson Movie, and Plenty That You Didn’t”

Posted by on Oct 14, 2021 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

  I’ll start with an anecdote about Wes Anderson, king of anecdotal cinema. I had been invited to a screening of The Life...

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US Blu-ray and DVD Releases: Free Guy, The Green Knight, The Flash, Inglourious Basterds, Space Jam, Blithe Spirit and more

US Blu-ray and DVD Releases: Free Guy, The Green Knight, The Flash, Inglourious Basterds, Space Jam, Blithe Spirit and more

Posted by on Oct 12, 2021 in All, DVD/Blu-ray, Film, Reviews, TV | Comments Off on US Blu-ray and DVD Releases: Free Guy, The Green Knight, The Flash, Inglourious Basterds, Space Jam, Blithe Spirit and more

Whoo boy, we’ve got a great week of releases this week! One of my favorite movies of the year hits home video, we get a couple of...

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Review: Dune – “It might just be the epic sci-fi saga we’ve been waiting for”

Review: Dune – “It might just be the epic sci-fi saga we’ve been waiting for”

Posted by on Oct 7, 2021 in action, All, Books, drama, fantasy, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, Theatre | 0 comments

Timothée Chalamet’s pale and angular face looms large, camera tight on his furrowed brow, inner cogs turning, perfect curls twisted into a...

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US Blu-ray and DVD Releases: Night of the Animated Dead, The Nevers, The Awakening, Guilt and more

US Blu-ray and DVD Releases: Night of the Animated Dead, The Nevers, The Awakening, Guilt and more

Posted by on Oct 5, 2021 in All, DVD/Blu-ray, Film, Reviews, TV | Comments Off on US Blu-ray and DVD Releases: Night of the Animated Dead, The Nevers, The Awakening, Guilt and more

We have a small release slate this week, with no theatrical tentpoles, no major A-list releases, and a small amount of titles. Still, I...

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Bond Blog: Moonraker – A James Bond Retrospective

Bond Blog: Moonraker – A James Bond Retrospective

Posted by on Oct 4, 2021 in action, All, Books, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

Moonraker came out just as the 70s were coming to an end. Using the same team as brought about the success of The Spy Who Loved Me: Lewis...

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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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