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TIFF 2023 Review: Woman of the Hour – “A confident, fearless directorial debut for Anna Kendrick”

TIFF 2023 Review: Woman of the Hour – “A confident, fearless directorial debut for Anna Kendrick”

Posted by on Sep 9, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 1 comment

I am very glad that the premiere screening of Woman of the Hour let out in daylight hours, when the thought of walking home from the...

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TIFF 2023 Review: The Boy and the Heron – “Takes the audience through various emotions”

TIFF 2023 Review: The Boy and the Heron – “Takes the audience through various emotions”

Posted by on Sep 9, 2023 in action, All, animated, drama, fantasy, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

A young boy grieving the death of his mother has to come to terms with his father remarrying and starting a new family. As World War II...

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TIFF 2023 Reviews: Tautuktavuk (What We See) and Boil Alert

TIFF 2023 Reviews: Tautuktavuk (What We See) and Boil Alert

Posted by on Sep 8, 2023 in All, documentary, drama, Film, Headline, indie, Reviews | 0 comments

Two films highlighting different social and political issues affecting the Indigenous peoples of North America are amongst those having...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Anatomy of a Fall

TIFF 2023 Review: Anatomy of a Fall

Posted by on Sep 8, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, indie, Reviews | 0 comments

When her husband falls to his death at their home in the French Alps, a successful German writer is put on trial for murder. While Sandra...

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Past Lives: A Purposeful Meditation on What Might Have Been

Past Lives: A Purposeful Meditation on What Might Have Been

Posted by on Sep 8, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Detachment is a difficult filmmaking tool to wield. It can come in the form of tension, like in Hitchcock and Kubrick’s works, that...

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TIFF 2023 Review: Anatomy of a Fall – “Compelling”

TIFF 2023 Review: Anatomy of a Fall – “Compelling”

Posted by on Sep 8, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of a Fall marks the second film I’ve seen at the Toronto International Film Festival that has similar...

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Review: Outpost – “I enjoyed this sparky little horror movie.”

Review: Outpost – “I enjoyed this sparky little horror movie.”

Posted by on Sep 7, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

I enjoyed this sparky little horror movie. It is compact (less than 90 minutes) and fun. But… I’m a horror fan and my enjoyment was on the...

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US Blu-ray and DVD Releases: No Hard Feelings, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Star Trek Picard, NCIS, Blue Bloods, Black Circle and more

US Blu-ray and DVD Releases: No Hard Feelings, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Star Trek Picard, NCIS, Blue Bloods, Black Circle and more

Posted by on Sep 5, 2023 in All, DVD/Blu-ray, Film, Reviews, TV | Comments Off on US Blu-ray and DVD Releases: No Hard Feelings, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Star Trek Picard, NCIS, Blue Bloods, Black Circle and more

There’s a heavy TV show focus in this week’s releases, including two final seasons and two complementary complete series box sets. Check...

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Review: The Equalizer 3 – “Possibly the most brutal of the entire trilogy.”

Review: The Equalizer 3 – “Possibly the most brutal of the entire trilogy.”

Posted by on Sep 3, 2023 in action, All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Antoine Fuqua’s finale to his Robert McCall trilogy will be very polarising and I can see why some may not like it. Going into part 3, we...

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EIFF 2023 Review: Raging Grace – “A brilliant, Gothic-tinged horror-drama”

EIFF 2023 Review: Raging Grace – “A brilliant, Gothic-tinged horror-drama”

Posted by on Sep 1, 2023 in All, drama, Film, Headline, horror, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Directed by Paris Zarcilla Starring Max Eigenmann, Jaden Paige Boadilla, Leanne Best, David Hayman Joy (Max Eigenmann), is an undocumented...

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