She Said Review | Flickreel
For nearly twenty-five years, an awards season didn’t go by without Harvey Weinstein’s name coming up. She Said brings Weinstein’s name back into the conversation, but for entirely different reasons. Some might call it hypocritical for an industry that enabled…
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“The Stranger” (2022): Investigating the depths of evil
The Stranger tells the story of an Australian undercover cop who develops an intense, intimate relationship with a child murder suspect while trying to earn his trust and elicit a confession. It takes a heavy toll.[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umIeYcQLABg[/embed]The Australian Crime-Solving Procedural Drama “The Stranger”…
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A Respectful War Epic That Flies High On Its True Story Elements [TIFF]
Directed by J.D. Dillard from a screenplay by Jake Crane and Jonathan Stewart, Devotion is based on actual events during the Korean War. Heartbreaking and sincere, the film dives head-first into the lives of U.S. Navy fighter pilots Jesse Brown…
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Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin Shine In A Modest, Messy Dramedy [TIFF]
Few things are as important to comedy as the element of surprise, so the first really big laugh in Paul Weitz’s “Moving On” comes fairly early. Claire (Jane Fonda) is going out of town for the weekend, back to her old home for…
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Cassian Faces the Horrors of Imperial Prison Labor
Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) wasn’t lying when told Chirrut Îmwe (Donnie Yen) that being imprisoned was a “first” for him in Rogue One. Rather than shipping him off to toil away in prison somewhere, the Empire deems “Keef” a worthy…
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Crossing | Film Threat
Written and directed by Arthur Ian, Crossing bills itself as a drama, though there are several comedic moments throughout. This is Ian’s screenwriting debut and only his second directorial effort behind a documentary, so it could be a tonal problem.…
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The Menu Review | Flickreel
The appeal of trendy restaurants has always escaped me. Why pay top dollar for food that comes in small portions and doesn’t even taste as good as what you’d order at the average fast food joint? It’s the definition of…
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The David Bowie Documentary You Never Knew You Needed
Trying to capture everything David Bowie has done is a fool's errand and a cradle-to-the-grave biography seems unnecessary in this era of Wikipedia deep dives. But the essence of David Bowie is worthy of a feature-length film. Writer-director Brett Morgen…
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One Man’s Harrowing Search for Justice
On January 8, 2020, a Ukraine International Airlines flight heading from Tehran to Kyiv was shot down shortly after departure by an Iranian surface-to-air missile, killing all 176 people on board. That in itself is tragic enough, but the families…
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A Multifaceted Grab Bag Horror Anthology
The feeling that I get when I watch Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities is that this is a series that feels like it speaks to the curator specifically. Del Toro's series is created, presented, and partly written by him,…
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Don’t Worry Darling Review – Venice Film Festival
Brent Simon has returned back from the Venice Film Festival with this glorious Don’t Worry Darling review. If one permits a brief introductory sidebar, we have already seen the imperilling effects of social media on the course of human history…
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“ALL MY FRIENDS HATE ME” (2021): Bizarre Blend of Horror and Phobia
It’s Pete’s birthday. The old gang from college is throwing him a party at a mansion out in the English countryside. During what’s fully intended to be a joyful weekend reunion, Pete finds himself increasingly unnerved by his friends inside…
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