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2 Weeks Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Director Victoria Negri’s emotionally amplified short film 2 Weeks presents a personal crisis for a young actress who’s discovering that she’s asexual. Tanya is played by mononymous actor MARS, who also wrote the script based on real-life experience. Tanya’s realization…

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice IMAX Review: The Juice is Loose Again!

Michael Keaton steps into his iconic role once more as Beetlejuice in this long-awaited Tim Burton sequel and after seeing The post Beetlejuice Beetlejuice IMAX Review: The Juice is Loose Again! appeared first on Back to the Movies. Disclaimer: This…

Restrictive Storytelling Holds Back Entertaining Sexual Repression Drama

Acclaimed French writer-director Alain Guiraudie’s latest feature, Misericordia (Miséricorde), attempts to tackle repressed sexuality in a twisted mix of humor, secrecy, and deception. The film’s centerpiece is the mysterious Jérémie Pastor (Félix Kysyl), who returns to his rural hometown of…

‘Measures for a Funeral’ Review

Classical music is an intense environment — and one that makes for a rich cinematic setting. In the past few years alone, best picture lineups have featured movies that take place in this world, including Maestro and Tár. Measures for…

‘The Friend’ Review – Naomi Watts Comedy Is Best When It Goes to the Dogs

Early in The Friend, the adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s National Book Award winner by writers/directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel, a character asks “What’s gonna happen with the dog?” It’s a question we always ask in movies centered around dogs,…

Marianne Jean-Baptiste Unleashes An Unforgettable Fury In Mike Leigh’s Family Drama [TIFF]

TORONTO – Pansy is angry. She’s angry at the woman in line with her at the grocery store checkout. She’s angry at her dentist. She is pretty much angry at everything. Most of all, she’s angry at her husband and…

Place Of Bones Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Directed by Audrey Cummings and written by Richard Taylor, Place Of Bones takes place in 1876 on a ranch in the middle of the desert. Pandora (Heather Graham) barely ekes out a living in this remote place with her daughter,…

‘Wynonna Earp Vengeance’ Review – Scrappy Movie Sequel Leaves the Door Open for More

When Wynonna Earp first premiered on SYFY in 2016, the supernatural-tinged Western wasn't necessarily fated for success. The series, originally based on the comic books by Beau Smith, had a lot to prove at the time of its release —…

Speak No Evil Review | Flickreel

Fans of the 2022 Danish film might question why Speak No Evil needs an American remake. James McAvoy is one reason. Mackenzie Davis is an equally great reason. Beyond the excellent casting, is there a reason to see the remake…

A Bumpy Take Off Lands With A Tearjerker [TIFF]

TORONTO – As 2024 rounds the corner into the halfway mark for this decade, Hollywood studio-produced animated films have entered what can only be described as a period of corporate malaise. Sequels are pretty much the one and only priority…

Gripping Drama Is Necessary Viewing For Breaking The Cycle Of Abuse

Zambian Welsh writer-director Rungano Nyoni returned to the Toronto International Film Festival with her second feature, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl. The gripping drama examines past trauma and abuse through a culturally rich and empathetic lens. Does trauma ever truly…

‘The Wild Robot’ Review – Lupita Nyong’o Brings Maternal, Mechanical Warmth to One of Chris Sanders’ Best Yet

Writer-director Chris Sanders is nothing if not an expert at pairing a loveable outcast with a weird, lonely animal. One of the minds behind classics like Lilo & Stitch and How to Train Your Dragon, Sanders has an unparalleled knack…

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