Review: The Angel

Rating: 8/10
PLOT: This is the true story of Ashraf Marwan, an Egyptian spy who is credited with helping to save Israel leading up to the Yom Kippur War in 1973. REVIEW: It doesn’t seem that long ago when Netflix was just a great...

Lizzie (Movie Review)

Rating: 7/10
PLOT: In August of 1892, Lizzie Borden attempts to form a lasting bond with her housemaid Bridget Sullivan. As her sanity slips, Lizzie implicates Bridget in the murder of Lizzie’s father and stepmother. REVIEW: The infamous Lizzie Borden case has...

Review: Roma (TIFF 2018)

Rating: 10/10
PLOT: A year in the life of a middle class family living in Mexico City circa 1970. REVIEW: If any film that I’ve seen at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival has a chance to be taught in film schools...

Review: Lizzie

Rating: 7/10
PLOT: In August of 1892, Lizzie Borden attempts to form a lasting bond with her housemaid Bridget Sullivan. As her sanity slips, Lizzie implicates Bridget in the murder of Lizzie’s father and stepmother. REVIEW: The infamous Lizzie Borden case has...

Mandy (Movie Review)

Rating: 8/10
NOTE: This review originally ran as part of our Sundance 2018 coverage. PLOT: 1983 A.D – the Shadow Mountains. Red Miller (Nicolas Cage)’s idyllic life comes crashing down when his beloved girlfriend, Mandy Bloom (Andrea Riseborough) is kidnapped by a...

Patient Zero (Movie Review)

Rating: 5/10
PLOT: When a global pandemic leaves scores of humans infected with rabies, a partially infected man named Morgan (Matt Smith) who has the ability to communicate with the zombies could be the key to their salvation. REVIEW: A year after...

Review: Mandy

Rating: 8/10
This review was originally part of our Sundance 2018 coverage PLOT: 1983 A.D – the Shadow Mountains. Red Miller (Nicolas Cage)’s idyllic life comes crashing down when his beloved girlfriend, Mandy Bloom (Andrea Riseborough) is kidnapped by a demented cult,...

Review: Destroyer (TIFF 2018)

Rating: 10/10
PLOT: A worn-out, alcoholic LA cop (Nicole Kidman) is forced to confront old demons when an enemy from her past reemerges. REVIEW: Karyn Kusama’s DESTROYER is, for me, the big surprise of this year’s TIFF. Having been a big fan...

The Predator (Movie Review)

Rating: 5/10
PLOT: After a young boy inadvertently communicates with a deadly Predator, a group of ex-soldiers find themselves not only in a battle for their own survival, but the future of the human race itself. REVIEW: There was a lot of...

Review: Boy Erased (TIFF 2018)

Rating: 6/10
 center> PLOT: The son (Lucas Hedges) of a Baptist preacher (Russell Crowe) is sent to a gay conversion therapy program. REVIEW: I’ll say this for Joel Edgerton’s BOY ERASED, it stirred up strong emotions in me. Undeniably provocative and well-acted,...
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