Tiff 2021

Movie Reviews

Belfast Review

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: In 1969, a family finds their happy lives in Belfast threatened by a lack of work and the start of the Troubles. REVIEW: Kenneth Branagh‘s Belfast is by far his most personal film. If you’ve read anything about his...

Movie Reviews

Last Night in Soho Review

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: A young woman (Thomasin McKenzie) obsessed with the British Invasion era sixties, travels to London to attend fashion design school. She rents a room in Soho that once belonged to an aspiring singer (Anya Taylor-Joy) and finds herself living...

Interviews

Interview: Jake Gyllenhaal & Antoine Fuqua on The Guilty

Posted 4 years ago

In the middle of the Toronto International Film Festival, I was lucky enough to speak with Jake Gyllenhaal and director Antoine Fuqua about their latest film, Netflix’s The Guilty. The film is an adaptation of the Danish hit film of the same...

Movie Reviews

The Guilty Review

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: A disgraced cop (Jake Gyllenhaal) working as a 911 dispatch officer receives a phone call from an abducted woman. Without much to go on, he tries to help her escape over the phone while dealing with his own personal...

Movie Reviews

Dear Evan Hansen Review

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: A well-intentioned high school student falls down a rabbit hole of lies when he allows the parents of a teen who committed suicide to believe they were best friends. REVIEW: Dear Evan Hansen is a movie I struggled with...

Movie News

TIFF 2021: Top 5 & wrap-up

Posted 4 years ago

Another edition of TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) is in the books, with 2021 being a hybrid version of the fest – a combination of in-person and digital screenings. Last year’s festival was an all-digital affair, so it was a...

Movie Reviews

The Survivor Review (TIFF 2021)

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: The true story of boxer Harry Haft (Ben Foster). During WW2, the Jewish Haft was sent to Auschwitz, and when he punched out a guard who was about to execute his friend, he was chosen by an officer (Billy...

Movie Reviews

The Eyes of Tammy Faye Review (TIFF 2021)

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: The true story of Tammy Faye Bakker (Jessica Chastain). For much of the seventies and eighties, Tammy and her husband Jim (Andrew Garfield) were the most famous televangelists on the planet. But, years of financial and sexual impropriety on...

Movie Reviews

Dune Review (TIFF 2021)

Posted 4 years ago

PLOT: Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) is the sole heir to the ducal House Atreides. When his father, Duke Leo (Oscar Isaac), is assigned to oversee spice production on the desert planet Arrakis, he’s plunged into a dangerous war between his...

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