Friday, May 30, 2025

Movie Reviews

Movie Review (TIFF 2021): ‘True Things’ hurts, even though it doesn’t offer anything new

Director: Harry Wootliff. Writers: Harry Wootliff, Molly Davies. Stars: Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Hayley Squires. Synopsis: A woman’s dreary life is forever changed after a risky sexual encounter. It would seem that it is a ritual...

Movie Review: ‘Cry Macho’ Offers a Familiar but Compelling Road Trip Narrative

Director: Clint Eastwood Writers: Nick Schenk, N. Richard Nash Stars: Clint Eastwood, Eduardo Minett, Natalia Traven, Dwight Yoakum Synopsis: A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job to bring a man's young...

Movie Review: ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ sings right into your heart

Director: Jonathan Butterell Writer: Tom MacRae Stars: Max Harwood, Lauren Patel, Sarah Lancashire, Shobna Gulati, Richard E. Grant, Samuel Bottomley, Ralph Ineson, Sharon Horgan, Adeel Akhtar Synopsis: Feature film adaptation of the musical about a...

Movie Review (TIFF 2021): ‘Silent Night’ Is An Apocalyptic Horror Comedy That Misses the Mark

Director: Camille Griffin Writer: Camille Griffin Stars: Roman Griffin Davis, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Lily-Rose Depp Synopsis:  Family and friends gather at Christmas for the end of the world. Silent Night, the debut film from writer-director...

Movie Review: ‘The Voyeurs’ Is an Uninspired and Ridiculous Erotic Thriller

Director: Michael Mohan Writer: Michael Mohan Stars: Justice Smith, Sydney Sweeney, Ben Hardy Synopsis: Pippa and Thomas move into their dream apartment, they notice that their windows look directly into the apartment opposite, this will...

Movie Review (TIFF 2021): ‘The Good House’ Features a Dynamic Central Performance From Sigourney Weaver, But is Not Able to Escape Its Formulaic Trappings

Director: Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky Writers: Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky, Thomas Bezucha, based on the novel by Ann Leary Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney Synopsis: An alcoholic New England realtor...

Movie Review (TIFF 2021): ‘The Guilty’ Proves That English Language Remakes Can Work

Director: Antoine Fuqua Writer: Nic Pizzolatto, Gustav Möller (original), Emil Nygaard (original) Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Riley Keough, Peter Sarsgaard Synopsis: A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives...

Movie Review (TIFF 21): ‘The Survivor’ Fails to Support Ben Foster’s Career-Best Transformative Performance

Director: Barry Levinson Writers: Justine Juel Gillmer Stars: Ben Foster, Billy Magnusson, Peter Sarsgaard, Vicky Krieps Synopsis:  The true story of boxer Harry Haft, World War II concentration camp survivor. When someone hears that actor Ben...

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