TIFF Next Wave 2026: Our Review of ‘Thanks for Nothing’

Festival Coverage, Movies ‐ ‐ April 18, 2026
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TIFF Next Wave 2026: Our Review of ‘Thanks for Nothing’

Written and directed by Stella Marie Markert, her first feature film Thanks for Nothing (Danke Für Nichts) is a stylish and impactful debut.  A dark comedy of sorts, Markert deals with issues of mental health with sensitivity as she follows the story of four girls living in group housing.   Ricky (Safinaz Sattar), Victoria (Sonja […]

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Push and Pull: Our Review of ‘Amrum’

Theatrical ‐ ‐ April 17, 2026
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Push and Pull: Our Review of ‘Amrum’

For Fatih Akin’s new film Amrum, he recruits two big German actors – Diane Kruger and Matthias Schweighofer. The first plays Tessa, who’s brave enough to badmouth Hitler, and the latter plays Theo, appearing in some dream sequences. These characters live within the life of Nanning Hagener (Jasper Billerbeck), growing up during late Nazi Germany. […]

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Dominant Males: Our Review of ‘A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough’

Netflix ‐ ‐ April 17, 2026
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Dominant Males: Our Review of ‘A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough’

Infant gorillas, like their adult counterparts, seem to have an easy life in the jungles of Virunga in central-east Africa. Netflix’ A Gorilla Story: Told By David Attenborough shows these gorillas do things like lying down and relaxing. But there’s more to their life, as these gorillas, the Pablo group, are undergoing changes of leadership. […]

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The Sharp Brushstrokes of Talent: Our Review of ‘The Christophers’

Movies, Theatrical ‐ ‐ April 17, 2026
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The Sharp Brushstrokes of Talent: Our Review of ‘The Christophers’

We need to appreciate the greats while they are still with us… In what is seemingly turning into his ‘British’ period, Steven Soderbergh is back with The Christophers is a smart and deft dramedy that is anchored by a performance from one of our greatest living actors today. Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) was once a […]

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Quiet Icons: Our Review of ‘Lorne’

Movies, Theatrical ‐ ‐ April 15, 2026
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Quiet Icons: Our Review of ‘Lorne’

Genius tends to just sort of…happen. With Lorne from director Morgan Neville we get yet another effortless portrait on the pop culture doc machine that this filmmaker has set up so well.  It plays the hits while giving us a little bit of insight to the man while still maintaining a little bit of enigmatic […]

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Who’s Sus: Our Review of ‘Million Dollar Secret Season 2 Episodes 1-5’

Netflix ‐ ‐ April 15, 2026
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Who’s Sus: Our Review of ‘Million Dollar Secret Season 2 Episodes 1-5’

“Yeah see I mean from the front it looks like I have hair”, says Kaleb, code name The Eagle. This may seem like an innocuous conversation about male baldness but nothing is innocuous in The Stag. The Stag is a European chalet, the setting for Million Dollar Secret, aka Netflix’s ‘knockoff’ version of The Traitors. […]

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Bumble Fish: Our Review of ‘ChaO’

Theatrical ‐ ‐ April 11, 2026
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Bumble Fish: Our Review of ‘ChaO’

Arriving in select theaters this weekend in a very limited run is the newest film from the Ghibli’s GKIDS distribution shingle, ChaO. Handcrafted over 7 years at Studio 4°C, ChaO is a rarity in this age of computer animation, a predominantly hand drawn, distinctively non photorealistic attempt at anime that gives the film a fantastical […]

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Sharks?: Our Review of ‘Thrash’ on Netflix

Movies, Netflix, What's Streaming? ‐ ‐ April 10, 2026
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Sharks?: Our Review of ‘Thrash’ on Netflix

Disaster happens… While Thrash has all the ingredients to be balls to the wall, survivalist shark thriller, it ultimately plays a little tame compared to other entries in the genre. Placing us in the midst of a catastrophic hurricane that has laid waste to a small coastal town.  If the torrential rain, Gail force winds, […]

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Rege-Jean Page’s 8 Pack: Our Review of ‘You, Me & Tuscany’

Theatrical ‐ ‐ April 10, 2026
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Rege-Jean Page’s 8 Pack: Our Review of ‘You, Me & Tuscany’

Is the classic romantic comedy trying to make a comeback that viewers are waiting for? The filmmakers responsible for You, Me & Tuscany provide a reasonably solid argument for the genre. Lately it seems like most of those movies head straight for Netflix or Prime. They’re quick content that often strays into cheesy ‘Hallmark’ territory. […]

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Wine Tasting 101: Our Review of ‘The Drops of God’

Crunchyroll, What's Streaming? ‐ ‐ April 10, 2026
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Wine Tasting 101: Our Review of ‘The Drops of God’

In 2004 Tadashi Agi created a manga series illustrated by Shu Okimoto called The Drops of God. It was serialized in Weekly Morning magazine and became a huge hit. It ran for 10 years, and was reprinted in several volumes. The series proved to be so popular that Apple TV turned the manga in a […]

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