Children Will Enjoy This: Our Review of ‘Elli And Her Monster Team’

Movies ‐ April 18, 2025
Children Will Enjoy This: Our Review of ‘Elli And Her Monster Team’

As an adult, it’s sometimes difficult to reviews a children’s film. Especially when it’s very clear adults are not the intended audience. Still, that doesn’t mean there aren’t moments where adults can see the value in it. That’s the case with Elli and Her Monster Team. The film is an adaptation of a children’s book. […]

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Thirty Year Anniversary: Our Review of ‘Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror’ on Netflix

Netflix ‐ April 18, 2025
Thirty Year Anniversary: Our Review of ‘Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror’ on Netflix

Bob Ricks, FBI Special Agent In Charge, explains how communication was down after the Oklahoma City Bombing. Despite that, he and the rest of the bureau in Oklahoma had to catch whoever was responsible. Netflix’s True Crime Industrial Complex makes me woozy but Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror does most of the things right here. […]

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‘Government Cheese’ – Catching Up with the Cast

There’s nothing like some good Government Cheese! Government Cheese stars multi-award-winner David Oyelowo, who also serves as executive producer. It is a surrealist family comedy set in 1969 San Fernando Valley that tells the story of the Chambers. The Chambers are a quirky family pursuing lofty and seemingly impossible dreams, beautifully unfettered by the world. […]

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Love and Friendship: Our Review of ‘Ransom Canyon’ on Netflix

April Blair has been in the industry for a while, executive producer for shows like Scream, etc. This time around, she’s back with Ransom Canyon, depicting three generations of a ranch town in Texas. The focus is on the generation of people in their forties, with Staten Kirkland (Josh Duhamel) as the show’s complicated protagonist. […]

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Deaf Crocodile: Our Review of ‘Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space’

Japanese visual arts and music collective t.o.L. gives viewers a lot Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space. There’s world building, here depicting a mostly cat universe where interplanetary shopping and traveling exist. One of those travelers is the titular Tamala (Hisayo Mochizuki’s voice). Her destination is the violent Planet Q, where she meets Michelangelo. […]

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He’s On MTV!?: Our Review of ‘Harkness’ on CBC Gem

He’s On MTV!?: Our Review of ‘Harkness’ on CBC Gem

Harkness, the namesake of Maria Markina’s documentary feature debut, talks about his time during acid, discovering music as art as a child of a fellow musician. From then, he goes to London and then to his parents’ basement in a Toronto suburb where for twenty years, he writes his music. Now that he has enough […]

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Conversation Starter: Our Review of ‘A Traveler’s Needs’ on MUBI

Mubi ‐ April 12, 2025

I once saw a Hong Sang Soo film in 2014, Hill of Freedom, about a Japanese man in Korea. A prolific filmmaker, Hong returns to the ‘foreigner in Korea’ plot with last year’s A Traveler’s Needs. This time, the foreigner is Iris (Isabelle Huppert), who freelances as an English and French teacher with unconventional methods. […]

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‘Your Friends and Neighbours’ – We Hear From the Cast about Their Juicy New Series

Your Friends and Neighbours puts Jon Hamm in the hot seat and it is so much fun to watch him squirm! Already renewed for a second season, Your Friends and Neighbours takes you into the world of the rich and not so famous. The nine episode series comes from creator Jonathan Tropper (See, Warrior, Banshee). […]

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Enjoying The Moment: Our Review of ‘Drop’

Movies, Theatrical ‐ April 10, 2025
Enjoying The Moment: Our Review of ‘Drop’

It’s not always about the destination we take with these things but the ride we go on to get to there in first place. While there’s no denying that much of Drop plays like absurdist dinner theatre on steroids, it’s kind of why it works because the film leans into its more stylized beats to […]

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Smooth Operator: Our Review of ‘The Amateur’

Movies, Theatrical ‐ April 10, 2025
Smooth Operator: Our Review of ‘The Amateur’

As long as it’s served….revenge under the right circumstances is usually pretty palatable… The Amateur while maybe not the flash bang piece of cinema that some audiences may hope for is ultimately a slick and enjoyable throwback to the days when spy movies happened mostly via talking and not about what airplane you may have […]

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