Let Me Handle This: Our Review of ‘Freakier Friday’

Theatrical ‐ August 07, 2025
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Freakier Friday takes place during contemporary times, two decades after the first film, as now, Anna Coleman (Lindsay Lohan) is an A&R handling pop girlies like Ella (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan). Her mother, Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis), now married to Ryan (Mark Harmon), interferes with Anna’s parenting methods. And yeah, Anna is mother to Harper (Julia Butters). […]

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Andrea Riseborough and Cole Escola: Our Review of ‘Please Baby Please’

What's Streaming? ‐ August 06, 2025
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While watching Amanda Kramer’s Please Baby Please, I keep wondering about its central couple, Arthur and Suze. Harry Melling and Andrea Riseborough act as the 1950s New York’s tapestry, and yes, that tapestry is freaky. They have neighbours (Demi Moore) inspiring them/ each other to break into dance. They are also at each other’s throats. […]

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‘Platonic’ Season 2 – Luke MacFarlane Shows Off His Comedic Chops

Apple TV +, Interviews ‐ August 04, 2025
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‘Platonic’ Season 2 – Luke MacFarlane Shows Off His Comedic Chops

Get ready for another hilarious Season of the hit Apple TV+ series, Platonic. The critically acclaimed half-hour comedy starring and executive produced by Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne returns this summer with its 10-episode sophomore season. Co-created, directed and co-written by Nick Stoller and Francesca Delbanco, Platonic season two picks up with everyone’s favorite pair. […]

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Fantasia 2025: Our Review of ‘A Chinese Ghost Story III’

Fantasia 2025, Retrospective ‐ August 03, 2025
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For the past two years, one of the highlights of my Fantasia Film Festival was the opportunity to see the first two Chinese Ghost Story films. The desire to see new films from all around the world looms in the air. Part of the joy of festival-going is getting to see films before anyone else, […]

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Good Trouble?: Our Review of ‘April’ on MUBI

What's Streaming? ‐ August 01, 2025
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Good Trouble?: Our Review of ‘April’ on MUBI

One of the opening scenes of April from Dea Kulumbegashvili, has Nina (Ia Sukhitashvili) picking up a guy. Risky behaviour is in her life both personally and professionally, as someone who performs abortions in Georgia. She juggles that good work, presumably illegal in Georgia, while having a stable job as an OBGYN in a hospital. […]

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Saying Goodbye to the Cast of ‘Acapulco’

Apple TV +, Interviews ‐ August 01, 2025
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The hit Apple TV+ series gets sentimental in its fourth and final season. It’s time to put away the pool towels and say farewell to the beloved cast of Acapulco. Máximo is checking back into Las Colinas for one last season! Season four of the hit, bilingual comedy series shows present day Máximo (Eugenio Derbez). […]

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Clingy: Our Review of ‘Together’

Movies, Theatrical ‐ July 31, 2025
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Clingy: Our Review of ‘Together’

There is such thing as spending TOO much time with your loved ones… While Together which is in theatres now, takes the body horror motif to some interesting levels it’s just more peculiar and weird than transformational like it kind of thinks it is. Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie (Dave Franco and Alison […]

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The Simple Pleasures: Our Review of ‘The Naked Gun’ (2025)

Movies, Theatrical ‐ July 31, 2025
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The Simple Pleasures: Our Review of ‘The Naked Gun’ (2025)

Sometimes we all need a little familiarity…. The Naked Gun thankfully resists the urge to reinvent and fix something that was never broken in the first place as the franchise finds the right man for the job to resurrect the hilarity of Police Squad. Only one man has the particular set of skills… to lead […]

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A Fine End?: Our Review of ‘The Sandman – Death: The High Cost of Living’

What's Streaming? ‐ July 31, 2025
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A Fine End?: Our Review of ‘The Sandman – Death: The High Cost of Living’

Previously on The Sandman, Morpheus, the original Dream (Tom Sturridge) is dead, Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) escorting him to Hades. So it’s actually appropriate that this special episode The High Cost of Living is about her and an ephemeral friend. That friend is Sexton (Colin Morgan), who trips on wire, eventually leading him to Death’s door. […]

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Gemma Arterton: Our Review of ‘Gemma Bovery’ on OVID

What's Streaming? ‐ July 30, 2025
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Fabrice Luchini plays Martin Joubert, a publisher turned baker in Normandy-set Gemma Bovery, a guest at a party. While the guests are talking about cheese (best topic ever), Martin keeps looking at the titular character Gemma. Gemma Arterton plays said titular character, one half of a seemingly perfect British couple who move in next door. […]

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