"Lord grant me chastity... but not yet" - St. Augustine A strapping young applejack named Jean Kayak (Ryland Birckson Cole Tews) is very good at harvesting apple and fermenting them into delicious alcohol. The local fur-trappers set up camp at his place and they all enjoy a bountiful crop of booze. Sadly, this particular winter …
The Summer I Turned Pretty – Season 2 Review
Before you read any further, this is a review based on the tv-series, without any prior knowledge of what happens in the books. Therefore I'll be judging it as such. Belly (Lola Tong) used to count down the days until she could return to Cousins Beach, but with Conrad (Christopher Briney - Daliland) and Jeremiah …
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Fantasia Is Back For Its 27th Edition
Fantasia has announced their final wave of titles, so what better time for us to share the five movies we're most excited for. FEMME After premiering earlier this year at Berlin International Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Feature Film and Best First Feature Award, Femme is having its North American premiere. The …
The Boogeyman – Film Review
Remember that Zoom-horror movie 'Host' that came out during the pandemic? Well, director Rob Savage is back with a new horror film (we're just going to ignore what came between these two movies - because Dashcam was abysmal), and this time he's going mainstream with 20th Century Studios. Some might fear this could damage his …
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse – Film Review
It's been five years since Into the Spider-Verse's release in theatres, which didn't exactly do well at the box office, but ended up winning an Oscar and is still considered one of the most innovative animated features made by a big studio. Finally, Miles Morales is back in Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. …
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Transatlantic – Mini-series Review
This series is a work of fiction inspired by real people and real events. Marseille, France. 1940. Wealthy Chicago activist Mary Jayne Gold (Gillian Jacobs - Community, Invincible) is doing everything in her power to make sure that the US Government follows through with its promise to help as many WWII refugees as they can …
Chicken for Linda! – Film Review | Cannes 2023
Linda is unfairly punished by her mother, Paulette, who will do anything to make it up to her. Even make chicken with peppers when in fact she can't cook. Linda absolutely wants to have the chicken that her late father used to make… Most days it shouldn’t be this hard to find a chicken and …
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The (Ex)perience Of Love – Film Review | Cannes 2023
Rémy and Sandra are unable to have children because they have "Syndrome of past loves". To heal, there is only one solution: they must go back to bed with all their exes. Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, who have previously written and directed the criminally underrated Madly in Life (La Vie Démente), once again created …
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Vincent Must Die – Film Review | Cannes 2023
In Stéphan Castang's feature directorial debut film, we follow Vincent (Karim Leklou - The Stronghold, Pour la France), a man who keeps getting attacked for no particular reason. Overnight, he must change his entire way of living and figure out a way to survive. Vincent Must Die kicks things off with some impressive opening credits, …
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Inshallah A Boy – Film Review | Cannes 2023
Jordan's very first film ever to premiere at Festival de Cannes, Inshallah A Boy, tells the story of Nawal (Mouna Hawa - In Between, A Gaza Weekend), a thirtysomething woman, who has recently lost her husband. Now she has to fight for her part of inheritance in order to save her daughter and home in …
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