TIFF 2024 Reviews: Matt and Mara, All of You
Two titles at the Toronto International Film Festival I viewed stood out as having similar themes. What happens when friends discover, or...
Read MoreTIFF 2024 Review: The Fire Inside – “takes the typical formula of an underdog sports story and turns it on its head.”
In 2016, boxer Claressa Shields became the first, and only, American boxer to win back-to-back gold medals at the Olympic Games. She went...
Read MoreTIFF 2024 Review: Babygirl – “an entirely different level of honesty”
There’s been a run of movies lately depicting younger men with women older than them, and I’m all for it considering for years...
Read MoreTIFF 2024 Review: Riff Raff – “a missed opportunity.”
News Years Eve celebrations get interrupted for Vince and his family when a former criminal associate arrives seeks retribution. An...
Read MoreTIFF 2024 Review: Do I Know You From Somewhere?
A couple seems to move in and out of each other’s life at random or is it caused by the intersection of two different relationship...
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A childhood obsession with boxing, leads Claressa Shields to become an Olympic champion and she soon learns that a gold metal does not...
Read MoreTIFF 2024 Review: The Deb – “a solid debut and full of catchy tunes”
Musicals can be a hard market to crack. Those who love them (like me) are truly excited when something new comes to the big screen. But,...
Read MoreTIFF 2024 Review: The Life of Chuck – “a life-affirming crowd-pleaser.”
What would you do if you knew the world was ending? What about just if YOUR world was ending? Many characters in Mike Flanagan’s...
Read MoreTIFF 2024 Review: Will & Harper – “something special”
When Will Ferrell got an e-mail from his friend, then known as Andrew Steele, it started simply and casually as “Hey, Will.”...
Read MoreTIFF 2024 Review: The Last Showgirl – “For Pamela Anderson, this is a role she has been waiting to play.”
“I’m 42, but this house is huge and distance helps,” says Shelley (Pamela Anderson) as she auditions for a new dancing...
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