Alfonso Cuarón’s intense and personal Roma is in limited theatrical release Nov 29th and streams on Netflix Dec 14. It is a marvel, one of those rare, life changing, breathtaking masterpieces that challenges one’s worldview, pays attention to the tiny details that form our lives, and bathes us in compassion and love. First time actor Yalitza Aparicio is a housemaid living with a boisterous… View Post
Note: Several major films will be opening this weekend and next Wednesday for the American Thanksgiving Long Weekend, so we’re letting you know what you can see now and then. First up, Disney’s Ralph Breaks the Internet opening next Wednesday is a gem that addresses love, friendship, letting go and living your best life. Wreck-It-Ralph John C. Reilly and real life bestie… View Post
Claire Foy trades crown and apron for tats and guns in The Girl in the Spider’s Web, the first outing of characters created by Stieg Larsson not written by him and the fourth in the Millennium series. There is a lot riding on Foy’s slim shoulders, the possibility of the franchise’ continuation with her and without Larsson and Foy’s challenge following… View Post
Bryan Singer’s Freddie Mercury musical Bohemian Rhapsody revives that distinctive Queen sound that worked its way into our cultural consciousness and it’s still catchy forty years later. Rami Malek as Mercury has the onstage moves and that haute bearing as the embodiment of one of rock’s most influential front men. Singer’s take on Mercury’s tumultuous life is glossy and superficial but the… View Post
Melissa McCarthy’s extraordinary performance as Lee Israel, the literary swindler and forger, is inspired, complete and unforgettable. Her portrayal of the Hollywood biographer turned criminal in Can You Ever Forgive Me? is touched with genius and pathos, an extraordinary piece. She’s not sympathetic and she certainly doesn’t become sympathetic, but McCarthy’s touching hardass earns our attention as a wounded person with no idea how to reign herself in. McCarthy proves her… View Post
Twin seventeen year olds Maryam and Nivaal Rehman of Whitby, Ontario are living out their commitment to making the world a better place. As long standing members of the United Nations GirlUp initiative, they connect with other girls via YouTube and social media to inspire, discuss and promote their causes including girls’ education and the environment. Maryam and Nivaal have… View Post