film reviews
‘My Country No More’: PBS asks, Whose land is it?
January 4, 2019“We are just people who are losing their way of life and their land.”
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‘Aquaman’: The life aquatic with Hawaiian Polynesian Power superhero Jason Momoa
January 3, 2019If noisy action, violence, CGI and other eye-popping special effects in a superhero movie is your thing, then you will love the mind-boggling Aquaman.
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Hoagancamp’s heroes: ‘Welcome to Marwen’
December 21, 2018Although it’s flawed, I commend Zemeckis, his cast and crew for not only taking on such daunting subject matter, but for doing so in such an original way.
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Defective defectors don’t hit trifecta in new Polish film ‘Cold War’
December 21, 2018Cold War’s virtue is that, to some extent, it does allow Westerners to take an insider peep into the pluses and minuses of life under Soviet-style socialism.
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Women behind and in front of the camera in TIFF films
December 18, 2018Here are just a few of my favorites from the over 115 films by and about women shown at TIFF this year.
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