★★★ After missing mystery/thriller Baby Ruby at 2022’s TIFF, it seemed a long shot that it would be available to watch anytime soon. Starring a post-Game of Thrones Kit Harrington and Portrait of a Lady on Fire/Tár actress Noémie Merlant, an intriguing premise coupled with writer/director Bess Wohl’s directorial debut made this a must-see. I … Continue reading Film Review: Baby Ruby
Film Review: Missing
★★★★ A spiritual sequel to 2018’s breakout hit Searching also set in the Screenlife format was an easy-sell concept for this viewer. The filmmaking technique requires an unparalleled attention to detail, and a care for every single bit of visual data that flies across the screen. Missing utilizes an impressive new skill set of trickery … Continue reading Film Review: Missing
TV Review: Hunters – Season 2
Far back in the bowels of 2020, the first season of Hunters emerged from virtually out of nowhere. Amazon Prime’s crowning action/thriller/drama, the series depicted a sort of “what if” scenario involving hunting down Nazis, and the rise of a so-called Fourth Reich. In August of that same year, the show was renewed for a … Continue reading TV Review: Hunters – Season 2
TV Review: Wednesday
After a laborious wait and questionable release date timing post-Halloween, Tim Burton’s vision of Wednesday has finally arrived in all its creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky glory. Has there been more note-perfect recent casting than Jenna Ortega (Babysitter: Killer Queen, Scream, X) as Wednesday Addams? Previously played in live action by Lisa Loring in 1964’s … Continue reading TV Review: Wednesday
Film Review: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
★★★★★ Rian Johnson’s Knives Out is a standout amongst the rest of his filmography. An easily franchise-able murder-mystery in the style of Agatha Christie and the old-school whodunnit, Knives Out is unique in that it can carry over Daniel Craig’s bumbling genius of a detective Benoit Blanc into any given scenario. This time around, gone … Continue reading Film Review: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Film Review: The Wonder
★★ Ever since experiencing Florence Pugh’s explosive performance in Ari Aster’s masterful Midsommar, I have followed along to see literally anything she does next. Though Pugh has yet to star in any film on quite the same level, the closest until now has been her turn in 2019’s Little Women. Thus brings us to the … Continue reading Film Review: The Wonder
TV Review: Manifest – Season 4, Part 1
After what seems a laboriously long wait between seasons, sci-fi mystery/drama series Manifest returns at long last for the first stretch of its final season! Miraculously revived by Netflix in the aftermath of being cancelled at NBC after three seasons, I have to say that it was certainly well worth the wait. We follow the … Continue reading TV Review: Manifest – Season 4, Part 1
Film Review: Enola Holmes 2
★★★★ 2020’s Enola Holmes holds a special place in my heart for a variety of reasons. My late mother recommended it to me several times over—though I did not get to view it for the first time until after her passing in November, I fell in love with its depiction of a young investigator living … Continue reading Film Review: Enola Holmes 2
Film Review: Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
★★★★ Going in knowing very little about Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, I was shocked and surprised to find a neon-fueled fantastical mix of Stephen King’s Carrie and Safdie Brothers mayhem waiting on the other side! Sometimes going in cold is the best way to experience a great indie that can catch the viewer … Continue reading Film Review: Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
TIFF 2022: Paris Memories
★★★★ (Written by Allison Brown) I find myself often bored by the pretentious nature of many Cannes films, and as a result, didn’t expect much from Paris Memories despite its intriguing premise. I was further interested in checking it out as a fan of Virginie Efira’s performance in last year’s Benedetta. Thankfully, Director Alice Winocour … Continue reading TIFF 2022: Paris Memories