The Beast in the Jungle is Henry James’ novella that has been adapted numerous times. This one marks the sixth cinematic adaptation though it’s very loosely based. In fact, Bertrand Bonello and his co-writers Guillaume Bréaud and Benjamin Charbit take so many creative liberties this one is more ‘inspired by.’ This is my intro to …
MSPIFF 2024 Review: THELMA – nonagenarian June Squibb is in the driver’s seat in this hilarious action comedy
Who says women over the age of 80 or even 90 are past their prime? Just ask June Squibb who at the age of 94 stars in her first leading role, in an action movie no less. Squibb plays Thelma, a nonagenarian who lives on her own after her husband died. The film’s cute opening …
MSPIFF 2024 Review: The Movie Teller – the transformative power of film and storytelling set in a volatile Chilean desert
Movies that pay homage to cinema are popular it can practically be a genre all its own, and it’s one I am always drawn to. The Movie Teller encompasses the love of movies and the transformative power of motion pictures and storytelling. Set in the mid-1960s in a mining town in Chile’s Atacama Desert, we …
FlixChatter Review: The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) – the cast is having a blast in Guy Ritchie’s suspense-free action comedy
Guy Ritchie loves his blokes. He’s got a show on Netflix called The Gentlemen, which is set in the same world as the 2020 film of the same name, and now, we’ve got gents being um, ungentlemanly in their fight with Nazis. All is fair in love and war, right chaps? The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly …
MSPIFF 2024 Documentary Reviews: ‘Call Me Dancer’ – about Mumbai dancer Manish Chauhan + ‘Broken Eyes’ – an investigation on the risk of LASIK eye surgery
I love documentaries about artists as it’s always so inspiring and this one is no different. Seeing it in the morning sends a jolt of energy to my entire day, glad I got to see it on the big screen. The film’s main subject Manish Chauhan has a likable, earnest quality about him that you …
MSPIFF 2024 Reviews: Unbroken documentary + French drama Àma Gloria (both directed by women)
It's been a busy but fun weekend at 2024 MSPIFF! I have seen a total of five films so far: three documentaries (Unbroken, Call Me Dancer, and Broken Eyes) and two narratives (The Movie Teller, Àma Gloria), all of them #directedbywomen Woot!! The weather was wonderfully Summer-like with sunny skies and temps in the 70s, …
Monsterverse Fans Rejoice! Apple TV+ renews Monarch: Legacy of Monsters + multiple spinoffs are in the works
The enduring appeal of Godzilla is undeniable. 70 years after the first Godzilla movie was released in 1954, people all over the world still can't get enough of these big monsters. With the latest cinematic adaptation of big monsters, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is raking monstrous box office with $367+ million worldwide, Apple …
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