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 …

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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 …

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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, …

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FlixChatter Review: The Greatest Hits (2024) – this music-themed time travel romance doesn’t quite hit all the right notes

Music, romance, and time travel – those genres are popular on their own, but together they make for an interesting premise, at least on paper. The trailer lends a bit of a John Carney vibe as music is integral in the story, and the fact that its lead actress Lucy Boynton was in Sing Street, …

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FlixChatter Review: The Listener – Tessa Thompson is magnetic in Steve Buscemi-directed one-woman drama

Actors becoming directors are nothing new and there are a slew of films the past couple of years directed by actors with varying degrees of success. One actor I didn’t realize has been directing multiple movies is Steve Buscemi. He made his directorial debut in 1996 with Trees Lounge in which he also starred, and …

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FlixChatter Review – ROAD HOUSE (2024) – the original was an entertaining albeit cheesy action flick, and this remake is no different

1989’s Road House became a cult hit after its underwhelming box office run. The film starred the late Patrick Swayze which some say it’s his best film. I wouldn’t go that far but it’s an entertaining action thriller that fits the era. It’s full of female nudity and hand-to-hand combats, and when I first saw the film …

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Double Reviews: Wicked Little Letters + The Beautiful Game – a pair of crowd-pleaser movies inspired by real events to add to your watch list

These two movies have plenty in common, not only are they both set in the UK, but both are directed by an English theatre and film director Thea Sharrock. This is my intro to her film work, though some of you might be familiar with her film Me Before You. Wicked Little Letters has been …

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