I saw this film and She Said within a day of each other. Both films deal with sexual assault towards women and are based on real events, but while Harvey Weinstein’s scandals are all over the news, few are aware of the story of Mennonite women (not to be confused with the Amish community). Though …
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Reviews of films/TV shows/trailers
TV Review: Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan Season 3
When it comes to the spy franchise, at some point its hero would have to go rogue. James Bond has done it a few times (most memorably in Licence To Kill), Mission Impossible's Ethan Hunt has as well, and Jason Bourne who suffers from dissociative amnesia is pretty much always on the run. Well, it's …
December Watching Recap + 2022 Update on my ’52 Films By Women’ Pledge
Happy 2023, friends and readers!! Hope you have recovered from the New Year's Eve festivities… I stayed up till 1:30 which wasn't too bad considering I went to my friend's disco-themed party, first NYE party I attended in a while, I barely stayed awake in front of the TV watching the ball drop in the …
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Happy New Year! Four Actors I’d love to see portray Auld Lang Syne’s writer, Scottish poet Robert Burns
Happy New Year, everyone!! So long 2022, welcome 2023! I know those of you in the Southern Hemisphere had already rung in the New Year. Well, there are still four hours to go where I am now, and I thought I'd resurrect this old post I did twelve years ago about Scottish poet Robbie Burns, …
Top 5 Favorite Film Breakout Performers of 2022
There are just a couple of days left in 2022 so I'll be compiling various lists in the next few weeks in between reviews. I was going to post about my Worst Movies list, but I think I'll save that till after I post my Top 10 Best list of the year. I had planned …
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BABYLON (2022) review – Damien Chazelle’s tale of early Hollywood doubles down on the debauchery shock and awe
Hollywood sure loves to point the camera on itself and this year we’ve got a plethora of them. Coming out of the pandemic where movie theaters were forced to shut down, perhaps filmmakers are feeling sentimental about the industry and want to remind viewers of the power of cinema. Damien Chazelle’s BABYLON is touted as …
Christmas Special: SPIRITED (2022) Review + Music Break
This movie has been released over a month ago on AppleTV+ but my hubby and I decided to save it for around Christmas. Well, it turns out to be a fun Christmas musical that captures the, well, Christmas spirit. I've seen Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol play for the past few years at our local …
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