Review Roundup: Conclave, Joker 2, Megalopolis, and More—What’s Worth Watching?

Review Roundup: Conclave, Joker 2, Megalopolis, and More—What’s Worth Watching?

Speak No Evil I’m going to be short and sweet here because there is really only one reason to watch this movie and it’s for James McAvoy. I know, I’m just as shocked as you that James McAvoy delivers a great performance. I thought every other one he’s given was just a fluke 😜. McAvoy…

Quiet, Please! The Fight to Save Movie Theatre Etiquette

Quiet, Please! The Fight to Save Movie Theatre Etiquette

If you’re a movie lover on social media, you’ve probably noticed an unsettling trend: audiences treating theatres like their personal living rooms. The release of Wicked seems to have amplified this, with a viral post of someone snapping a photo of the title card and encouraging others to do it, and other people even singing…

Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties – Does Bubbles’ Big Break Hit the Right Notes?

Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties – Does Bubbles’ Big Break Hit the Right Notes?

If you’re a Canadian around my age, then you probably grew up with Ricky, Julian, Bubbles, collectively known as the Trailer Park Boys. I was probably too young to watch the shenanigans the boys would get up in Sunnyvale Trailer Park and their confrontations with Jim Lahey and Randy, but in so many ways, they…

Review Roundup: Anora, Terrifier 3, and 5 More Films Worth Watching

Review Roundup: Anora, Terrifier 3, and 5 More Films Worth Watching

Welcome to the first of three Review Roundups! We have 21 new reviews coming at you over the next week and we will kick things off with our first 7 in this review. Between work, covering the Austin Film Festival, and life in general, we’ve been pretty busy but we still wanted to get our…

September 5 Review — A Tense Look at the Munich Crisis Through the Eyes of the Media

September 5 Review — A Tense Look at the Munich Crisis Through the Eyes of the Media

The last of my coverage from the Austin Film Festival (AFF) is with this review for the upcoming film, September 5.  September 5 was co-written and directed by Tim Fehlbaum, a Swiss film director in his first mainstream feature film. Moritz Binder and Alex David join Tim as co-writers.  The film chronicles the 1972 Munich…

Operation Taco Gary’s — A Road Trip Movie with Conspiracies, Comedy, and a Few Bumps Along the Way

Operation Taco Gary’s — A Road Trip Movie with Conspiracies, Comedy, and a Few Bumps Along the Way

Our coverage of the movies we saw at the Austin Film Festival keeps moving along! This time I’m talking about Operation Taco Gary’s. Written and directed by Michael Kvamme, this comedy is a throwback to comedies of the early 2000s, even going so far as to cast Jason Biggs of American Pie fame. The two…

Special Delivery Review – Sex and Sound FX Lead to Love in This Surprisingly Sweet Short

Special Delivery Review – Sex and Sound FX Lead to Love in This Surprisingly Sweet Short

From the moment I read the synopsis of this short film while I was at the Austin Film Festival, I knew I had to see it. Written and directed by Emily Everhard, the synopsis for Special Delivery reads:  “A Foley artist for pornography falls in love with a porn star during an ADR session.” For…

Bird Review: A Heart-Wrenching Tale of Family, Struggle, and Growing Pains

Bird Review: A Heart-Wrenching Tale of Family, Struggle, and Growing Pains

Adriana and I had the pleasure of attending the Austin Film Festival this year! We were joined by some friends for a few days of movies, panels, hot weather, and good times. We’re going to kick off our coverage of the Austin Film Festival with Bird, another film distributed by Mubi that we got the…

My First Film Review: Zia Anger’s Bold Autobiographical Journey Blurs Fiction and Reality

My First Film Review: Zia Anger’s Bold Autobiographical Journey Blurs Fiction and Reality

My First Film is one of the most unique films I have seen in a while. From what I understand, the movie is at least partially autobiographical, based on events from the life of writer and director Zia Anger. It’s also incredibly meta. The movie stars Odessa Young as Vita, a young director recounting her…