‘The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist’ Review: The End is Near

Directors Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrrell offer a pragmatic vision of our potential Artificial Intelligence-dominated future with ‘The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist’, even if it doesn’t go deep enough.

‘Pretty Lethal’ Review: Pretty Boring

Vicky Jewson’s ‘Pretty Lethal’ squanders an interesting premise with paper-thin characters, dull performances, and poorly staged action.

Action, Movie ReviewMaxance VincentMarch 24, 2026Pretty Lethal, Action, Vicky Jewson, Prime Video, Movie ReviewsComment

'Holy Days' Review: It Pays to Have Faith in Kiwi Filmmakers

What happens when three nuns and a young boy go on a journey across New Zealand? You get one of the best indie movies of the year in ‘Holy Days’.

Comedy, Drama, Coming of AgeKyle ClimansMarch 5, 2026Movie Reviews, New Zealand, Jacki Weaver, Miriam Margolyes, Nun, Road trip, Slice of LifeComment

‘H Is for Hawk’ Review: Philippa Lowthrope’s Simple but Effective Story of Grief

Thanks to heartfelt performances by Claire Foy and Brendan Gleeson, Philippa Lowthorpe’s ‘H Is for Hawk’ is effective enough to hold our attention, even if the approach taken here feels a bit too pedestrian.

Drama, Movie ReviewMaxance VincentJanuary 23, 2026H is for Hawk, Drama, Philippa Lowthorpe, Movie ReviewsComment

‘Goodbye June’ Review: Kate Winslet’s Admirable Directorial Debut

While Kate Winslet’s ‘Goodbye June’ may not reinvent the aesthetic and thematic wheel, its story is treated with great urgency and emotional care, allowing the audience to feel the characters’ emotions, rather than being told what to think at any given moment.

Drama, Movie ReviewMaxance VincentDecember 31, 2025Goodbye June, Kate Winslet, Drama, Movie Reviews Comment

‘The Housemaid’ Review: Paul Feig’s Latest Misfire

Paul Feig crafts his first theatrical production since 2019 with an adaptation of ‘The Housemaid’, but the end result leaves much to be desired, despite solid turns from Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar.

Drama, Movie ReviewMaxance VincentDecember 19, 2025The Housemaid, Paul Feig, Drama, Movie ReviewsComment

‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Review: A Harrowing Film of Great Urgency

Kaouther Ben Hania’s docu-fiction hybrid ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ is a difficult but necessary document of the atrocities still occurring to this day in Gaza, and, most importantly, the individual human stories no one is currently talking about.

Movie Review, DramaMaxance VincentDecember 17, 2025The Voice of Hind Rajab, Drama, Kaouther Ben Hania, Movie ReviewsComment

'Avatar: Fire and Ash' Review: James Cameron Dares to Make Us Dream

James Cameron offers another lesson in blockbuster filmmaking with the daring ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’, through three hours of dazzling mythopoetic images that remind you what all great art should strive to achieve.

Movie Review, ActionMaxance VincentDecember 16, 2025Avatar: Fire and Ash, James Cameron, Movie Reviews, ActionComment

‘Dust Bunny’ Review: Bryan Fuller’s Uneven Feature Debut

While Bryan Fuller’s ‘Dust Bunny’ bristles with an imaginative visual style and an intriguing world to explore, it’s often bogged down by unimpressive CGI theatrics, despite Mads Mikkelsen and Sophie Sloan attempting to hold the fort.

Fantasy, Movie ReviewMaxance VincentDecember 12, 2025Dust Bunny, Movie Reviews, Bryan Fuller, FantasyComment

‘Nuremberg’ Review: James Vanderbilt's Bizarre World War II Drama

While ‘Nuremberg’ boasts a strong cast and admirable intentions, the bizarre choices it makes along the way turn what could’ve been a thought-provoking drama into a hollow and trite object.

Drama, Movie ReviewMaxance VincentNovember 9, 2025Nuremberg, James Vanderbilt, Drama, Movie Reviews Comments

‘Die My Love’ Review: A Fragmented Look at a Woman at the End of Her Rope

Jennifer Lawrence gives the best performance of her career in Lynne Ramsay’s ‘Die My Love’. However, the fragmented structure of the movie may prove alienating for audiences, especially as it purposefully antagonizes at almost every turn.

Drama, Movie ReviewMaxance VincentNovember 7, 2025Die My Love, Lynne Ramsay, Movie Reviews, DramaComment

‘Train Dreams’ Review: An Elegy on the Search for Meaning

Joel Edgerton delivers his best performance to date in Clint Bentley’s ‘Train Dreams’, a complex and emotionally powerful elegy for a lost soul searching for meaning in a life that has left him and the contributions he made to society behind.

Drama, Movie ReviewMaxance VincentNovember 7, 2025Train Dreams, Clint Bentley, Movie Reviews, DramaComment

‘Bugonia’ Review: Yorgos Lanthimos' Admirable Reinterpretation of a Superior Korean Film

Yorgos Lanthimos remakes Jang Joon-hwan’s ‘Save the Green Planet!’ with ‘Bugonia’, and the results aren’t as successful as his previous collaborations with Emma Stone, despite its staggering VistaVision photography and solid turns from its lead stars.

Comedy, Movie ReviewMaxance VincentOctober 23, 2025Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos, Comedy, Movie ReviewsComment

‘Jay Kelly’ Review: Noah Baumbach's Reflection on the Last Figures of Stardom [Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2025]

Noah Baumbach reflects on the dwindling nature of stardom in the metafictional ‘Jay Kelly’, which sees George Clooney grapple with the finitude of a career inside an era that Hollywood now rejects.

Festival Review, Movie Review, ComedyMaxance VincentOctober 20, 2025Jay Kelly, Noah Baumbach, Comedy, Movie Reviews, FNC 2025Comment

‘The Ice Tower’ Review: Lucile Hadžihalilović's Hypnotizing Fantasy Drama

Thanks to a painterly sense of image-making and captivating turns from Marion Cotillard and Clara Pacini, Lucile Hadžihalilović creates a unique atmosphere with ‘The Ice Tower’, blending the artifice of cinema with the trauma-inducing dread of a child’s fantasy.

Movie Review, DramaMaxance VincentOctober 3, 2025The Ice Tower, lucile hadzihalilovic, Drama, Movie ReviewsComment

‘The Secret Agent’ Review: Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Lesson in Film and Political History [TIFF 25]

Kleber Mendonça Filho gives us the most important political film of the year with ‘The Secret Agent’, a thriller fluent in both film and political history, with a captivating performance from Wagner Moura anchoring the picture.

'Orwell: 2+2=5' Review: Raoul Peck's Latest Has A Strong and Eerily Relevant Thesis [TIFF 25]

Frighteningly prescient, renowned documentarian Raoul Peck navigates through generations of fascism with the words of George Orwell.

Documentary, Festival Review, Movie Review, TIFFArjun PersaudSeptember 8, 2025Orwell 2+2=5, Orwell 2+2=5 Review, Movie Reviews, TIFF25, TIFFComment

'The Conjuring: Last Rites' Review: Horror Finale Fails to Scare in Sendoff

'The Conjuring: Last Rites’ just doesn't come together in concept or on the page, and the film falls well short as a result. If you’re a fan of this franchise, it may be worth checking out to see the Warrens slow dance into the sunset. Otherwise, this is a wash of an experience at the cinemas.

Horror, Movie ReviewLane MillsSeptember 5, 2025Movie Reviews, Horror review, horror, The Conjuring, The Conjuring: Last Rites, Michael Chaves, James WanComment

‘Fixed’ Review: Nothing Can Fix This Dated and Unfunny R-Rated Animated Film [Fantasia 2025]

While Genndy Tartakovsky has not lost a touch animating expressive characters and worlds, his latest offering, the R-rated ’Fixed’, is painfully unfunny and contains far too much dated humor.

‘40 Acres’ Review: R.T. Thorne Reinvigorates Canadian Genre Cinema

With a towering performance from Danielle Deadwyler and an assured sense of style, director R.T. Thorne breathes new life into Canadian genre cinema with the thrillingly tactile ‘40 Acres’ and ensures a future for this art form.