'Pieces of a Woman' Review: Vanessa Kirby Captivates In This Devastating Portrait Of Grief And Loss [TIFF 2020]

Pieces of a Woman” is not for the faint of heart; it’s a truly heartbreaking, intimate, unflinching, and harrowing look at one woman’s unimaginable loss and her process to recovery.

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'Concrete Cowboy' Review: A Gift-Horse The Filmmakers Looked In The Mouth [TIFF 2020]

Concrete Cowboy” is a story about a forgotten aspect of Black-America which needs to be told. That is why it is such a shame that it gets lost in an otherwise formulaic ‘coming of age’ film for inner-city youth.

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‘Lost Girls and Love Hotels’ Review: Love, Life, and Depression in Tokyo

“Lost Girls and Love Hotels” perfectly captures the love story that finds you when you need it the most and changes your entire world before leaving you broken. Through a glossy finish, the film shows an upfront & honest look at depression and how some choose to confront that pain.

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‘Tenet’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Latest Mind-Bender Will Confuse and Thrill In Equal Measure

After watching “Tenet,” I’m not sure how Christopher Nolan’s brain truly functions. Is it on a different wavelength to everyone else’s? I’m not sure, but he’s taken his love of testing his audience with time-bending puzzles to the next level—a level I didn’t even expect Nolan to reach…for better or worse.

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'Project Power' Review: Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Team-Up for a Fun But Forgettable Action Flick

Netflix’s latest original movie, “Project Power,” has plenty of powers, but never manages to be super. Most of the movie is competent, but it’s hard to heap too much praise on a film that tees itself up for success and still bungles it’s shot.

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‘The SpongeBob Movie Sponge on the Run’ Review: F.U.N. Sun-Soaked Nautical Nonsense

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run continues the streak of fun, sun-soaked nautical nonsense adding some much-needed sunshine to an otherwise dreary summer movie season all while taking the franchise to new heights.

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'Host' Review: Zoom Hacking Goes To A Whole New Level

As you would expect, there is only so much you can do with a found footage film that hasn’t already been done. Host does, at times, sink to using the typical tropes like an actor made-up to look like a demon jumping out of the dark at the camera. However at times I found myself so invested in the film, that even when there was one specific over-used trope, it shocked me and was a pleasant surprise.

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'Synchronic' Review: A time-travelling trip that misses its destination [TIFF 2019]

Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson might not be household names, but something is on the horizon for this duo. Their new film, SYNCHRONIC has subtext, a message, and a key central idea, but because Moorhead & Benson wanted to introduce so many elements from different genres, almost all of that effective storytelling was, ironically… lost in time.

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