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'The Woman In Cabin 10' review: Keira Knightley is on a boat, take a look at her
While you're doing stuff, give a polite round of applause for The Woman In Cabin 10, the film adaptation of Ruth Ware's novel of the same name. This lavish thriller follows Laura "Lo" Blacklock (Keira Knightley), a journalist who receives an invite from Anne Lyngstad (Lisa Loven Kongsli), an ultrarich Norwegian, and her American husband Richard Bullmer-Lyngstad (Guy Pierce) to board his private yacht for a voyage from England to Norway. This luxury cruise is for their charita

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6 days ago


'One Battle After Another' review: Leonardo DiCaprio rejects a white Christmas in Paul Thomas Anderson's thriller
One Battle After Another has all of those things, including Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio) who's a member of the far-left revolutionary movement called French 75 alongside his girlfriend Perfidia (Teyana Taylor). Perfidia finds herself in a p(r)ickle when she's caught by colonel Steven J. Lockjaw (Sean Penn). The action thriller is written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and "inspired" by Thomas Pynchon's novel 'Vineland'. Bob is living a quiet life in the woods with Willa (Ch

S.J.
Oct 8


'All That’s Left Of You' review: History weighs heavily on your heart | HIFF 2025
Jaffa plays a major part in All That's Left Of You (اللي باقي منك in Arabic), the decades-spanning drama written and directed by Cherien Dabis who is also one of its stars. Following one Palestinian family for 75 years, the story begins in 1948's Mandatory Palestine where family man Sharif (Adam Bakri) is unwilling to leave the family home. His wife Munira (Maria Zreik) and their kids evacuate. In 1978, Munira and Sharif's now-adult son Salim (Saleh Bakri) has a family of his

S.J.
Sep 30


'Wayward' series review: Netflix mystery drama goes looking for trouble
You're in luck because Wayward arrives just when you thought there was nothing. This new miniseries is set in 2003 and one of our entry points is Alex Dempsey (Mae Martin; they're also the series' creator and co-showrunner), a cop who is moving to Tall Pines, Vermont alongside his pregnant girlfriend Laura (Sarah Gadon) who's originally from there. In Toronto, we meet Abbie (Sydney Topliffe) and Leila (Alyvia Alyn Lind), two teenage best friends going through a somewhat rebel

S.J.
Sep 24


'Alien: Earth' season 1 review: Lost boys will be toys in FX sci-fi horror
Speaking of, Alien: Earth is a new series that is set in the 'Alien' franchise. This first season begins in 2120 in space and on Earth. Five corporations are in a race to the top. One of these is Prodigy whose young, eccentric human CEO Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin) develops hybrids in his research facility on a remote island alongside synth scientist Kirsh (Timothy Olyphant). We mainly follow Wendy (Sydney Chandler), the first functional hybrid who is essentially a child in

S.J.
Sep 20


'The Conjuring: Last Rites' review: Patrick Wilson & Vera Farmiga seem perfectly paranormal
But who you gonna call? Hey, let us call Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) Warren so they can settle things once and for all. The Conjuring: Last Rites is billed as the closing chapter for this dynamic duo, serving as the ninth film in The Conjuring Universe and a sequel to 2021's 'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It'. The Warrens' careers are winding down and their daughter Judy (Mia Tomlinson) is getting serious with her boyfriend Tony Spera (Ben Hardy).

S.J.
Sep 15


'Caught Stealing' review: Austin Butler is in peril in Darren Aronofsky's crime thriller
Austin Butler's character Hank Thompson knows all about that when it comes to his journey in Caught Stealing. Adapted by Charlie Huston from his own novel of the same name, the crime thriller drama follows Hank who is a former baseball prodigy and current bartender living in New York City. When his neighbour Russ (Matt Smith) leaves for London and gives him a cat to look after, Hank and his lover Yvonne (Zoë Kravitz) suddenly find themselves in danger.

S.J.
Sep 8


'The School Duel' review: Winner winner chicken dinner | Fantasia 2025
Another explanation could be that you're in a movie, and another is that it's both, which brings us to The School Duel. Written and directed by Todd Wiseman Jr. in his feature-length debut, this dystopian action venture finds us in the presence of Sam Miller (Kue Lawrence), a 13-year-old boy living in the now-independent state of Florida with his mom Beth (Christina Brucato). Quite small and scrawny for his age, Sam is being bullied at school, but he also has a liking for gun

S.J.
Aug 31


'Hostage' series review: Netflix political thriller craves a captive audience
In Hostage, a new political thriller miniseries, Suranne Jones portrays Abigail Dalton who happens to be the prime minister of the United Kingdom. Abigail is trying to negotiate a deal with French president Vivienne Toussaint (Julie Delpy) to fix the country's urgent medication shortage, but they are thrown a curveball when Abigail's husband, a Médecins Sans Frontières doctor Alex Anderson (Ashley Thomas), and his colleagues get abducted in French Guiana by masked goons.

S.J.
Aug 21


'Weapons' review: The kids aren't alright in Zach Cregger's mystery horror
In the meantime, let's get fired up for Weapons, a new mystery horror thriller written, directed and co-scored by Zach Cregger. In the American small town of Maybrook, we meet teacher Justine (Julia Garner) who is dealing with extraordinary fallout that stems from everyone except one child from her class having disappeared. Archer (Josh Brolin) is a dad of one of the missing kids, Marcus (Benedict Wong) is the school principal and Paul (Alden Ehrenreich) is a cop who's entang

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Aug 17


'The Naked Gun' review: Liam Neeson feels exposed
City halls better be prepared for a fight since The Naked Gun is shooting its shot on silver screens, bringing back the franchise of the same name. Liam Neeson puts on multiple uniforms as Frank Drebin Jr., a lieutenant, whose reckless nature threatens to shut down his police department in Los Angeles, California. Frank ends up investigating a questionable death, which introduces him to the victim's sister Beth Davenport (Pamela Anderson). He also encounters tech CEO Richard

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Aug 11


'Superman' review: James Gunn's reboot is in the fast lane
And while there are superhero franchises in need of a restart and box office glory, there is Superman, writer-director James Gunn's new take on the hero based on characters from DC and the first film in DC Universe (DCU). Fear not; origin stories are out and a somewhat experienced Clark Kent/Superman (David Corenswet) is in when we meet him. Clark's posse includes superpowered dog Krypto, girlfriend and reporter Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan), and their colleague Jimmy Olsen (S

S.J.
Aug 5
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