‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ needed another wish | Cannes movie review
Tilda Swinton plays an academic who frees a Djinn (Idris Elba) from centuries-long imprisonment and is granted three wishes in Three Thousand Years of Longing.
‘Barbie’ is hot pink-splashed post-modern meta romp | review and analysis
Barbie leads a perfect life, until something goes horribly wrong. To save herself, she needs to leave her pink utopia Barbieland and venture into the real world. Ken's there too. Barbie looks camp right in the eye and turns it into a hot pink-splashed post-modern meta exploration of existentialism, feminism, the patriarchy and masculinity packaged…
‘Hocus Pocus 2’ is 90s nostalgia done right | movie review
Our three favorite witches are back in Hocus Pocus 2 as they try once again to beat the sunrise (and a group of meddling teens) to attain immortality.
‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ transports you to the Twilight Zone | movie review
Joel Coen adapts his version of The Tragedy of Macbeth as a minimalist psychological thriller with Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand taking on the borrowed robes of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth Where to watch The Tragedy of Macbeth: Powered by JustWatch The Tragedy of Macbeth immediately justifies its existence by removing all markers of time…
‘Whether the Weather is Fine’ is Filipino cinema at its finest | TIFF movie review
Filipino film Whether the Weather is Fine takes a quirky approach to its story of the aftermath of a Typhoon Carlos Francisco Manatad's Whether the Weather is Fine will surprise you with its melancholic surrealist drama and absurdist comedy approach to a real-life disaster and capture you with its heart. Whether the Weather is Fine,…
‘The Changeover’ review — A well-made gothic YA fantasy
The Changeover is a well-made fantasy YA movie that features a terrifying villainous turn by Timothy Spall. The Changeover — based on Margaret Mahy’s 1984 novel of the same — is refreshingly a young adult adaptation that doesn’t have aspirations for a franchise. In the vein of Twilight, the movie tells the story of Laura (Erana James),…