Category: Reviews

• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Review

  

  Rian Johnson set himself a gargantuan task when he decided to take on a sequel to the wildly successful Knives Out. After all, how could anyone capture that special kind of old-school movie magic back-to-back? It sounded virtually impossible and this critic was admittedly quite skeptical. More fool me. Johnson turns the volume up to…

  Emma Badame

  September 14, 2022

  Film Festivals, Reviews

  Daniel Craig, Dave Bautista, Edward Norton, Glass Onion, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Janelle Monáe, Jessica Henwick, kate hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Keke Palmer, Knives Out, Leslie Odom Jr., Madelyn Cline, mystery, Rian Johnson, That Shelf, TIFF, TIFF 2022, whodunnit

• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Review

  

  Director Sam Raimi takes Marvel fans on a wild, supernatural ride in the latest Doctor Strange cinematic adventure.

  Emma Badame

  May 26, 2022

  Reviews

  benedict cumberbatch, Benedict Wong, doctor strange, doctor strange in the multiverse of madness, elizabeth olsen, marvel, Marvel Studios, MCU, Rachel McAdams, review, Xochitl Gomez

• Scarborough Review: The Kids Are Alright

  

  It’s hard to put into words the emotions that Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson’s Scarborough elicits. This intimate look into the lives of three young Toronto kids (and their low-income, marginalized families) runs the gamut from joy in the smallest of victories to rage at the failures of people and systems that turn a blind eye or…

  Emma Badame

  March 5, 2022

  Film Festivals, Reviews

  Canadian film, Canadian Screen Award winner, movie review, Scarborough, TIFF 2021, TIFF People's Choice Award