Dress for Revenge (Film Review: “The Dressmaker”)
- By Norma
- June 9, 2017
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A young woman returns to her dirt poor roots in the dusty Australian outback, a place where no amount of pretty frocks can disguise the ugliness beating in the hearts of its neighbors. Continue Reading →
Snow Crossed Lovers (Film Review: “Two Lovers and a Bear”)
- By Norma
- June 2, 2017
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You can run to the ends of the earth but your personal demons will follow, even on fields of ice. An Arctic amour fou that drills deep below the frozen surface to the turbulent tides beneath. Continue Reading →
A Boy And His . . . Cat (Film Review: “A Street Cat Named Bob”)
- By Norma
- April 28, 2017
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An inspiring, fact-based story of two stray souls who save each other at the tail end of their 9th lives. Purring with heart, this film will convert even the most fervent dog people out there. Continue Reading →
Blood Brothers (Film Review: “What We Do in the Shadows”)
- By Norma
- March 31, 2017
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New Zealand’s mashup of Big Brother-Meets-Dark Shadows-Meets-Twilight. A genre teasing vampire movie that is one bloody good time. Continue Reading →
Nordic Noir Goes West (Film Review: “The Salvation”)
- By Norma
- March 10, 2017
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Mads Mikkelsen and Eva Green reunite in a gripping Danish homage to the Hollywood Western which – built on Revenge – rings both silent and furious. Continue Reading →
The Reluctant Partner (Film Review: “Me, Myself and Her”)
- By Norma
- February 17, 2017
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An intelligent, character-driven film about a middle-aged same-sex couple in the Eternal City in which one partner may not be playing for keeps. Continue Reading →
Frozen in Translation (Film Review: “Journey to Greenland”)
- By Norma
- February 3, 2017
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Two Frenchmen, a remote village on the arctic ice, polar bears and seal eyes, and family redefined make up the gentle and genial Journey to Greenland. Continue Reading →