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Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Wonder” & “What’s Love Got To Do With It?”

THE WONDER (Netflix – November 16): In the time of Ireland’s Great Famine, 11-year-old Anna (Kila Lord Cassidy) claims to have survived for 4 months without eating even one bite of food. Is she a miracle,...

by Mitch Salem

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ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Reviews: “Nanny,” “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande” & “Resurrection”

NANNY (no distrib): Think Netflix’s Maid, but as a (sort of) horror movie. Aisha (Anna Diop) is an undocumented Senegalese immigrant in New York who works as a nanny for the daughter of a well-off couple, Amy (...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Late Night” & “Paradise Hills”

LATE NIGHT (Amazon): It’s legitimate to note that the thoroughly mainstream and commercial Late Night belonged at Sundance just about as much as The Devil Wears Prada would have, since to a large extent it transp...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Children Act,” “Suburbicon” & “Chappaquiddick”

THE CHILDREN ACT (no distrib): It’s not intended as disparagement to Ian McEwan’s novel and screenplay adaptation, or to Richard Eyre’s film, that THE CHILDREN ACT feels much of the time like it could...

by Mitch Salem

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AFI FEST REVIEW: “Saving Mr. Banks”

SAVING MR. BANKS: Buy A Ticket – Positively Supercalifragelisticexpialidocious SAVING MR. BANKS , which screened at the AFI Film Festival in Los Angeles last night before opening in theaters next month, is a movi...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Beautiful Creatures”

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES: Watch It At Home – Many Witches, Little Magic BEAUTIFUL CREATURES can’t be dismissed as merely an overlong TV episode meant for the CW, but it never really comes together, either. Ric...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Brave”

BRAVE: Watch It At Home – Pixar Out Of Its Element A spunky young animated princess is suffocated by her domineering mom, and her efforts to break free lead to all sorts of unintended chaos… Wasn’t Ta...

by Mitch Salem

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Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Wonder” & “What’s Love Got To Do With It?”

ShowbuzzDaily Sundance 2022 Reviews: “Nanny,” “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande” & “Resurrection”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “Late Night” & “Paradise Hills”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Children Act,” “Suburbicon” & “Chappaquiddick”

AFI FEST REVIEW: “Saving Mr. Banks”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Beautiful Creatures”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Brave”

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