Lee

Lee

The story of war photographer Lee Miller is told in Lee. In 1977 at the Farleys Farmhouse, an elderly Lee Miller (Kate Winslet) talks to her son Anthony Penrose (Josh O’Connor) about her career as a photographer in World War II. The story begins in 1938 France where former model Lee is vacationing with her…

The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot

A robot becomes a surrogate mother for a gosling on an uninhabited island in The Wild Robot. ROZZUM unit 7134 (Lupita Nyong’o), or Roz for short, is a helper robot that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. After learning to communicate with the local wildlife, Roz tries to find a task to complete, though most…

Wolfs

Wolfs

Two competing cleaners reluctantly have to partner up for a job in Wolfs. District attorney Margaret (Amy Ryan) panics when the Kid (Austin Abrams) she brought up to her hotel room seemingly drops dead. In desperation, Margaret calls a cleaner (George Clooney) to help resolve this problem. However, Margaret’s Man is shocked by the arrival…

Never Let Go

Never Let Go

A mother tries to protect her sons from an evil spirit surrounding their home in Never Let Go. In a post-apocalyptic world, a single Mother (Halle Berry) has created strict rules to protect her twin sons Nolan (Percy Daggs IV) and Samuel (Anthony B. Jenkins) from the Evil surrounding their home. The most important of…

The Substance

The Substance

This is an expanded rewrite of the review originally published as part of our coverage of TIFF 2024 A has-been actress uses an experimental drug to become a better version of herself in The Substance. Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is a once-popular actress who has now been reduced to hosting the aerobics program Sparkle Your…

The Invisibles

The Invisibles

A man on the brink of an ending marriage finds out one day that he has disappeared from the real world in The Invisibles. Charlie (Tim Blake Nelson) is a man who is not only dealing with being turned down for a coveted promotion, but he is struggling with the aftermath of a personal tragedy…

Aberdeen TIFF 2024

Aberdeen – TIFF 2024

A troubled First Nation woman struggles to rebuild her life in Aberdeen. Aberdeen (Gail Maurice) is a middle-aged woman from the Peguis First Nation in Manitoba, whose life has been reduced to sleeping on park benches in Winnipeg. While being arrested for public intoxication, Aberdeen loses her Indigenous identification and subsequently learns that her brother…

The Life of Chuck TIFF 2024

The Life of Chuck – TIFF 2024

During the end of the world, billboards begin appearing thanking an accountant for 39 great years in The Life of Chuck. Marty Anderson (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is a schoolteacher whose classes begin to dwindle due to seemingly apocalyptic events in the world. Marty begins to see billboards and advertisements congratulating Charles Krantz (Tom Hiddleston) on “39…