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Review: Belfast

— by BEV QUESTAD — Perfect timing. That “Belfast” was coincidentally released in 2021, the year of the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, sends an ominous shudder down my back. The film, an autobiographically-inspired look at an early time in film-maker Kenneth Branagh’s life, opens [...]

Review: Endings, Beginnings

— by BEV QUESTAD — From 71 years of observation, it seems this is a role-reversal film where the woman, in this case Daphne (Shailene Woodley), takes on the characteristics of the stereotypical social bachelor who sports with one girl after another, oblivious to breaking hearts. Like the[...]

Review: The 9th Life of Louis Drax

— by RON WILKINSON — Louis Drax (well played by Aiden Longworth) fills the first 15 minutes with the narrative of his life to date. Eight years and eight near fatal accidents. He has contracted food poisoning of every variety, nearly electrocuted himself, was crushed in his crib by a fal[...]

Review: Anthropoid

— by RON WILKINSON — Cillian Murphy plays mission leader Josef Gabcík and Jamie Dornan plays his conflicted second in command, Jan Kubis, in “Anthropoid,” a wartime thriller about the assassination of Nazi chief Reinhard Heydrich. The commander was considered the third most [...]