— by WILLIAM STERR — Epic. That is the term the Nobel committee used in awarding Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1924 for his novel, “The Peasants.” In 2023, the film version of “The Peasants” was released at various film festivals. It will be releas[...]
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Review: Miranda’s Victim
— by WILLIAM STERR — Patricia Weir is a shy, sexually inexperienced high school girl in Phoenix in 1963. She has a hectoring mother who is always after her to be prim and proper, and to be mindful of what the rest of society thinks of her. One late Saturday night, Patricia is on a [&hell[...]
Review: Working Man
— by BEV QUESTAD — What to do when life throws curve balls and there’s not much time left to recover? “Working Man” features the most stunning acting in memory. Peter Gerety, aged 80 with a hard beachball belly and 64 films under his belt since 1961, takes the screen away in an und[...]
Review: Entangled
— by RON WILKINSON — A life crisis finds its way to the screen along with a young cast and crew. Deep seated fears about growing up in the modern material world are made worse by wealth and privilege. There are temptations aplenty here, fame, fortune and exotic, if glossy, sex. The shots[...]
Poster Peek: ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’
— by ADAM POYNTER — “Sherlock Holmes” is a very astute and logical detective stemming from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic tales as far back as 1887. The character was re-imagined by director Guy Ritchie (“Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and “Snatch”) in 2009.[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Brave’ (Teaser Version)
— by ADAM POYNTER — Walt Disney has a long history of making fairytales, but Pixar Animation Studios has never done one before. Now, the two studios are teaming-up to bring the first Pixar fairytale to life. Directed by Mark Andrews, who has only previously done the shorts that tradition[...]