A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Reviews of films made in Canada and United States including all films made by Hollywood.
“Espionage Target – You!” (1964) Commissioned by the United States Department of Defense for training US military and civilian personnel sent abroad, this film is an…
Shane O’Sullivan, “The Real Manchurian Candidate” (e2 films, 2018) Sirhan Bishara Sirhan is notorious as the man who fatally shot Senator Robert F Kennedy, the younger…
“There are TWO Londons & Why It MATTERS” (Black Pigeon Speaks, 2017) Why indeed should we be concerned that not one London but TWO Londons exist?…
Michael Mayer, “The Seagull” (2018) Quite why this film adaptation of the famous play by Anton Chekhov couldn’t have been set in the United States in…
Dan Cohen, “The Syria Deception (Part 1: Al Qaeda Goes to Hollywood)” (2018) This first part of a two-part series is a blunt and uncompromising examination…
British Films, North American Films
Sidney Lumet, “Equus” (1977) He never won an individual Academy Award for Best Movie or Best Director but surely Sidney Lumet is one of the greatest…
Tim Wilkime, “Adam Ruins Everything (Season 2, Episode 4: Adam Ruins Dating)” (2017) If ever there were profitable scams preying on people’s insecurities in finding lasting…
Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman” (2018) Filmed as a blaxsploitation-styled comedy drama, this work revolves around a real scenario in which a black American police officer in Colorado…
Tim Wardle, “Three Identical Strangers” (2018) That a set of triplets should be separated at birth and farmed out to three different families, each representing a…
Matthew Pollock, “Adam Ruins Everything (Season 2, Episode 2: Adam Ruins Weight Loss)” (2017) A very timely episode in the second season of the educational comedy…