Tag Archives: Sophie Nélisse

The Kid Detective review — Scruffy neo-noir comedy mostly works

February 2, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Evan Morgan | 100 min | Crave Plus Abe Applebaum was the pride of the town of Willowbrook (actually North Bay, Ontario) back when he was 12 (Jesse Noah Gruman). He was a boy genius, brilliant at solving mysteries. He'd lie awake at night, wondering if he was the smartest person… Read More

The Rest Of Us review — Surprising depth in breezy comedy-drama

August 4, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Aisling Chin-Yee | Written by Alanna Francis, and Mark Van de Ven | 80 min | On Demand OK, so here's the slightly bonkers premise of this brief, but genuinely affecting Canadian feature: Cami (Heather Graham) is a children's book writer-illustrator living in a lovely, modernist home in a small town somewhere north… Read More

The Book Thief review

December 4, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Brian PercivalWritten by Michael Petroni, from the novel by Markus ZusakThe Book Thief is a movie I'd like to slam unreservedly, because it takes what could be a genuinely moving story of people surviving through the horrors of World War II and instead frequently delivers material of maudlin schmaltz. But I can't condemn… Read More