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TV Review: Jason Segel and Harrison Ford Talk Therapy in Apple TV+‘s ‘Shrinking’

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Nov 1

TV Review: Jason Segel and Harrison Ford Talk Therapy in Apple TV+‘s ‘Shrinking’

A new dramedy from Jason Segel, Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, about a grieving therapist trying to get his life back on track.

Movie Review: Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Sep 14

Movie Review: Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One

Last summer, Tom Cruise was given credit for saving the blockbuster with the beloved “Top Gun: Maverick.” Has he pulled it off again?

“Barbie” Movie Review: SHE Means Business

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Sep 7

“Barbie” Movie Review: SHE Means Business

Barbie is a riotously entertaining candy-coloured feminist fable that manages to simultaneously celebrate & satirize the jolly subject.

Movie Review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Aug 31

Movie Review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

If Indiana Jones does hang up his hat, the fifth film is a surprisingly emotional, diverting, and satisfying conclusion.

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Jul 17

TV Review: Succession’s Final Season

After four seasons of TV drama, Succession comes to end and it’s time to say goodbye to the Roy family.

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Jun 6

Movie Review: Pixar’s “Elemental”

Pixar’s latest feature takes the conventional antagonist’s duo of fire and water from foils to friends to frustrated soul mates.

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

May 31

Cannes 2023 Review: "Firebrand"

Alicia Vikander and Jude Law go full Tudor in wildly inaccurate historical drama as Karim Aïnouz's period drama dismisses the history books.

Cannes 2023 Review: Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City"

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

May 28

Cannes 2023 Review: Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City"

Premiering in Cannes, this 1950s sci-fi tale of earth-shattering events in a space-obsessed desert town is an exhilarating

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

May 23

Cannes 2023 Review: "Monster"

Japanese director Kore-eda applies the Rashomon effect to a story of fractured families and boys seeking connection.

Cannes 2023 Review: Almodovar gets back to the saddle with “Strange Way of Life”

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

May 21

Cannes 2023 Review: Almodovar gets back to the saddle with “Strange Way of Life”

There is more than meets the eye in this dusty tale of two long-lost lovers bound by a bloody fate.

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

May 1

Movie Review: John Wick, Chapter 4

Welcome back, Mr Wick. Four years after "John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum," director Chad Stahelski and Keanu Reeves have returned.

TV Review: 'Fatal Attraction' series elevates original with time and nuance

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Apr 28

TV Review: 'Fatal Attraction' series elevates original with time and nuance

Premiering at Canneseries, the binge-worthy adaptation of the classic film benefits from compelling performances.

Canneseries Review: A Small Light, the story of Anne Frank's keeper

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Apr 21

Canneseries Review: A Small Light, the story of Anne Frank's keeper

This new Disney+ series tells the story of Miep Gies, the woman who hid the Frank family and other jews in the annex of her apartment.

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Apr 20

Canneseries Review: Power Play

The 1970s-set series, centring on Norway's first female prime minister, plays like 'Borgen' with laughs.

Canneseries Review: Dead Ringers, A Stylish, Timely Update of a Body Horror Classic

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Apr 18

Canneseries Review: Dead Ringers, A Stylish, Timely Update of a Body Horror Classic

Both profoundly disturbing and deeply hilarious, the series — which sees Rachel Weisz playing twins — proves she’s in a league all her own.

Canneseries Review: Stunning new Sci-Fi show 'Silo' promises to be bleak and brilliant

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Apr 18

Canneseries Review: Stunning new Sci-Fi show 'Silo' promises to be bleak and brilliant

Apple TV+ brings the dystopian sci-fi blockbuster book series to the small screen and it has the potential to be a huge hit.

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Mar 15

TV review: 'Drive to Survive' S5

Opening up Grand Prix racing to swathes of newer and younger fans, the new season of Netflix’s “Drive to Survive” was eagerly anticipated.

Movie Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Mar 10

Movie Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

The latest instalment in the Marvel franchise never takes flight despite its hard-working cast.

Movie Review: "The Banshees of Inisherin"

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Feb 18

Movie Review: "The Banshees of Inisherin"

Writer-director Martin McDonagh reunites his 'In Bruges' duo and turns a buddy tragedy into a masterpiece

Movie Review: The Pale Blue Eye sends a haunted Bale to investigate gothic killings

Alexa Bouhelier-Ruelle

Jan 14

Movie Review: The Pale Blue Eye sends a haunted Bale to investigate gothic killings

A tormented detective and a fictional Edgar Allan Poe team up to solve gothic killings in this period melodrama.

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