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Conspiracy theories abound in this ever-evolving internet age. Time and again people have been shown to be as mad as a cut snake.   And so it is in Bugonia. The title is derived from a mythical ancient Mediterranean belief that bees are spontaneously generated from the carcasses of dead oxen. Teddy (Jesse Plemons) has a bee in his bonnet in more way than one.   An apiarist, who greatly admires the work ethic of the industrious insects, he lives with his seemingly brain damage

Following in the footsteps of Demi Moore’s The Substance (2024), Shell is similarly built on the contention that beauty is skin deep.   Samantha Lake (Elisabeth Moss) is a 40-something actress who disappeared from public view years ago.   In short, the industry moved on and continues to court the younger and more glamorous. At an audition, she is overlooked because of this for a 22-year-old beauty named Chloe Benson (Kaia Gerber) who she used to babysit.   While Samantha has

The angel business is far from straight forward, at least not for Gabriel (Keanu Reeves), who is low down in the angel hierarchy.   He is responsible for trying to save those distracted by their mobile phones while driving.   But he would rather be doing something that he considers more meaningful.   He aspires to save lost souls. So, he approaches the angel manager, Martha (Sandra Oh).   She tells him to stick to his duties because to save a soul he must first find one that

The opening night film of the 2025 Jewish International Film Festival, which is being screened throughout the festival, is a riotous, good-natured comedy.   There are laughs aplenty as an important Friday night dinner turns into a calamitous version of Weekend at Bernie’s (1989).   From a traditional New York Jewish family, David (Jon Bass) is engaged to good Catholic girl Meg (Meaghan Leathers), who is converting.  It is Shabbos and the first time the two families have gotte

Yale University becomes a hotbed of discontent after an accusation made by a star, gay philosophy student against a flirtatious professor.   Maggie Resnick (Ayo Edebiri) is the young, ambitious student concerned. She is the adopted daughter of uber wealthy parents, who are among the university’s largest donors.   Maggie is in a relationship with law student Alex (Lio Mehiel). Maggie is the protégé of respected professor Alma Imhoff (Julia Roberts), whom she admires and to who

Inter Alia is Latin, meaning “among other things”.   That perfectly describes the busy, multi-faceted life of highly intelligent, not to...

Unless you follow mixed martial arts, you have probably never heard of fighters Mark Kerr and Mark Coleman.   They were two of the...

A sports horror film, HIM starts out with promise and quickly descends into the catastrophic.   As a youngster, Cameron Cade and his...

The 1984 mockumentary This is Spinal Tap, featuring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, marked Rob Reiner’s directorial...

Writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson’s rigorous commitment to excellence in filmmaking (Magnolia) pays off again big time in One...

A walk to the death. Think The Hunger Games on the road. That is the conceit behind the dystopian psychological thriller The Long Walk.  ...

An unconvincing fantasy, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey pairs two box office drawcards – Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell – who play a...

Cross and double cross are the hallmarks of this sequel to Dreamworks’ 2022 original animated feature The Bad Guys.   Fun filled, it...

Splitsville lifts the bar on quirky comedic relationship breakdowns.   Carey (Kyle Marvin) is happily married to the love of his life,...

Five years in the making, Australia 3D: The Wild Continent presents a stunning showcase of this country’s flora and fauna.   What we see...

In this family friendly tale, an ambitious, self-serving, 35-year-old Sydney TV weather presenter makes an unexpected sea change.  ...

Film noir meets dark comedy with a lesbian lens.   That is the wild ride you are in for when you front up to Honey Don’t!   It is the...

The jump scares in this, the ninth entry in the Conjuring universe, are most effective.   The fearful utterances of the young man sitting...

The phrase all is fair in love and war is attributed to a book on wit by English author John Lyly in 1579.   Clearly, acerbic couple Ivy...

The mysterious, dastardly story unfolds via a child narrator who says the events spoken about occurred at her school two years ago.   So,...