2023

This Week's Film Reviews ( Jan 5th, 2024)

December 31, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Jan 5th, 2024)

January of the New Year is known for its lack of outstanding films. This is true this year as well but there will be exceptions. One is the Italian gay drama based on a true incident calle... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Dec 29, 2023)

December 27, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Dec 29, 2023)

FILM REVIEWS: Only new films opening this week are on Netflix. HELL CAMP: TEEN NIGHTMARE (USA 2023) ***½ Directed by Lisa Williams The film is about an American program designed to ... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Jan 12, 2024)

December 27, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Jan 12, 2024)

FILM REVIEWS: ALL TO PLAY FOR (Rien A Pedre) (Nothing to Lose) (France/Belgium 2023) ** Directed by Delphine Deloge Trailer: For the complete review, please click on the link b... read more..

December 25, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

Top 10 Films of 2023

TOP 10 Films 2023 1. THE ANATOMY OF A FALL (France 2023) Directed by Justin Triet Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, this courtroom drama is more about taking control of one’s life than ... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Dec 15, 2023)

December 07, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Dec 15, 2023)

FILM REVIEWS: CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET (UK 2023) **** Directed by Sam Fell At the start of the new CHICKEN RUN film from the British Aardman Animation, the father rooster tells the ... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Dec 22, 2023)

December 04, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Dec 22, 2023)

Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before The Sun (Canada 2023) *** Directed by Banchi Hanuse Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before The Sun is an intimate and thrilling portrait of a young Siksika ... read more..

December 04, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Dec 8, 2023)

FILM REVIEWS: LES TROIS MOUSQUETAIRES: D’ARTAGNAN (The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan) (France/Germany/Spain/Belgium 2023) ***½ Directed by Martin Bourboulon Click link for review: ht... read more..

November 20, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Dec 1, 2023)

FILM REVIEWS; AMERICAN SYMPHONY (USA 2023) *** Directed by Matthew Heineman This is the story and biography up to this stage, the artist Jon Batiste is still alive at the age of 37... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Nov 24, 2023)

November 06, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Nov 24, 2023)

FILM REVIEWS: HISTROIA DE UN CRIMEN: MAURICIO LEAL (Crime Diaries: The Celebrity Stylist) (Colombia 2023) *** Directed by Jacques Toulemonde Vidal When the celebrity stylist Mauricio Lea... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Nov 17th, 2023)

November 06, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Nov 17th, 2023)

The biggest film surprise opening this week is Eli Roth's inspiring horror comedy THANKSGIVING. Total fun showing that ghastly horror can be entertaining when it is delivered smartly and f... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Nov 10, 2023)

November 04, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Nov 10, 2023)

FILM REVIEW: BIRTH/REBIRTH (USA 2022) *** Directed by Laura Moss BIRTH/REBIRTH tells the birth or rebirth of a dead daughter. The birth/rebirth is the result of a... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Nov 3rd, 2023)

October 23, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Nov 3rd, 2023)

FILM REVIEWS: BEYOND UTOPIA (USA 2023) ***½ Directed by Madeleine Gavin BEYOND UTOPIA is a documentary film about North Korea, directed by Madeleine Gavin.&nbs read more..

October 22, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

Reel Asian Film Festival 20223

REEL ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2023 The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (Reel Asian), Canada's premier pan-Asian festival, will open with Canadian filmmaker Fawzia Mirza’s debut f... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Oct 27th, 2023)

October 20, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Oct 27th, 2023)

FILM REVIEWS: BURNING BETRAYAL (Brazil 2023) ** (O lado bom de ser traída) Directed by Diego Freitas This sexy misery romance drama is based on the book by Sue Becker and directed... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Oct 20th, 2023)

October 06, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Oct 20th, 2023)

Highly Recommended and my best international film of the year AUTONOMY OF A FALL opens 25th. Martin Scorsese's epic saga of the Osage murders KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON opens. this week.&n... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Oct 6th, 2023)

September 28, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Oct 6th, 2023)

FILM REVIEWS: THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER (USA 2023) * Directed by David Gordon Green THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER is a 2023 American supernatural horror film directed by David ... read more..

September 25, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews (Oct 13, 2023)

FILM REVIEWS: ANONYMOUS SISTER (USA 2023) *** Directed by Jamie Boyle It is the addicted mother and elder sister of the Boyle family who a... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Sep 29th, 2024)

September 23, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Sep 29th, 2024)

FILM REVIEWS: THE CREATOR (USA 2023) ** Directed by Gareth Edwards The new 20th Century Fox/Disney sci-fi futuristic A.I. thriller THE CREATOR is a magnificently looking film of extraordin... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Sep 22nd, 2023)

September 18, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Sep 22nd, 2023)

FILM REVIEWS: THE BLACK BOOK (Nigeria 2023) *** Directed by Edith Effiong THE BLACK BOOK is an action thriller from Nigeria. It is for that fact that it is most interesting a... read more..

September 17, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

Best Films of TIFF 2023

I have seen a total of 85 films this year, my personal record. (The previous record was 82 last year); made possible because of many pre-TIFF screenings and screeners provided by the publicists,... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Sep 1st, 2023)

August 18, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Sep 1st, 2023)

FILM REVIEWS: ASTRAKAN (France 2022) *** Directed by David Depesseville Please check back then. ASTRAKAN opens with a shot of a boy looking at the cage of a tarantula in a ... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Aug 25th, 2023)

August 18, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Aug 25th, 2023)

FILM REVIEWS: GOLDA (UK/USA 2022) *** Directed by Guy Native GOLDA is a 2022 biographical drama film directed by Guy Nattiv and written by Nicholas Mart... read more..

Toronto International Film Festival 2023 Capsule Reviews

August 14, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

Toronto International Film Festival 2023 Capsule Reviews

The Toronto International Film Festival runs 7th to the 17th of September 2013. Check this site continually for updates, especially of capsule reviews. In general, capsule reviews ha... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Aug 18th, 2023)

July 30, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Aug 18th, 2023)

FILM REVIEWS: BACK ON THE STRIP (USA2023) * Directed by Chris Spencer After losing the woman of his dreams, Merlin (Spence Moore II) moves to Las Vegas to pursue work as a ... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews (Aug 11th, 2023)

July 29, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews (Aug 11th, 2023)

A record of three French films open this week. Not to be missed is THE BEASTS (France/Spain) which won the Cesar for Best Foreign film. FILM REVIEWS: AS BESTAS (THE BEASTS) (Sp... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( July 28th, 2023)

July 18, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( July 28th, 2023)

FILM REVIEWS: KOKOMO CITY (USA 2023) *** Directed by D. Smith KOKOMO CITY serves as a prime example of guerrilla filmmaking. After facing rejections from five directors, D. Smi... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Aug 4th, 2023)

July 18, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Aug 4th, 2023)

FILM REVIEWS: BROTHER (Canada 2002) ***1/2 Directed by Clement Virgo BROTHER is Toronto’s own director Clement vein’s latest drama after he wowed audiences in 1995 with his debut fea... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( July 21st, 2023)

July 14, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( July 21st, 2023)

Solid documentary CONCRETE VALLEY and solid blaxploittion comedy THEY CLONED TYRONE come with highishest recommendations. The much anticpated OPPENHEIMER also opens and the film soars. read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( July 14th, 2023)

June 26, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( July 14th, 2023)

AFIRE (German title: Roter Himmel) Germany 2023) ***½ Directed by Christian Petzold German director Christian Petzold revealed that he wanted to make a series of films loosely inspired by t... read more..

This Week's Film Reviews ( Jun 30, 2023)

June 21, 2023

Movie Reviews

Gilbert Seah

This Week's Film Reviews ( Jun 30, 2023)

ELDORADO: EVERYTHING THE NAZIS HATE (Germany 2023)***1/2 Directed by Benjamin Cantu and Matt Lambert In Berlin of the late Golden Twenties, the Eldorado is legendary a decadent and read more..

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