Other People – Film Review | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2021

“People who have experienced violence, domestic abuse, sexual abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia, internet hate, fat phobia and other forms of bullying or who are struggling with an eating disorder are particularly at risk.” With that title card, Aleksandra Terpinska opens her feature debut, Other People (based on the novel by Dorota Maslowska) – a Polish …

Dear Evan Hansen – Film Review

We have a few big screen adaptations of popular Broadway musicals headed our way, like it or not, ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ is definitely one of the more highly anticipated ones. Does Stephen Chbosky’s film version hit the right notes? Evan Hansen (Ben Platt) is your (stereo)typical angsty, nerdy, pill-popping high school teen. Nobody knows he …

Review – ‘Music’

I honestly don’t know how to begin this review without it immediately turning into a rant. I made it safely through Sia’s ‘Music’ while rolling my eyes and sighing, but this film should come with a trigger warning for woke people; ‘Music’ actively tries to kill you. Kazu (Kate Hudson) is a recovering drug addict …

Netflix Review – ‘The Prom’

THE PROM (L to R) NICO GREETHAM as NICK, LOGAN RILEY HASSEL as KAYLEE, ARIANA DEBOSE as ALYSSA GREENE, ANDREW RANNELLS as TRENT OLIVER, JO ELLEN PELLMAN as EMMA, SOFIA DELER as SHELBY, NATHANIEL POTVIN as KEVIN, TRACEY ULLMAN as VERA, JAMES CORDEN as BARRY GLICKMAN in THE PROM. Cr. MELINDA SUE GORDON/NETFLIX © 2020 …

Review – ‘Trolls World Tour’

Once a global toy phenomenon, Trolls found new success on the big screen in 2016. Making about 345 million USD at the global box office, a popular Netflix spin-off series wasn’t far behind – although that show didn’t have any similarities animation-wise – and a sequel announced to open in theaters March 2020. Then just …

Review – ‘Playmobil: The Movie’

After the huge success LEGO had at the box office with films such as ‘The Lego Movie’ and ‘The Lego Batman Movie’, the in some ways similar German toy brand ‘Playmobil’ announced production on their very own first cinematic adventure, in honour of the toy line’s 45th anniversary. When her younger brother Charlie (Gabriel Bateman) …

Review – ‘Frozen II’

2013’s ‘Frozen’ not only became the biggest animated film at the global box office of all time, it was a true pop phenomenon in every household with little children screaming along to Elsa’s rendition of ‘Let It Go’. Six years have passed and Disney is re-visiting Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven who hastily have …