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  • Romantic Comedy-Drama "The Ballad of Wallis Island"

    Romantic Comedy-Drama "The Ballad of Wallis Island"
    Jul 9 2025
    Recapturing the past may be an enticing, seductive prospect, especially when it involves revisiting pleasant memories of days gone by. If nothing else, it can help to plug holes of loneliness and despair in our psyche, filling us with feelings of warmth and happiness. But is it realistically achievable or just wishful thinking? Find out more in a review of the new alternative romantic comedy-drama, "The Ballad of Wallis Island," on the next edition of The Cinema Scribe.
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    16 min
  • LGBTQ+ Romantic Comedy-Drama "Turtles"

    LGBTQ+ Romantic Comedy-Drama "Turtles"
    Jun 24 2025
    Is love enough to sustain a relationship? It can certainly provide a powerful bond to keep partners together, but is that sufficient to maintain that connection when other issues arise (such as day-to-day life challenges, disagreements, and disconnects about fundamental goals and aspirations, cohabitation conflicts, a growing lack of sexual intimacy, etc.)? These matters often come to a head when specific turning points in life are reached, such as health issues or retirement, especially when each partner holds different views about what that next stage of life is supposed to be all about. So what’s to be done? Find out more in a review of the new LGBTQ+ romantic comedy-drama, "Turtles," on the next edition of The Cinema Scribe.
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    17 min
  • Social Sci-Fi Thriller "The Assessment" Movie Review

    Social Sci-Fi Thriller "The Assessment" Movie Review
    Jun 10 2025
    It often feels like we’re constantly being assessed, evaluated on everything from our creditworthiness to our work performance to our scholastic achievements. But imagine what it might be like if we were scrutinized on highly personal matters, with intrusive investigations into our most highly intimate concerns. Is it worth putting ourselves through such intrusive and potentially intensive inquiries? Find out more in a review of the new social sci-fi thriller, "The Assessment," on the next edition of The Cinema Scribe, premiering June 10.
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    14 min
  • Fact-Based Comedy-Drama-Memoir "The Penguin Lessons"

    Fact-Based Comedy-Drama-Memoir "The Penguin Lessons"
    May 27 2025
    Most of us would probably agree that learning lessons is an important part of our life experience. However, at the same time, most of us would also likely concur that we seldom know what those lessons will be, what their messages are or how they will be delivered. Could they emerge from the circumstances that appear? Will they stem from the people who cross our paths? Or could it be in some other way entirely? Find out more in a review of the charming new, fact-based comedy-drama-memoir, “The Penguin Lessons,” on the next edition of The Cinema Scribe.
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    17 min
  • Insightful New Comedy "Universal Language"

    Insightful New Comedy "Universal Language"
    May 13 2025
    Philosophers and metaphysicians are generally quick to agree that we’re all fundamentally connected, both to one another and to everything around us, that there’s a certain universality binding all there is in our existence. But how many of us actually take the time to truly recognize, consider and appreciate this or what makes this attainable? Maybe this calls for stepping away from our everyday world and immersing ourselves in some sort of alternate version of it to see the inherent connections from a fresh perspective. Find out more in a review of the delightfully quirky, offbeat, insightful new Canadian comedy, "Universal Language," on the next edition of The Cinema Scribe.
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    10 min
  • Hilarious Sci-Fi Satire "Mickey 17"

    Hilarious Sci-Fi Satire "Mickey 17"
    Apr 22 2025
    In a throw-away age like the one in which we live, virtually everything is vulnerable. In fact, we can become so accustomed to this way of thinking that it becomes an ingrained mindset, one in which we come to believe that anything perceived as not being expediently useful is potentially disposable. But how far are we willing to go with this? Indeed, aren’t there inherent dangers that we might take this notion a little too far, perhaps even to a point of no return? Find out more in a review of the insightful and hilarious new sci-fi satire, "Mickey 17," on the next edition of The Cinema Scribe.
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    19 min
  • Award-Winning Animated Feature “Flow” Review

    Award-Winning Animated Feature “Flow” Review
    Apr 8 2025
    Sometimes, the simplest yet most profound messages come to us from the unlikeliest of sources. In many cases, those messengers deliver their insights metaphorically and unwittingly, with an almost “innocent” nature, as if to give license to the notion of “out of the mouths of babes.” So imagine how valuable that information can be when its impact is significant and inspiring and comes at a time when the stakes are at their highest. Find out more in a review of the charming, enlightening, and award-winning new animated feature from Latvia, “Flow” (“Straume”), on the next edition of The Cinema Scribe.
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    11 min
  • Engaging Drama "The Room Next Door" Movie Review

    Engaging Drama "The Room Next Door" Movie Review
    Mar 25 2025
    Choice is arguably the most precious personal resource we possess. It makes so much possible, and it provides us with so many opportunities to seek the fulfillment of what we hold most dear. Because of that, however, there may well be times when what we choose to embrace and invoke won’t be agreeable to others. But, then, the choices in question are ours and fundamentally not subject to the approval of others. That even includes choices involving the direction that our own personal fate ultimately takes. Such is the question called for a terminally ill woman in making her decision on whether or not to willfully continue her existence. Find out more in a review of the engaging right-to-die drama, "The Room Next Door," on the next edition of The Cinema Scribe.
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    19 min