A kindhearted street urchin and a power-hungry Grand Vizier vie for a magic lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true. Chuck says: There are few surprises in this live-action remake of the Disney animated classic and the film does suffer from a bloated running time much as the Beauty and […]

The story of Joan Stanley (Judi Dench), who was exposed as the KGB’s longest-serving British spy. Pam says: Stories addressing the WWII era are frequently global representations of the time, but it is this type of film, one with which we see a more narrowly focused story, it allows us to feel the time period […]

In 15th Century Europe, a young woman finds herself forced to come to term with her family’s heritage and supernatural forces that may surround her. Not for all tastes, this introspective horror film is propelled by the gothic mood and sense of dread director Lukas Feigelfeld creates from the very first frame. The tone of […]

A man returns to the village of Guizhou and attempts to track down a woman he fell in love with 20 years prior. Chuck says: The Cannes Film Festival award winner is a gorgeously shot exercise in tedium. Pretentious and turgid, the film can’t get past its self-conscious arty approach to tell its story in […]