Category: Reviews

‘Dumb Money’: This GameStop stock market story is a worthwhile buy

Jeff Mitchell

“Dumb Money” (2023) – Roaring Kitty! Who or what is Roaring Kitty?  It sounds like a CrossFit team name or a Cats of Instagram sensation.  In director Craig Gillespie’s (“Lars and the Real Girl” (2007), “I, Tonya” (2017)) Wall Street dramedy/biopic, Roaring Kitty is Keith Gill’s (Paul Dano) YouTube handle.  You see, Keith offers investment advice to his followers all over the U.S.A. and beyond.  Craig and screenwriters Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo didn’t make up this moniker out of thin air.  “Dumb Money” is based on Keith’s real-life…

The Best of TIFF 2023 – Part One

Jeff Mitchell

Toronto temperatures are pleasantly resting around 70 degrees F (21 C), but the 48th Annual Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) movies are on fire.  Once again, this revered Canadian jewel offers countless, dazzling movie options for professionals and fans of all ages. I’ve caught 35 films so far (as of Sept. 14, Day 8), so let me take a moment to jot down five of my favorites.  On Sept. 22, I’ll add five more for a Best of TIFF 2023 – Part Two article. Thank you for reading! “Dream Scenario”…

‘Between Two Worlds’ doesn’t reach for the stars to document the ground-level hardships

Jeff Mitchell

“Between Two Worlds” (2021) – A housekeeper, chambermaid, maintenance technician, and maintenance agent.  They are all similar monikers for one vitality important job, a cleaning person, a position in great demand, but by and large, the role is arduous and thankless. Journalism – a laborious, underappreciated field – shares much in common with the cleaning industry, especially in recent years, and in director Emmanuel Carrere’s “Between Two Worlds”, Juliette Binoche plays Marianne Winckler, a woman who willingly accepts both jobs.  Marianne, a Parisian journalist, travels 250 km west to Caen…