Category: Reviews

Raise a can and toast ‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’

Jeff Mitchell

“The Greatest Beer Run Ever” (2022) – On a personal note, my greatest beer run occurred during my senior year of college.  It entailed a trip to a nearby Tops supermarket in Buffalo, NY, and yours truly secured enough cheap American beer to overindulge a small army. The aforementioned trek only ran a few miles, so John “Chickie” Donohue has me flat-out beat. It’s not even close.  The year was 1967, and Chickie said, “I’m going to Vietnam, and I’m bringing them beer.” “Them” are his buddies from Inwood, a…

AHFW’s Top 10 Films of TIFF 2022

Jeff Mitchell

The 47th Annual Toronto International Festival (TIFF) came to a close on Sept. 18, 2022, and this proud Canadian jewel – once again – delivered countless movie options for professionals and fans of all ages. This critic experienced 40 feature-length movies over 11 days, so I didn’t nearly see everything, but here are my Top 10 TIFF Films! I hope you see these movies soon at a nearby cinema. “All Quiet on the Western Front” – Director/co-writer Edward Berger delivers his nightmarish and haunting vision of Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929…

‘Railway Children’ is an ordinary and puzzling ride

Jeff Mitchell

“Railway Children” (2022) – During WWII, the German military relentlessly bombed British cities, as residents of all ages were forced to repeatedly dodge deadly projectiles. It was a part of their daily lives, like going to work or making supper.  Those nightmarish times could be especially cruel on the most vulnerable.  Therefore, the British government enacted Operation Pied Piper in 1939, which relocated about 3 million people during the movement’s first four days, according to an Oct. 22, 2021 DefenseMediaNetwork article written by Dwight Jon Zimmerman.  Most evacuees were children,…