Brilliant animation and music. Storyline not easy to follow but never boring. Among the subjects it touches on are immigration, death by drowning, various forms of love, cruelty, and loneliness. The link to the original Robinson Crusoe is very slight.

Frank Berry’s Aisha is the superbly moving record of a Nigerian refugee’s quiet fight for dignity in Ireland’s inhumane Direct Provision system for asylum seekers. Thoroughly-researched but fictional, gently-paced but absorbing, Berry’s affecting narrative is anchored by standout performances from Letitia Wright (The Silent Twins) and Josh O’Connor (Mothering Sunday). Haunted by forces they can’t […]

Best Hallmark movie I’ve watched in ages. Kevin and Lacey had fantastic chemistry and the script was so well written. It had female friendship, romance, and mystery of a magical veil. Everything and everyone mixed really well. And the ending set up the next movie in the series really well. Hallmark needs to work more […]

Couldn’t really tell what it’s going to be about at the start; takes time to reveal itself and in the process I started to lose interest in it. You do get it’s the 60’s with the dialogue and scenery, the ideologies too; but it the movie doesn’t really focus on convincing you of the era […]

Sebastian Lelio’s “The Wonder” is a thought provoking film that focuses on the idea and effect of religion and belief.I personally thought it was pretty good. It does well at building suspense but I personally found the ending very underwhelming, and it did drag a bit in the middle.The highlight of the film was probably […]

Actual score 6/10.Grading on a curve because we expected it to be absolutely awful… It’s a 10/10 as far as Tubi Originals go. Although Titanic 666 was pretty fun.But this is a decent film. The acting is better than you’d expect. The main character is likeable. The behind the scenes reality show drama is realistic. […]

Former P.O.W. Jack Calgrove moves Heaven and Earth to be reunited with his children following the Civil War. After returning home, Jack finds out his wife has died and his children, presumed orphans, are heading deep into the West aboard a train crossing old enemy lines. Calgrove and another former soldier are joined by a […]