Movie Reviews

J-Wire publishes reviews from Roz Tarszisz, Glen Falkenstein and James Berardinelli

Instant Families: a movie review by Toni Susskind

When I first heard about Instant Families staring Mark Wahlberg as Pete and Australian Rose Byrne as Ellie, I thought, here we go again, another formulaic Rom-Com about a gorgeous couple adopting three very cute children. I was pleasantly surprised to see how wrong I was. [Read more]

Widows – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

There are certain conventions we can expect from a heist movie. The assembling of disparate characters, the difficulties of setting up the robbery, the preparations and a twist at the end. A touch of humour to leaven the tension goes down well too.

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Spitfire: a movie review by Elana Bowman

Spitfire the documentary is simply beautiful. [Read more]

Beautiful Boy – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

That this film is based on a true story inspired by two memoirs only serves to make it all the more compelling. [Read more]

A Star is Born – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

My rock concert going days may be long over but that didn’t stop shivers down my backbone as the first of many riffs came over the speakers.

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