Movie Reviews

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

The Revenant: a movie review by James Berardinelli

The Revenant, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning Birdman, plays like a cross between Terrence Malick and Sam Peckinpah. [Read more]

Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

If you ever read a Peanuts comic strip then you know that it’s a bit like childhood meals. You had to finish the veggies to get dessert.  In this animated movie, if Charlie Brown is the veggies, Snoopy is dessert.

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The Belier Family – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

Laughter is said to be universal but humour does not always translate well between countries. This outing from director Eric Lartigau (The Big Picture) has been a huge hit in France, and while it does have charm, I don’t see the enormous appeal.

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The Crow’s Egg (Kakka Muttai) – a film review by Roz Tarszisz

Watching this film from writer and director M. Manikandan, it occurred to me that while the story is particular to India, it also demonstrates many points of similarity to the world we live in.   [Read more]

He Named Me Malala – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz

After the Taliban tried to kill her in 2012 Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai emerges as a leading advocate for children’s rights and the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

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