Woman of the Hour (2023) – Anna Kendrick

Anna Kendrick’s feature film debut gives a chilling look at how women have to be aware of everything all the time, as she brings to the screen a true story of a serial killer and rapist, and his unlikely appearance on The Dating Game and may be the bachelor Sheryl (Kendrick) chooses from the three…

Stargate SG-1 (2000) – Pretense, and Urgo

Skaara (Alexis Cruz) returns! He escapes and reaches the Tollan who are going to hold him for triad, allowing the council to decide whether Skaara or his Goa’uld to claim his body. Pretense was written by Katharyn Powers and it debuted on 21 January, 2000. The Tollan, represented by Narim (Garwin Sanford) reach out to…

Infernal Affairs (2002) – Andrew Lau Wai-Keung, and Alan Mak

DK Canada’s The Movie Book rolls out the What Else to Watch list following my screening of Oldboy. Infernal Affairs is up for viewing, and served as the basis for the North American adaptation, The Departed. Yes, The Departed is a solid film, the original is so much better. Tightly edited, fantastically crafted the film…

Schindler’s List (1993) – Steven Spielberg

The next title on the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film as I return to the historical section of the book is Spielberg’s heart-wrenching, anguish filled look at the Holocaust through an adaptation of a true story. Over the course of three hours, this black and white film, with only significant and poignant uses…