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RICHARD’S WEEKEND MOVIE REVIEWS FROM CP24! FRIDAY JUNE 28, 2019.

Richard joins CP24 anchor Nathan Downer to have a look at the weekend’s new movies including “Yesterday,” “Annabelle Comes Home” and “Isabelle.”

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CTV MORNING LIVE VANCOUVER: “Yesterday” “Annabelle Comes Home” and more!

Richard speaks with “CTV Morning Vancouver Live_ host Keri Adams about “Yesterday,” “Annabelle Comes Home” and “Isabelle.”

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RICHARD’S CTV NEWSCHANNEL WEEKEND MOVIE REVIEWS FOR JUNE 28.

Richard sits in on the CTV NewsChannel with news anchor Marcia MacMillan to have a look at the weekend’s big releases including the musical fantasy “Yesterday,” about a nowhere man who finds fame singing Beatles’ songs, the devil doll flick “Annabelle Comes Home” and the psychological drama “Isabelle”

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CTVNEWS.CA: THE CROUSE REVIEW ON “YESTERDAY” & “ANNABELLE COMES HOME”!

A weekly feature from ctvnews.ca! The Crouse Review is a quick, hot take on the weekend’s biggest and most interesting movies! This week Richard looks at the Beatles fantasy “Yesterday,” the maniacal manikin movie “Annabelle Comes Home” and the psychological drama “Isabelle.”

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CJAD IN MONTREAL: THE ANDREW CARTER SHOW WITH RICHARD CROUSE ON MOVIES!

Richard sits in on the CJAD Montreal morning show with host Andrew Carter to talk the new movies coming to theatres including “Yesterday,” a musical fantasy about a struggling musician who gets by with a little help from his friends, “Annabelle Comes Home,” the continuation of the devil doll story from “The Conjuring” and “Isabelle,” a psychological drama with a neighbourly twist.

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CFRA IN OTTAWA: THE BILL CARROLL MORNING SHOW MOVIE REVIEWS!

Richard has a look at the new movies coming to theatres, including the Beatles-based musical fantasy “Yesterday,” the devil doll flick “Annabelle Comes Home” and the psychological drama “Isabelle” with CFRA Morning Rush host Bill Carroll.

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ISABELLE: 2 ½ STARS. “the horror is subtle but effective.”

Becoming a new parent is scary, filled with unknowns. Will the baby be healthy and happy? What kind of parent will I be? A new film called “Isabelle,” starring Amanda Crew and Adam Brody, imagines the unimaginable, the unknowable psychological torment that follows a miscarriage.

Larissa (Crew) and Matt (Brody) are a happy young couple. Expecting a baby, they move to a new house to start their new life as parents. Next door is a stately old home, occupied by the schoolmarm-ish Ann Pelway (Sheila McCarthy) and eerie daughter Isabelle (Zoë Belkin), who is usually only seen peering through a second story window. After an encounter with Ann on the street Larissa is rushed to the hospital. Though clinically dead for a minute Larissa survives. Sadly, the child does not. Once at home Larissa is plagued by guilt and depression. She hears her dead child crying in the other room and is tormented by Isabelle’s seemingly unbreaking gaze.

After a brief set up director Rob Heydon sets a fast pace for the brisk 80-minute movie, diving right into the psychological terror. Much of the horror is subtle but effective as we learn about why Ann and Isabelle seem so otherworldly and follow Larissa on her terrifying journey. Midway through, however, “Isabelle” becomes cluttered with plot devices; there’s a hospital priest (Dayo Ade), demonic possession, a spiritual healer (Michael Miranda), Devil worship and more. More is sometimes less, and in this case the film feels rushed, over-stuffed with every trope out of the Supernatural Drama Handbook.

“Isabelle” does have its pleasures. McCarthy is a standout as Ann, a pious woman tormented by the past, and Brody and Crew who humanize the horror of the aftermath of a tragedy.