Posts Tagged ‘Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs’

CTV NEWS AT 11:30: MORE MOVIES AND TV SHOWS TO STREAM THIS WEEKEND!

I appear on “CTV News at 11:30” with anchor Andria Case to talk about the best movies and television to watch this weekend. This week I have a look at the rowdy comedy “Joy Ride” and the drama “This Place,” now playing ion theatres, and the new Crave sketch comedy series “The Dessert.”

Watch the whole thing HERE!  (Starts at 10:02)

NEWSTALK TONIGHT WITH JIM RICHARDS: DOES RICHARD CROUSE LIKE THESE MOVIES?

I sit in for NewsTalk 1010 host Jim Richards on the coast-to-coast-to-coast late night “NewsTalk Tonight” to play the game “Did Richard Crouse Like This?” This week we talk about the explicit and emotional “Joy Ride,” the noir-ish thriller “The Lesson” and the drama “This Place.”

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RICHARD’S WEEKEND MOVIE REVIEWS FROM CP24! FRIDAY JULY 07, 2023.

I joined CP24 to have a look at new movies coming to VOD, streaming services and theatres.  Today we talk about

the explicit and emotional “Joy Ride,” the noir-ish thriller “The Lesson” and the drama “This Place.”

Watch the whole thing HERE!

RICHARD’S CTV NEWSCHANNEL REVIEWS FOR JULY 07 WITH MARCIA MACMILLAN.

I join CTV NewsChannel anchor Marcia MacMillan to talk about the explicit and emotional “Joy Ride,” the noir-ish thriller “The Lesson” and the drama “This Place.”

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

I sit in on the CFRA Ottawa morning show with host Bill Carroll to talk the new movies coming to theatres including the explicit and emotional “Joy Ride,” the noir-ish thriller “The Lesson” and the drama “This Place.”

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YOU TUBE: THREE MOVIES/THIRTY SECONDS! FAST REVIEWS FOR BUSY PEOPLE!

Fast reviews for busy people! Watch as I review three movies in less time than it takes to turn on the lights! Have a look as I race against the clock to tell you about the explicit and emotional “Joy Ride,” the noir-ish thriller “The Lesson” and the drama “This Place.”

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THIS PLACE: 2 ½ STARS. “story is heartfelt and has a pleasing intimacy to it.”

“This Place,” a new coming-of-adulthood film now playing in theatres, stars Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs and Priya Guns as two young women who must investigate their pasts to understand their present.

Jacobs (who also co-wrote and co-executive produced) plays Kawenniióhstha, a half-Mohawk, aspiring poet from Montreal who moves to Toronto to go to university and locate, and get to know, the Iranian father who left before she was born. “Can you imagine being okay with being forgotten or unacknowledged?” she asks.

When she leaves her writing notebook, containing all her work, at a laundromat, it leads to a meet cute with Malai (Priya Guns), a Tamil undergraduate student who lives with her older brother Ahrun (Alex Joseph) while figuring out her future.

Sparks immediately fly, and their friendship quickly turns into love, but before their relationship can fully blossom, each must deal with family issues.

As Malai learns that her estranged, alcoholic father (Muraly Srinarayanathas) is dying of cancer, she struggles with how to say goodbye. On the other hand, Kawenniióhstha must learn to say hello to her father Behrooz (Ali Momen). She learns of the complicated past shared by her parents, and her mother’s concern that if the truth about Kawenniióhstha’s father was known,blood quantum laws would deem her not Mohawk enough to live on the reservation.

As the two daughters of refugees grapple with the influence their familial connections have on their lives, it creates a strain in their relationship.

In a scant 87 minutes “This Place” covers a great deal of ground. The love story is the starting place as we get to know Kawenniióhstha and Malai, but the movie also touches on the generational trauma of genocide, parental expectations and otherness.

The love story is heartfelt and has a pleasing intimacy to it, even in its earliest stages but unfortunately, neither character is allowed the time to fully explore the repercussions of the film’s themes on their lives. They are not aided by dialogue that is too often stilted and obvious.

“This Place” has much going for it. The connection between the lead characters feels authentic, and their queerness is accepted and never questioned. But while it falters somewhat in its execution, the movie’s heart, and its messages of love, compassion and understanding, never do.

CTV NEWSCHANNEL: NEW MOVIES COMING TO VOD AND STREAMING SERVICES!

Richard and CTV NewsChannel anchor Angie Seth discuss the family drama of “Tammy’s Always Dying,” the Cronenberg remake “Rabid,” the social commentary of “Blood Quantum” and the culinary adventure “Nose to Tail.”

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RICHARD’S WEEKEND STREAMING REVIEWS FROM CP24! FRIDAY MAY 1, 2020.

Richard and CP24 anchor Nick Dixon have a look at the new movies coming to VOD and streaming services including drunken dramedy “Tammy’s Always Dying,” the Cronenberg remake “Rabid” and the zombie braaiiiins of “Blood Quantum.”

Watch the whole thing HERE!