I join “CTV News Toronto at Five” with host Zuraidah Alman, to talk about the terrifying travelogue “Speak No Evil,” the family drama “His Three Daughters” and the thriller “The Critic.”
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I join the CTV NewsChannel anchor Roger Peterson to talk about the terrifying travelogue “Speak No Evil,” the family drama “His Three Daughters” and the thriller “The Critic.”
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I sit in with CKTB morning show host Steph Vivier to have a look at movies in theatres and streaming including the terrifying travelogue “Speak No Evil,” the family drama “His Three Daughters” and the thriller “The Critic.”
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I sit in on the CFRA Ottawa morning show to talk the new movies coming to theatres and streaming including the terrifying travelogue “Speak No Evil,” the family drama “His Three Daughters” and the thriller “The Critic.”
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I join the national night time show “Shane Hewitt and the Night Shift” to suggest the perfect cocktail to enjoy while taking in the new psychological thriller “Speak No Evil” and then have a look at the big entertainment headlines of the night.
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Fast reviews for busy people! Watch as I review three movies in less time than it takes to tie a bowtie! Have a look as I race against the clock to tell you about the terrifying travelogue “Speak No Evil,” the family drama “His Three Daughters” and the thriller “The Critic.”
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SYNOPSIS: In “His Three Daughters,” a new family drama now playing in select theatres before moving to Netflix on September 20, three estranged sisters—Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen and Natasha Lyonne—come together to look after their ailing father (Jay O. Sanders). As his health declines, past issues are confronted as they attempt to put their past issues, with him and with each other, behind them.
CAST: Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, Rudy Galvan, Jose Febus, Jasmine Bracey, Jay O. Sanders, and Jovan Adepo. Written and directed by Azazel Jacobs.
REVIEW: Writer-director Azazel (“French Exit,” “The Lovers”) Jacobs infuses this story of estrangement and grief with tension, heartfelt emotion and bittersweet humor.
The dynamic between the siblings, the controlling Katie (Coon), stoner Rachel (Lyonne), who still lives in her father’s apartment and the free-spirited, Grateful Dead-loving Christina (Olsen), is colored by years of petty insults, misunderstandings and animosity.
The result is a movie that wonders aloud what connects the three very different people after their father is gone. How well do they know one another?
Turns out, they’re closer than they think. Despite the strain between them, Coon, Lyonne and Olsen find an unspoken lifetime of connection to draw from. They may be estranged, but there is a familial bond that binds them. It’s lovely, subtle work contained in the claustrophobic confines of a New York City apartment. The cramped space means they are on top of one another, forced to interact, and the movie is the better for it.
“His Three Daughters” is a raw and complicated chamber piece, one that allows its performances to engage fully with the material.
As their father’s health worsens, he becomes a nexus for their relationships in unexpected ways. “I keep waiting for the day you realize why you fight so much,” he says. It’s a heartbreaking and cathartic finale, but in its sorrow, it is a powerful statement on the healing power of love.
I’ll be reviewing three movies this week, everything from transforming robots to a nasty critic and a deadly vacation.
In “His Three Daughters,” a new family drama now playing on select theatres before moving to Netflix on September 20, three estranged sisters—Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen and Natasha Lyonne—come together to look after their ailing father. As his health declines past issues are confronted as they attempt to put their past demons behind them.
“The Critic,” a new, melodramatic thriller starring Sir Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton and Mark Strong, and now playing in theatres, sees a powerful London theater critic lure a struggling actress into a blackmail scheme.
In “Speak No Evil,” a new psychological horror thriller movie starring James McAvoy and now playing in theatres, a dream holiday turns into a living nightmare when an American couple and their daughter spend the weekend at a British family’s idyllic country estate.
