"Saving Mr. Banks" (2013) Reviewed for The Beat Magazine Online

Head on over to The Beat Magazine Online to see what I thought of "Saving Mr. Banks" (2013), a dramatic comedy starring Tom Hanks as Walt Disney, and Emma Thompson as P.L. Travers, the original author of "Mary Poppins" who refused to give up film rights without her say:

http://www.thebeatmagazine.ca/index.php/cinema-reviews/1993-all-star-cast-propels-saving-mr-banks

Preview: Museum London's "Domestic Arrivals"

Head on over to The Beat Magazine Online to see my preview of Museum London's "Domestic Arrivals" Canadian documentary series:

http://www.thebeatmagazine.ca/index.php/featured-posts/1990-museum-london-hosts-canadian-documentary-series

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Reviewed for The Beat Magazine Online

Head on over to The Beat Magazine Online to see what I thought of "Inside Llewyn Davis" (2013), the new Coen Brothers film about a wayward folk musician:

http://www.thebeatmagazine.ca/index.php/cinema-reviews/1986-inside-llewyn-davis-deeply-atmospheric

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) Reviewed for The Beat Magazine Online

Head on over to The Beat Magazine Online to see what I thought of "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" (2013), a new biopic starring Idris Elba as the titular legend:

http://www.thebeatmagazine.ca/index.php/cinema-reviews/1980-mandela-long-walk-to-freedom-a-story-too-great-to-be-bad

The Invisible Woman (2013) Reviewed for The Beat Magazine Online

Head on over to The Beat Magazine Online to see what I thought of "The Invisible Woman" (2013), directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes as Charles Dickens:

http://www.thebeatmagazine.ca/index.php/cinema-reviews/1973-the-invisible-woman-is-technically-lacking

Nebraska (2013) Reviewed for The Beat Magazine Online

Head on over to The Beat Magazine Online to see what I thought of "Nebraska" (2013), the Oscar-nominated film about an elderly man who thinks he's won a million dollars in an advertising scam, and the son who takes him to Nebraska just to get him to stop talking about it:

http://www.thebeatmagazine.ca/index.php/cinema-reviews/1965-nebraska-delightfully-muted

Gabrielle (2013) Reviewed for The Beat Magazine Online

Head on over to The Beat Magazine Online to see what I thought of "Gabrielle" (2013), a French Canadian film about a girl with Williams syndrome who falls in love:

http://www.thebeatmagazine.ca/index.php/cinema-reviews/1964-gabrielle-walks-the-fine-line-of-exploitation