Episodes

  • Fact-Based Comedy-Drama-Memoir "The Penguin Lessons"

    Fact-Based Comedy-Drama-Memoir "The Penguin Lessons"
    May 27 2025
    Most of us would probably agree that learning lessons is an important part of our life experience. However, at the same time, most of us would also likely concur that we seldom know what those lessons will be, what their messages are or how they will be delivered. Could they emerge from the circumstances that appear? Will they stem from the people who cross our paths? Or could it be in some other way entirely? Find out more in a review of the charming new, fact-based comedy-drama-memoir, “The Penguin Lessons,” on the next edition of The Cinema Scribe.
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    17 mins
  • Insightful New Comedy "Universal Language"

    Insightful New Comedy "Universal Language"
    May 13 2025
    Philosophers and metaphysicians are generally quick to agree that we’re all fundamentally connected, both to one another and to everything around us, that there’s a certain universality binding all there is in our existence. But how many of us actually take the time to truly recognize, consider and appreciate this or what makes this attainable? Maybe this calls for stepping away from our everyday world and immersing ourselves in some sort of alternate version of it to see the inherent connections from a fresh perspective. Find out more in a review of the delightfully quirky, offbeat, insightful new Canadian comedy, "Universal Language," on the next edition of The Cinema Scribe.
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    10 mins
  • Hilarious Sci-Fi Satire "Mickey 17"

    Hilarious Sci-Fi Satire "Mickey 17"
    Apr 22 2025
    In a throw-away age like the one in which we live, virtually everything is vulnerable. In fact, we can become so accustomed to this way of thinking that it becomes an ingrained mindset, one in which we come to believe that anything perceived as not being expediently useful is potentially disposable. But how far are we willing to go with this? Indeed, aren’t there inherent dangers that we might take this notion a little too far, perhaps even to a point of no return? Find out more in a review of the insightful and hilarious new sci-fi satire, "Mickey 17," on the next edition of The Cinema Scribe.
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    19 mins
  • Award-Winning Animated Feature “Flow” Review

    Award-Winning Animated Feature “Flow” Review
    Apr 8 2025
    Sometimes, the simplest yet most profound messages come to us from the unlikeliest of sources. In many cases, those messengers deliver their insights metaphorically and unwittingly, with an almost “innocent” nature, as if to give license to the notion of “out of the mouths of babes.” So imagine how valuable that information can be when its impact is significant and inspiring and comes at a time when the stakes are at their highest. Find out more in a review of the charming, enlightening, and award-winning new animated feature from Latvia, “Flow” (“Straume”), on the next edition of The Cinema Scribe.
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    11 mins
  • Engaging Drama "The Room Next Door" Movie Review

    Engaging Drama "The Room Next Door" Movie Review
    Mar 25 2025
    Choice is arguably the most precious personal resource we possess. It makes so much possible, and it provides us with so many opportunities to seek the fulfillment of what we hold most dear. Because of that, however, there may well be times when what we choose to embrace and invoke won’t be agreeable to others. But, then, the choices in question are ours and fundamentally not subject to the approval of others. That even includes choices involving the direction that our own personal fate ultimately takes. Such is the question called for a terminally ill woman in making her decision on whether or not to willfully continue her existence. Find out more in a review of the engaging right-to-die drama, "The Room Next Door," on the next edition of The Cinema Scribe.
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    19 mins
  • Dark Comedy-Drama “Hard Truths” Movie Review

    Dark Comedy-Drama “Hard Truths” Movie Review
    Mar 11 2025
    Many of us these days are experiencing a certain inexplicable unsettledness with our lives, a constant sense of frustration and restlessness that seems to defy explanation – or resolution. Because of those conditions, we may also find ourselves becoming increasingly aggravated, with our fuses growing progressively shorter. And, no matter what we might do to try and address these circumstances, it often feels like nothing works, that the irritation is perpetual and unrelenting. As a consequence, coping becomes virtually impossible as we struggle to find a way to keep going, circumstances all too familiar to a middle-aged British housewife in her attempts to keep from losing it. Find out more in a review of the new dark comedy-drama, “Hard Truths,” on the next edition of The Cinema Scribe.
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    17 mins
  • Oscar-Nominated Historical Drama "I'm Still Here"

    Oscar-Nominated Historical Drama "I'm Still Here"
    Feb 25 2025
    Hope is an undeniably powerful force, and a belief in it firmly cements our faith in it in our consciousness. It’s difficult to shake, too, hanging on persistently in our worldview. Admittedly, though, when circumstances challenge its validity and viability, that quality can come under fire, perhaps even prompting us to question its strength and resilience. But such conditions can also serve to affirm our convictions, to galvanize us in our views of the power of hope, particularly when it seems like that’s all we have going for us. Find out more in a review of the new, fact-based, Oscar-nominated historical drama, "I'm Still Here," on the next edition of The Cinema Scribe.
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    17 mins
  • Revealing Film Biography "Lee"

    Revealing Film Biography "Lee"
    Feb 11 2025
    Many of us often find ourselves in the pursuit of callings that may seem out of character or that we don’t fully understand ourselves. These ventures frequently require true commitment on our part, yet we may also find ourselves perplexed by their seeming inexplicability. And, if we think about walking away from them, we simply can’t bring ourselves to do so. The call to commit is simply too strong. So what’s behind these ostensibly obsessive undertakings? Find out more in a review of the revealing film biography, "Lee," on the next edition of The Cinema Scribe.
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    15 mins