Film Review: LES TROIS MOUSQUETAIRES: D’ARTAGNAN (The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan)

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Published: Thursday, 07 December 2023 01:25

Written by Gilbert Seah

LES TROIS MOUSQUETAIRES: D’ARTAGNAN (The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan)

(France/Germany/Spain/Belgium 2023) ***½

Directed by Martin Bourboulon

After NAPOLEON and FERRARI, it is a welcome change to watch a European epic not spoken in English with foreign accents.  Napoleon had the actors speak English with French accents and FERRARI with Italian accents.  True to form, the French epic, Alexandre Dumas’

LES TROIS MOUSQUETAIRES: D’ARTAGNAN (The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan) is a lavish action adventure film where the French speak French.  It is the first of a two-part epic saga.

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Film Review: Voleuses (Wingwomen)

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Published: Thursday, 02 November 2023 22:21

Written by Gilbert Seah

VOLEUSES (Wingwomen) (France 2023) ***

Directed by Melanie Laurent

Action flicks are a dime a dozen, yet the female nation flick (think CHARLIE’S ANGELS) are still a rarity.  The film opens with two gorgeous women in action in the midst of a diamond heist.  The women, Alex and Carole are played by well-known international female stars  Melanie Laurent (INGLORIOUS BASTERDS) and Adèle Exarchopoulos (L’HISTOIRE D’ADELE more commonly known as  BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR).  A third reason to watch this film, star wise is the presence too, of Isabelle Adjani (first famous for Truffaut’s L’HISTOIRE D ‘ADELE H.  In the first action, one will be definitely impressed by the introduction of modern weaponry in the form of drones pursuing the two women.

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Film Review: Testament

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Published: Tuesday, 07 November 2023 00:43

Written by Gilbert Seah

TESTAMENT (Canada 2023) ***

Directed by Denys Arcand

TESTAMENT is a Canadian drama film, directed by Denys Arcand and released in 2023. The film stars Rémy Girard as Jean-Michel Bouchard, a retired archivist in his 70s living in a retirement home, who is initially angered when a group of protestors arrive to demand that the facility remove an art installation that has been deemed insulting to First Nations, only to find new love and a new zest for life in the experience. His new love is played by the beautiful Sophie Lorain who looks too young to be falling in love with the retiree.  The film is a blend of comedic satire and romance.

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CineFranco 2023 Capsule Reviews

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Published: Thursday, 26 October 2023 22:39

Written by Gilbert Seah

CINEFRANCO 2023 Capsule Reviews

Paris is the city of Love.  And L’Amour is the theme of Cinefranco 2023  a celebration of French and Quebec cinema in Toronto, courtesy of ever hard-working and cheerful directrice of CineFranco, Marcelle Lean.

Love in all its many shades runs through Cinéfranco 2023’s lineup of 19 features and 2 shorts programs, spanning film genres celebrating queer love, romance, the comedic as well as the dark sides of love, odd couples, dynamic duos, and the unbreakable bonds of family.  Also featured is a six-film Spotlight on the African Diaspora and 4 new Quebec features curated by La Tournee Quebec Cinema.

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