Category Archives: Movies

With ‘Carol’, we take a look at the cost of love. When you put a two time Oscar Winner like Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine, The Aviator) together with other excellent actors like Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, and a sensitive script … Continue reading →

Here’s a film that seems as if it were ripped from the headlines With the recent discussion of the Canadian Forces’ role in international conflicts, Hyena Road arrives on the scene to remind us that there is a personal element to … Continue reading →

Born to be Blue- because music touches the soul Born to be Blue– a fascinating bio-pic about the legendary trumpeter Chet Baker. Chet Baker had an incredible talent- not just for music, but for trouble. This movie reimagines Baker’s life from later … Continue reading →

Are there Lessons for Us? Despite the fact that the United States and the Soviet Union had been allies during WWII, it wasn’t a smart move having anything to do with Communism in the late forties/early fifties- Trumbo certainly proves … Continue reading →

   Already had enough of Winter?? Let´s look at how the heck we got into this mess    This Changes Everything is the new movie based on Naomi Klein’s bestseller of the same title. In the film, we go around the world … Continue reading →

The beautiful young daughter of the family housekeeper comes to temporarily stay in the same house as a preening wife, lascivious husband and teenage son- What could possibly go wrong??  Spinning Reels is pleased to show The Second Mother a comic … Continue reading →

Feeling Fat? It’s probably NOT your fault and Sugar Coated will show you why As we see on an almost daily basis, we, our children and grandchildren are getting heavier and heavier. The rates of obesity and diabetes are unprecedented. Is … Continue reading →

Can you Remember? Master filmmaker Atom Egoyan (The Captive, The Sweet Hereafter) tackles one of the darkest chapters of 20th-century history in the gripping thriller Remember, which gives legendary actor Christopher Plummer (Elsa & Fred, The Sound of Music) a … Continue reading →

Life is just like Learning to Drive When Wendy’s husband, Ted decides he’s had enough of her and unceremoniously ‘dumps’ her and their marriage while in the back of a taxi, the road to her new life and independence is … Continue reading →

What Would YOU Do? In an intelligent, careful adaptation of the writings of Auschwitz victim Irène Némirovsky, Suite Française examines the human response, on an individual level, to occupation. A small northern French town is thrown into panic with the … Continue reading →