The Stress is Killing Me: Movie Review

A complete lack of logic derails this comedy before we get to the thoughtful ending.

Not immediately clear from the plot description is just how much nonsense and complete lack of logic is going on here. We have eight friends from college, who were apparently best friends at the time of graduation but then most (all but two) went their separate ways and are meeting up now, twenty years later. The opening scene is just a montage of the actual reunion – a barbecue, some food, some games, lots of talking and laughing.		2024 Directed by: Tom Carroll Screenplay by: Tom Carroll Starring: Carly Christopher, Grayson Berry

Last Breath: Movie Review

Limited in scope, Last Breath sticks to the true story.

Last Breath is based on a harrowing true story of a deep-sea diver. The film is brought to life by filmmaker Alex Parkinson, who also made the 2019 documentary Last Breath. This is not a particularly well-known incident but Chris Lemons, a North Sea diver who miraculously survived a tragic mishap, has written about and talked about his experiences extensively so it’s easy to find and learn more either before or after watching the movie.		2025 Directed by: Alex Parkinson Screenplay by: Mitchell LaFortune, Alex Parkinson, and David Brooks Starring: Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Finn Cole

Morningside: Movie Review

Primarily about nothing, but also that violence is bad.

Small Canadian indies rarely get theatrical releases, so I want to support Morningside but are they ever making that hard. It’s a tragic drama about nothing. That’s a slight exaggeration on my part, the beginning is about gentrification and the ending is about senseless violence and systemic racism within police departments, but the full hour and a half in the middle is about nothing. The entire movie is establishing a dozen nondescript boring characters just for something to finally happen at the very end.		2025 Directed by: Ron Dias Screenplay by: Ron Dias, Joanne Jansen Starring: Alex Mallari Jr., Kiki Hammill