David Mazouz

Reviews

The Island Between Tides

The Island Between Tides is an adaptation of Mary Rose, a play by Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie. The movie is also a folk tale, a melancholic ghost story, a character driven mystery, and a slow-burning psychological thriller. It is not, however, very good. Single mother Lily (Riot Girls’ Paloma Kwiatkowski) doesn’t feel “normal”. As a young girl, she innocently wandered off and crossed onto an unfamiliar island, only to come back shortly after to…

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The Games Maker

By: Addison Wylie Sneaking in under the radar during this year’s final quarter is an uplifting family film called The Games Maker.  For those who take a chance on it, they’ll be as pleasantly surprised as I was when Juan Pablo Buscarini’s film pulled me into a wonderful world of old-fashioned strategy. I say “pleasantly surprised” because the marketing for The Games Maker drives home its whimsy and fantastical elements a little too hard;  so much…