My Review of The Little Mermaid (1989)

 

Written And Directed by John Musker And Ron Clements

Ariel: "But without my voice, how can I..."

Ursula: "You'll have your looks, your pretty face. And don't underestimate the importance of body language!"

A few years ago, I reviewed the live action version of this beloved Disney classic and I was always meant to get back to reviewing this one. I guess better late than never.

Anyways, let's look at this story. It's based on the Hans Christian Anderson story and it naturally took some creative difference, seeing as it's a Disney classic. Those differences of course actually worked in this adaptation's favour.

Under the sea, specifically the Atlantic Ocean and in the kingdom of Atlantica, there was a mermaid named Ariel (Jodi Benson). She's the youngest of seven sisters and clearly the favourite of her father, King Triton (Kenneth Mars). Ariel might love being a mermaid but she's also tempted by the land.

Her desire for the land was there to begin with but rescuing a handsome prince name Eric (Christopher Daniel Barnes) had her clashing with Triton and he easy to manipulate by vengeful sea witch (and all around icon herself), Ursula (Pat Carroll). Of course Ariel would give up her voice to become human and win her man's heart.

In fact, Ariel's goal was actually going swimmingly, even with disapproving from her friends such as Sebastian (Samuel E. Wright) and Flounder (Jason Marin). She didn't have to do much to get Eric to fall in love with her, so of course Ursula had to make herself into Vanessa to try and ruin things.

As a protagonist, Ariel's likeable and sympathetic but as a villain, it's Ursula who stole the show. She's so gloriously over the top, got one of the best villain songs and on top of that, her grudge towards Triton had some merit. Of course shed defeated and both Ariel and Eric get their happy ever after but she's such a memorable presence throughout.

- Prior to the live action remake, this spawned a sequel, prequel and animated show.

- All of Ariel's sisters had names beginning with the letter A and had different coloured tails. 

- Standout music: Part Of Your World, Poor Unfortunate Souls and Kiss The Girl.

- Chronology: It does seem to be set in the same era as the original story itself.

The Little Mermaid might have removed the bittersweet ending of the original story but it's a gorgeous adaptation from the best era of Disney movies. Absolutely one of my favourites.

Rating: 9 out of 10 

My Review of Tom At The Farm (2013)

 

Written by Xavier Dolan And Michel Marc Bouchard

Directed by Xavier Dolan 

Tom: "Today a part of me has died and I cannot cry. For I've forgotten all synonyms for "sadness". Now all I can do without you is replace you."

So far I've seen with this director movies about complicated relationships with mothers, friends competing for the same guy and a man coming to terms with being trans. Now, it's time for something a bit close to a horror movie.

The titular Tom Podowski, played by Xavier Dolan (who sat out acting in the previous movie) opened this movie by grieving the loss of his boyfriend, Guillaume Longchamp (Caleb Landry Jones). He's got a nice speech and he's about to meet his deceased boyfriend's family for the first time.

On the plus side, while she's either genuinely unaware or in denial about her dead son's sexuality, I do think Agathe (Lise Roy) was presented as a sympathetic character. She was genuinely grief stricken about Guillaume's death, though often abusive towards older son, Francis (Pierre-Yves Cardinal).

Francis was a fascinating character to watch. He's introduced by terrorising Tom into keeping quiet about the extent of his relationship with Guillaume and seemed to take a rather sadistic delight in terrorising Tom throughout the movie. He also came across as rather possessive of Tom too.

Francis definitely envied the freedom that Guillaume had and wanted nothing more to sell the farm and be rid of his mother. Then there was the addition of Tom's co-worker, Sarah Thibault (Evelyne Brochu), who Agathe believed was Guillaume's girlfriend. That certainly complicated matters with Sarah giving Tom some harsh truths about Guillaume.

Tom spent a lot of this movie being passive to Francis's erratic whims but the moment he got a history lesson from that barman (Manuel Tadros), he did the sensible thing and actually got the hell away from that farm of the damned. Needless to say that Francis didn't handle it well.

- Sarah told Tom she slept with Guillaume and it seemed like she did the same with Francis before getting her bus. She didn't smoke or seemed to like pasta.

- Agathe definitely had to be aware of Francis being a violent closet case. The barman told Tom about a former lover of Guillaume's that Francis badly assaulted.

- Standout music: Corey Hart's Sunglasses At Night and Rufus Wainwright's Going To A Town.

- Chronology: Set during October on that farm from hell. Tom's from Montreal and the farm was in a rural community in Quebec.

Tom At The Farm delved a little into horror (a point was made twice about corn fields) but was largely psychological. Francis and his fixation on Tom really drove the narrative here. It's a fascinating study of two very different men and the lives they have. 

Rating: 8 out of 10 

My Review of Laurence Anyways (2012)

 

Written And Directed by Xavier Dolan 

Fred Bellair: "You have crossed the borders of my life, of my town, of my street. All that's left is my front door. I think you know where to find me."

I'll admit that this movie took two sittings for me. Mostly down to my unwise choice to watch it late at night but also because I might have rewatched certain moments to fully absorb what I was seeing.

I think it's also safe to say that out of the eight movies that Xavier Dolan has written and directed so far that this one might have been his most ambitious. It's loosely based on a real life person and had two captivating performances from it's lead actors.

Focusing on award winning novelist and literary teacher Laurence Alia (Melvil Poupaud), this movie saw a man with a great life, career and girlfriend in the feisty Fred Bellair (Suzanne Clément). Then on Fred's birthday, Laurence decided to drop the biggest bombshell he could've done.

Laurence has identified with being a woman and the majority of the movie would focus on Laurence making that transition into womanhood. Needless to say, it's a decision that would have a detrimental impact on Fred as her perspective was a driving force.

Fred seemed to assume that Laurence was gay but at no point in the film did Laurence show any attraction to men. In fact, Laurence dated another woman named Charlotte (Magalie Lépine-Blondeau) but the relationship didn't last due to Laurence still having feelings for Fred.

Fred herself had tried to move on and married another man and had a son with him. That didn't stop Fred attempting to reconcile with Laurence but their relationship had changed too much. There's something genuinely bittersweet as in spite of their efforts and love for one another, both Laurence and Fred couldn't make it work. 

- I loved the Rose family that Laurence found. They really were a delightful bunch of characters to watch.

- Both Anne Dorval and Monia Chokri had roles in this film. Xavier really does like working with both of them. Dolan's father also had a small role.

- Standout music: Kim Carnes Bette Davis Eyes, Moderat's A New Error (that particular scene) and Craig Armstrong's Let's Go Out Tonight.

- Chronology: Took place over several years in Montreal, Quebec.

It's a lengthy movie but my God, I think Laurence Anyways really struck a nerve. It's a powerful look into the title character and the impact of their transition with a bittersweet love story spanning years and years. 

Rating: 8 out of 10 

My Review of Euphoria - Season 3 (2026, HBO Series)

Written And Directed by Sam Levinson 

Tagline: "May God have mercy."

Going into this third season, there was a reasonable assumption that this would be the last time we'd be stepping into this world. Some cast members had left, tragically passed away and others seemed absolutely checked out.

Wisely opting for a time jump, it's not too shocking to see that our characters have not grown as people. In fact, nearly all of them were making even worse mistakes than before and suffering the consequences for the reckless behaviour.

Let's start off with Rue. On the plus side, she was predominantly sober for this final season. That's the only plus side with Rue. She was indebted to Laurie and her racist gang before being dragged into the world of pimp and human trafficker, Alamo Brown (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje). There's a lot of focus on Alamo this season and Rue's involvement in his world ended up being his undoing.

Alamo's presence introduced a slew of characters such as Angel (Priscilla Delgado), Magick (Rosalia), Kitty (Anna Van Patten) and Bishop (Darrell Britt-Gibson). They're not greatly developed characters and Bishop's switch up in the finale felt like it came out of nowhere.

Alamo wasn't the only crime element of the season. Nate and Cassie might have made it down the aisle but the former's mounting debts with Armenian gangster, Naz (Jack Topalian) saw the former losing fingers and toes and getting one of the worst deaths on television this season.

I'm also curious as to what Sam Levinson has on Sydney Sweeney because some of the things that Cassie got subjected to this season verged on the ridiculous. The OnlyFans plot took certain liberties at times and Cassie's general idiocy seemed to hit new heights. Her best scenes however where with Maddy but the latter went from being one of the savviest characters on the show to easily placed under Alamo's thumb.

As for Jules and Lexi, I genuinely wonder why Levinson bothered to bring either back. Jules became a sugar baby to plastic surgeon Ellis (Sam Trammell), made middling art and slapped Rue when the latter dared to point out the obvious. Lexi worked on a night time soap opera, judged her friends and inadvertently set up the chain of events leading to Rue's demise.

- Episode titles were Ándale, America My Dream, The Ballad Of Paladin, Kitty Likes To Dance, This Little Piggy, Stand Still And See, Rain Or Shine and In God We Trust.

- Ali got to be the one who avenged Rue. He also connected with the Amish family that Rue was staying with at the start of the season.

- Rue and Jules did hook up at least once before the big fall out they had. Jules was too judgemental on Rue and Lexi's sex lives.

- Other guest actors this season included Sharon Stone, Natasha Lyonne, Danielle Deadwyler, Vinnie Hacker and Gideon Adlon to name a few.

- Standout music: Hans Zimmer replaced Labrinth for the score music this season.

- Chronology: It's been five years since the events of the second season.

I knew this was going to be the final season like everyone else did. It did have it's moments and it could've been a lot worse. Saying that, I'm not sure the spaghetti western approach was the best one from Sam Levinson, especially for this show but like I said, it could've been worse.

Rating: 7 out of 10 

My Review of Backrooms (2026)

 

Written by Will Soodik

Directed by Kane Parsons

Clark: "For starters, they can't feel anything. Can you imagine how good that must feel? I mean, there's no thoughts, no pain, no ego. No fear. They simply... exist. Like furniture."

Not so long ago, there was an episode of American Horror Stories that tackled this very idea with middling results. This movie of course would deal with those ideas on a more ambitious scale.

Focusing on a furniture store owner named Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor), this movie delved into the creepy pasta with good effect. Clark's life was established as being rathef terrible if his therapy sessions with Mary (Renate Reinsve) were anything to go by.

He seemed dissatisfied with his job and resentful of his unseen wife for leaving him. When it came to his wife, he was really miffed at her for blaming him for everything and for the fact that she wouldn't help with the bills and so on. Clark however would take solace in the strangest way possible.

Sticking with the creepy pasta itself, Clark's world got a lot more interesting when he realised there was another world within the walls of his furniture store. He even enlisted his staff member Kst (Lukita Maxwell) and her boyfriend, Bobby (Finn Bennett) to help explore this world but that turned out to be a rather bad idea.

Along with another world in the walls, there was also an unknown entity that had no problem killing anyone that disturbed it. On top of that, the more time that Clark spent in the other world, the more his grip on reality began to crack.

That's made all the more apparent in the third act when he held Mary (who was going through her own trauma) hostage and made her pretend to be his wife. Throw in the arrival of Async scientist, Phil (Mark Duplass) and this movie took something of an interesting turn. 

- There's been a lot of commentary on the age of the director. I didn't even know he was a YouTuber prior to this movie's release.

- Mary's issues included her mother and a childhood home that was being demolished.

- Avan Jogia appeared at the start of the movie as an Async employee. It's a very blink and miss cameo.

- Chronology: Async have been around since 1990 but Clark's story seemed more recent.

Backrooms took the creepy pasta meme and delivered a very engaging science fiction horror. Skillfully directed by Kane Parsons with two strong central performances, it's fair to say the hype for this one would be justified.

Rating: 8 out of 10 

My Review of Faces Of Death (2026)

 

Written by Isa Mazzei And Daniel Goldhaber

Directed by Daniel Goldhaber

Arthur: "It is the attention economy. And baby, business is booming."

I'll start this review with honesty. I have never seen the original version of Faces Of Death but more than likely, I will make the effort to rectify that before the year ends. Is this a good remake? Maybe. It's not what I'd deem a bad one either.

Barbie Ferreira was probably right to abandon the Euphoria ship in order to seek out roles that would better utilise her talents. Over the last while, the horror genre has turned out to be a god send for many an actor. I think it could be one for Ferreira too.

In this remake, she's the lead protagonist named Margot Romero. Margot's a content moderator for Kino. They're basically TikTok in everything but name and Margot's got the task of approving or flagging videos, depending on the nature of their content. Margot's job probably would be easier if her boss, Josh (Jermaine Fowler) wasn't dismissive of her rather justified concerns at times.

Then there's Arthur Spevak (Dacre Montgomery). He's a bit obsessed with the original movie. Arthur's so obsessed that he's kidnapping various people, including an influencer named Samantha Gravinsky (Josie Totah) just so he can recreate some of the kills from the movie. It's a mad plan that Arthur was mostly successful in pulling off.

Of course Arthur made the big mistake in targeting Margot. He made the false assumption that she was going to be an easy target but she not only ended up escaping him and circling the police on him but she ended up becoming his own undoing. Arthur thought he could Margot's viral past to get her in line. It didn't work out for him.

The back and forth between Margot and Arthur did make for an entertaining second half of the movie. Saying that, there's something rather tainted in Margot's victory.

- Charli XCX continued her foray into movies with this one. She's a horrible co-worker of Margot's named Gabby.

- I liked Margot's roommate, Ryan (Aaron Holliday). Too bad he didn't make it out of the film alive.

- Standout music: Jingle Punk's Birth Of MIDI.

- Chronology: Present day Los Angeles.

Faces Of Death (2026) does seem like a solid remake of a movie I've yet to watch myself. Both Barbie Ferreira and Dacre Montgomery are on good form and there's some suitable gore. Not the best horror I've seen this year but entertaining enough.

Rating: 6 out of 10 

My Review of The Witches (1990)

 

Written by Allan Scott

Directed by Nicolas Roeg

Grand High Witch: "I'm not finished with you yet, old woman... Next time..."

Helga: "No. Not next time. This time, it's *your* turn!"

I recently joined Letterboxd and as I was adding reviews to there, it came to my attention that I never reviewed this movie for here. Considering that I reviewed the 2020 remake, that was an oversight on my part.

There's not many movies that freaked me out as a child but this was definitely one of them. Angelica Huston's performance as the Grand High Witch and the prosthetics used to bring her hideous form to live was the stuff of nightmares. Even now, it's a rather unsettling look.

Witches are real and they absolutely despise children. The recently orphaned Luke Eveshim (Jasen Fisher) was given quite the crash course in how to spot witches by his grandmother, Helga (Mai Zetterling). She lost a friend to a witch as a child among other things.

Moving to England after his parents death, Luke managed to avoid falling victim to one witch (Anne Lambton) but a stay at a nice hotel with his grandmother put him into a world of danger with the worst witches on the planet.

A council of witches led by the Grand High Witch had the perfectly evil plan to get rid of children. It involved a formula in chocolate that would turn them into mice. There was a clear demonstration with Bruno Jenkins (Charlie Potter) being turned into a mouse and then it happened to Luke.

The Grand High Witch worked brilliantly as a children's villain. There's a certain campiness to her but at the same time, she's genuinely terrifying. Her comeuppance at the hands of Helga along with Luke and Bruno was well deserved but the change of heart her assistant, Susan (Jane Horrocks) somewhat jarred the ending for me.

- Rowan Atkinson popped up as the hotel manager R.J. Stringer III. Bill Paterson and Brenda Blethyn played Bruno's parents.

- Helga's childhood friend got trapped in a painting where she eventually died. The Grand High Witch's cat was called Liebchen. 

- The movie did hint at Helga and the Grand High Witch being old enemies but never really did anything with it.

- Chronology: 1990s. Set in both Norway and England though Luke himself was American.

The Witches (1990) made for a terrifying movie as a child and it's still a little bit terrifying as an adult. The ending did seem like an attempt to make things a bit brighter but I liked the book ending more.

Rating: 8 out of 10 

My Review of Tip Toe: "Episode 2"

 

Written by Russell T. Davies

Directed by Peter Hoar

Leo (to George): "Because I promise you, George. There's a great big gay life just waiting for you."

Optics are certainly a thing because after both Leo and George spotting each on the same cruising app, I didn't know how this show was going to address that particular conundrum. I do think Leo was skirting a line here.

On one hand, I like the fact that Leo did try to give George some reassurance that things can get better being an out gay man while also encouraging him to seek out peers to talk to. I get that his family are a no go, but I'm surprised that George doesn't have people closer to his age that he can confide in. 

Leo was in danger of incurring Clive's wrath over both of his sons. Not only was it quickly revealed that George was the one breaking into Leo's house and moving things around but this episode ended with both Leo and Clive catching George barely dressed in Leo's house. Leo was as shocked as Clive was, not that the latter will see it that way.

Then there's Saul. He was helping Clive with the electrics at Spit & Polish and it took little for all of the staff to treat Saul like a snack. Saul might have seen the funny side of it but Clive clearly didn't and I'll admit that even Melba might have gone too far. It did seem like Melba was going out of his way to intentionally antagonise Clive.

Don't get me wrong - Clive's homophobia kept rearing it's ugly head at different points and I absolutely didn't blame Leo for calling Clive out in front of the latter's mates. Clive was definitely being disrespectful throughout the episode and I know it's going to get a lot worse.

The first episode mentioned the infamous Curtis and this episode had the former and his girlfriend, Maggie (Clare Calbraith) talk of fostering kids. I know the skepticism that Leo and Stephanie displayed with that news might have been a tad mean spirited but I agreed with them. Curtis and Maggie are clearly going ahead with fostering for the wrong reasons.

- The episode opened with George in a messy room casually eating while Leo was dead outside. There was something chilling about that scene.

- Both Saul (HotSaul) and Mikey (ManchesterMikey) are on OnlyFans. Mikey makes more money than Saul and wanted to do a collaboration with him.

- I loved the mix of characters Leo interacted with during that meeting. The Irish lesbian bar owner in particular was hilarious.

- Both Zee and Hanna tried to talk to Clive about the meaning behind their names and Mikey's father left the family in debt.

- Standout music: Billie Eilish's i love you.

- Chronology: Six days prior to Leo's death.

The second episode was a bit better than the first one. The emotions going from funny to heartfelt to that impending sense of dread. RTD really has struck gold with this one. This show proves he's still got it.

Rating: 8 out of 10 

My Review of Tip Toe: "Episode 1"

 

Written by Russell T. Davies

Directed by Peter Hoar

Melba (to Leo): "I used to walk into a room and go "Ta Daa". Now I tip toe, just in case."

Now, this is the Russell T. Davies we know and love. If there's a project that best suited his feelings on the current political climate, it's this show. The first scene alone didn't hold back with delivering a shocker.

While I suspected that lead character Leo Struthers (Alan Cumming) might have been a goner, I didn't think the first scene would be him hanging from a lamppost with neighbour Clive Goss (David Morrissey) appearing responsible for the death itself. Of course we had to go backwards from that moment.

Yup, the animosity between Leo and Clive stemmed from the former having a one night stand with a man named Eddie (Andrew Moss). Eddie also stole Leo's laptop and a barely clothed Leo locked himself out of his own house, forcing Clive to show some hospitality. Clive repaid it with some passive aggressive bullshit with a safe key box and thinly veiled homophobia.

While Clive almost seemed to derive a childish pleasure in being critical of Leo's lifestyle and lack of a relationship, his own home life wasn't anything to write about. Clive was constantly cheating on his fed up wife, Marie (Pooky Quesnel) and his sons Saul (Joseph Evans) and George (Jackson Connor) also had their own secret lives that Clive definitely wouldn't approve of.

There's a lot of talk of homophobia and transphobia being on the rise. Some of it had Leo attempting to downplay it until he got something of a wake up call from his friend, Melba (Paul Rhys) and trans employee Zee (Iz Hesketh). You can argue that it's not delivered in a subtle way but perhaps that's the point.

Leo's bar staff are an interesting enough bunch. Zee had to get out of a house of abusive roommates but I found Judy (Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo) and Hanna (Shakeel Kimotho) a little more interesting. There's bar staff lads in both Mikey (Gabriel Clark) and Freddie (Jolyon Benson). The former didn't get much to do but the latter knew his employment rights, which didn't please Leo in the slightest.

Circling back to the politics of course, I find that both Leo and Melba are something of a dual representation of RTD. Melba felt like the political activist that RTD absolutely feels like he needs to be while Leo would be the one he's more like than he'd care to admit to being. That conversation at Canal Street felt revealing on that front.

- Channel 4 released the first two episodes online after the first one aired. The remaining three will be online from Sunday.

- Leo and George realised they were both on the same hook up app, Saul was silent sex camming, Marie was getting off to Slow Horses erotica and Clive was watching death videos.

- Leo moved to Manchester from Scotland in 1994 and contracted HIV from a former boyfriend who died six years later. Melba has an unrequited crush on Leo and went off on a conservative drag queen. Leo's club is called Spit & Polish.

- Leo's former boyfriend Curtis (Charlie Condou) left him for a woman. Leo's friend Stephanie (Elizabeth Berrington) was revealed to be gender critical. She also appeared dead or unconscious in the opening scene.

- Standout music: The way Sam Smith and Kim Petras's Unholy was used in that particular scene.

- Chronology: Most of the first episode took place ten days before Leo's death. Leo was 59.

This opening episode exposed RTD's strengths once again as a writer and it's clear as day that this was the type of thing that he'd rather be writing these days. Both Alan Cumming and David Morrissey are great but I actually thought that Paul Rhys kind of stole the show from them. 

Rating: 8 out of 10 

DCU Blog - May 2026 Edition: The Batman Pt II Casting, Super Summer Mark 2

Yup, this month certainly delivered on the front of casting news, among other things. Without further ado, let's get into it.

In addition to Scarlett Johansson and Sebastian Stan, The Batman Part II (October 1st 2027) has added Charles Dance, Brian Tyree Henry and Sebastian Koch to the cast. Dance will play Christopher Dent.

James Gunn confirmed on Threads that between General Zod, Doomsday, Doctor Fate, Black Adam, Ultraman and Darkseid that two of them will be showing up in the DCU soon.

Tom King has been hyping the casting for his upcoming Mister Miracle animated show. Casting should be revealed soon enough.

As of now, there are no directors being talked to about Teen Titans.

Matthew Lillard has joined the cast of Man Of Tomorrow (July 9th 2027) in an undisclosed role. Sinqua Walls has also been cast.

Volker Bertelmann will score Clayface (October 23rd 2026).

Greg Mottolo is seemingly in the mix to direct the Deathstroke And Bane movie, which has yet to be officially greenlit.

The arrival of Supergirl (June 26th) is close and we've been getting plenty of TV spots and interviews from Milly Alcock herself. She'll reprise the role in Man Of Tomorrow.

Absolute Wonder Woman has concluded it's current arc and is now moving into a new one with Barbara Minerva becoming the latest Cheetah.

Nicole Maines will be writing this year's DC Pride titled Justice League: Dream Girls - A DC Pride Event. The four part series will be released throughout the month of June.

Darren Criss will voice the role of Superboy for the third season of My Adventures With Superman, which premieres on Adult Swim from June 13th. Jessica Cruz will also feature.

Lanterns has officially been confirmed for August 16th on HBO with the latest trailer also confirming Laura Linney's casting. Chris Cantwell has been hired for the second season.

DC Animation/Warner Brothers will premiere Knightfall at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival among upcoming DC animated shows.

The second season of Creature Commandos will premiere on HBO Max after Man Of Tomorrow. The first episode is titled Starry Night.

And that's your lot for this month. Hope you liked. 

My Review of Ex-Husbands (2023)

 

Written And Directed by Noah Pritzker

Mickey: "With everything you're going through, you present yourself as a bit needy."

Peter: "That's interesting. I don't see myself that way."

As I'm heading into Pride Month, there will be a lot of LGBT themed movies I'll be covering during that month and over the summer in general. This was one that recently came to my attention.

It's not so much a gay themed movie but one of the three main characters happened to be gay and his love life was given a bit of focus. Mostly, it's a film about fathers and sons and divorce/separation. 

The father in question was dentist Peter Pearce (Griffin Dunne). At the start of this movie he wasn't happy about his own father, Simon (Richard Benjamin) divorcing his mother, Eunice (Marcia Jean Kurtz) after sixty five years of marriage. Simon on the other hand believed that he could love again.

The opposite happened and Simon ended up in a nursing home while Peter himself was now getting divorced from his own wife, Maria (Rosanna Arquette). On top of that, he was kind of seen as a bit of an inconvenience to his grown sons, Nick (James Norton) and Mickey (Miles Heizer). Neither of them were thrilled when apeter announced he was going to Tulum, Mexico during Nick's bachelor party.

I thought once the movie shifted to Mexico that Peter would be a source of contention for his sons but he actually tried to keep his distance. He even befriended a couple named Otto (Nate Mann) and Hewette (Zora Casebere). There was even a hint of a possible romance with Hewette's godmother, Eileen (Eisa Davis) but it fizzled out too quickly.

Among the bachelor party, it turned out that Nick and Thea (Rachel Zeiger-Haag) broke up and Mickey hooked up with the straight Arroyo (Pedro Fontaine). Some of Nick's friends such as Lowry (Simon Van Buyten), Chris (Echo Kellum) and Aaron (Lou Taylor Pucci) are there to make up the numbers while Simon's eventual death became something of a bonding experience between Peter and his sons.

- Arroyo definitely came across as more bisexual than straight. I'm guessing he's got an arrangement with his wife about hook ups.

- Simon's favourite movie was To Be Or Not To Be. Peter had gotten him a huge poster.

- Both Nick and Mickey and even Arroyo all seemed to have forms of depression and were taking medication for it.

- Chronology: Present day New York City and Mexico, though there's a six year time jump early in the film.

Ex-Husbands (or Men Of Divorce) presented itself as a charming enough story, looking into themes of divorce, loneliness, male mental health and even coming. There's an easy going rapport with Griffin Dunne, James Norton and Miles Heizer and the three work very well together.

Rating: 7 out of 10