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by Jaime Rebanal

‘Dumb Money’ TIFF Review: Eat the Rich For Dummies

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This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labour of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.

Remember hearing all those stories about the GameStop short squeeze while we were still going through one of the worst periods of the COVID-19 pandemic? If you answered “yes” to this question, try imagining what a movie about that could feel like. Dumb Money might as well be the answer you’re looking for, especially if you’re hoping for a film that can explain everything to you a la Adam McKay like he did with The Big Short. Or you could just as easily ask for a TikTok to get you up to speed with everything. The latter perhaps may be a better statement to reflect Dumb Money on the whole.

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by Jaime Rebanal

‘Barbie’ Review: Can a Toy Commercial Truly Be Radical?

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This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.

For her third film as a director, Greta Gerwig leaves behind the world of coming-of-age as she’d explored in Lady Bird and Little Women, now to make a film about a children’s toy beloved by girls across the globe. Something like this seemed like an inevitability as most studios are turning towards making films based on beloved properties whether they be Disney or Paramount among many of Hollywood’s biggest players, though there’s an infectious energy to Greta Gerwig’s take on the toy line that felt missing from most big studio productions coming out around now. If anything, it’s the sort of energy that I think needs to be embraced more by films that are based on beloved properties especially while they’re commonplace now.

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