John Travolta

comPOSERS Episode 68: Face/Off

Join us for our first episode of Summer Blockbuster Month as we break down John Powell's very Remote Control Productions-y, synthetic action score to 1997's Face/Off!

The Forger Review

John Travolta stars as an art forger about to embark on one last gig so he can spend time with his dying son in this passable potboiler that’s more character study than a thriller or a heist movie.

TIFF 2014: The Forger Review

The Forger Gala John Travolta stars as an art forger and single dad about to embark on one last gig so he can spend some quality time with his dying son in this passable potboiler that’s more of a character study than a thriller or a heist film. Ray Cutter (Travolta) is a convicted felon […]

The New Old: 20 Years of Tarantino

We take a look back on the career of Quentin Tarantino as Reservoir Dogs celebrates it's 20th anniversary with a blu-ray box set including almost all of the feature films he's been a part of.

This Week in DVD: 10/30/12

This week at the video store, we check out the timely comedy of The Campaign, the out of time Oliver Stone thriller Savages, the zombie apocalypse of [REC]3: Genesis, the romantic dramedy stylings of A Little Bit of Heaven and Ruby Sparks, and the goings on in the world of Mad Men.

Savages Review

From the opening seconds following the Universal logo to the tooth gratingly awful cover of The Beatles “Here Comes the Sun” that plays over the film’s all too late THE END title card, there isn’t a more ungainly, unfocused, idiotic, and overall unpleasant film thus far this year than Oliver Stone’s Savages.

The Sylvester Stalloeuvre: Sylvauteurist Stallequels

In part five of his ongoing series on the career of Sylvester Stallone, Will Sloan takes a look at how the man found his way into doing sequels before his action star days with Rocky 2 and his directing of the Saturday Night Fever sequel Staying Alive.

The Nic Cage Project: Face/Off

To celebrate TIFF’s ongoing Bangkok Dangerous: The Cinema Of Nicolas Cage series, Alan Jones has resurrected his retrospective of the actor’s work entitled The Nic Cage Project. In this edition, Jones takes a look at the John Woo's guns akimbo classic Face/Off – playing tonight at the Lightbox.

Sing-a-long-a Grease Preview

Grease, the highest grossing movie-musical of all time, is back on the big screen this February 24-26th at TIFF Bell Lightbox for four "Sing-a-long-a" screenings hosted by comedian Shawn Hitchins.