This Week at The Bloor: 8/22/14
This week at The Bloor a lyrical and gorgeous look at teenage poverty in Rich Hill and an engaging look at a musical icon in Finding Fela.
Senoritas Review
It won’t be to everyone’s taste and it’s certainly a slow burn that’s not trying to get anywhere at all, but Señoritas, the first feature from filmmaker Lina Rodriguez certainly captures something uniquely human and beautifully awkward.
The F Word Review
The F Word is a rich, thoughtful, and purposefully problematic romance that hasn’t really been attempted or nailed this well since When Harry Met Sally.
To Be Takei Review
All over the place when it should be focused, the documentary To Be Takei is an intermittently likable, but ultimately frustrating look at one of the biggest geek and gay icons to ever live.
When the Game Stands Tall Review
A standard faith based high school sports drama, When the Game Stands Tall falls just short of the goal line by never developing its characters.
Are You Here Review
Are You Here is a terrible movie that was made by very talented people who should know better.
Mood Indigo Review
Mood Indigo, the latest bit of whimsical whatever from Michel Gondry, isn’t a film. It’s a fucking endurance test.
The Expendables 3 Review
Arguably the best film of the franchise The Expendables 3 takes a lighter, sillier tone than its predecessors to deliver some passable action movie fun.
Hard Drive Review
Dull and plodding, the Canadian drama Hard Drive makes young love feel like a chore.
This Week at The Bloor: 8/15/14
Only one new film at The Bloor this week, a pretty good look at the inspiration behind Dog Day Afternoon in The Dog.
The Trip to Italy Review
The Trip to Italy is almost the exact same as the first foodie-centric outing with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, and there's nothing wrong with that at all.
It Was You Charlie Review
A brotherly, time-shifting dark comedy, It Was You Charlie is a unique, quirky, and fresh film in spite of a few narrative hiccups.
Yves Saint Laurent Review
The fashion world biopic Yves Saint Laurent is studiously useless and about as deep and as much fun as reading the back of a baseball card for 106 minutes.
The Giver Review
Both slavishly faithful to and thematically distant from Lois Lowry's almost seminal early 90s young adult bestseller, The Giver stands as proof that not every iconic text can work as a coherent film.
Let’s Be Cops Review
Although press were forbidden from seeing it before release (and well before this week's events in Missouri), the screwball comedy Let's Be Cops isn't that bad. It just isn't laugh-out-loud funny.
