Frances Ha Review
Enlivened by the awkward elbow charm of star Greta Gerwig and grounded by the cynical wit of director Noah Baumbach, Frances Ha is a small movie that makes a big impact. It's practically a masterpiece.
The Bling Ring Review
The Bling Ring is a fun and pointed tale of being young, privileged, and fake in LA that could only have been made by the talented Sofia Coppola.
This Week on Toronto Screens: 6/21/13
It's a busy weekend at Toronto theatres, so here's some brief looks at some other films opening this weekend: the British crime saga Ill Manors, the biopic Hannah Arendt, the mournfulOrthodox Jewish arranged marriage story Fill the Void, the rock doc The Sheepdogs Have at It, and several films playing the Female Eye Film Festival.
World War Z Review
Intermittently laughable, mostly boring, and self-serious in all the wrong ways, World War Z is a borderline incoherent debacle and the most unnecessarily sanitized movie about "zombies" ever created. It's like it was created by people who hate the genre.
This Week at The Bloor: 6/21/13
This week at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema brings looks at the lives of musical legend B.B. King in the great The Life of Riley and late photojournalist and Oscar nominee Tim Hetherington in the good, but flawedWhich Way is the Front Line From Here?. Also, a special screening of festival favourite I Am Breathing in honour of National ALS Day on Friday.
Me, the bees, and cancer Review
The first film to get a wide release from producer and Toronto filmmaker Ingrid Veninger's 1K Wave, Me, the bees and cancer tells the inspiring story of a local entertainment industry icon and near life long homeopath who wasn't about to let a little lymphoma get him down.
No One Lives Review
With a central antihero pitched somewhere between Hannibal Lecter and Ryan Gosling's character from Drive, the silly, but fun survivalist slasher No One Lives sets its aims low and doesn't take itself too seriously, and it works pretty well.
This Is Martin Bonner Review
One of the best films you'll likely see this year plays at the Revue in Toronto tomorrow night for free and for one night only. This Is Martin Bonner is a striking and charming human drama about the nature of loneliness that never wallows in misery and features two of the year's biggest standout performances. You should probably make time to see this one.
Much Ado About Nothing Review
Sweet, small, goofy, and surprisingly accessible, Joss Whedon's low-fi version of Much Ado About Nothing probably ranks as one of the most breezily entertaining Shakespeare adaptation ever splattered all over a big screen.
The Great Chameleon Review
The Great Chameleon further proves that local theatres need to stop giving theatrical runs for any asshole with a chequebook who thinks they have a movie. Giving this shit even ten minutes of my time is fucking generous.
DVD Round-Up: 6/14/13
Our latest round-up of home video offerings takes a look at the new release of Disney's Oz: The Great and Powerful, and new Blu-Rays for classics Medium Cool, National Lampoon's Vacation, Safety Last!, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, and... Airheads.
Man of Steel Review
Although it might be still somewhat of an unsubtle disappointment, Man of Steel offers enough action and promise for the future, particularly from Henry Cavill in the lead and even from Zack Snyder in the director's seat. Still, someone needs to tell Christopher Nolan (and by extension actual hired writer David S. Goyer) to stop putting his very specific and far too serious spin on DC titles.
Game of Thrones Episode 3.10 Recap
After the vitriolic horror of the Red Wedding last week, Game of Thrones finished off its third season by reminding us that while some of its central heroes have been removed from play, the war of the kings is still in full effect, with old and new players alike positioning themselves for the next power play.
NXNE 2013: Film
With the film portion of this year's 19th annual NXNE festival kicking off this Thursday, we take a look at six of this years offerings: All Out War, Mistaken for Strangers, BB King - The Life of Reily, The Rolling Stones - Charlie is My Darling - Ireland 1965, Filmage - The Story of Descendants/ALL, and Global Groove Network.
This is the End Review
There’s no logical reason why Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s directorial debut This is the End should work outside of containing sheer, overpowering amounts of talent in front of the camera. It becomes more than the mere trifle most would expect it to be on the surface and instead becomes the funniest comedy so far this summer and one of the seasons most pleasant, yet foul-mouthed surprises.
