The Last Exorcism Part II Review
Forget about the movie. This kid sitting on the other side of the table from me is adorable.
Of Two Minds Review
While many documentaries about issues as sensitive as mental illness can be clouded in excessive fact-listing or sentimentality, Douglas Blush and Lisa Klein’s examination of bipolar disorder Of Two Minds deftly avoids the obvious traps, never attempting to rally or manipulate the audience
21 and Over Review
The lazy, lacklustre comedy 21 and Over shows that we haven't come very far at all since the days of Animal House, but it still isn't the worst of its frat boy kind.
Charlie Zone Review
It's not perfect, but the hard nosed Haligonian thriller Charlie Zone is the perfect antidote for anyone who thinks Canadian cinema has grown too soft and safe.
The Bitter Buddha Review
The Bitter Buddha takes a fascinating backstage look at one of the most fascinating, lesser known, and most widely admired comedians working today, Eddie Pepitone.
California Solo Review
Despite a great leading performance from Robert Carlyle, California Solo is vapid to the point of being almost completely uninteresting.
Pantalones Review
Pantalones is very bright and fast-paced and colourful and reads like I'm eating a big bowl of Sugar Bombs, but since I'll be the first to admit that I'm kind of dour, maybe something this kaleidoscopically busy just isn't designed for me.
Jack the Giant Slayer Review
There assuredly a fair bit of fun to be had while watching Bryan Singer’s classic-yet-cracked fairytale adaptation Jack the Giant Slayer, but it’s the kind of fun that needs to be had with the brain’s switch firmly placed in the off position.
Stoker Review
If Hitchcock was still alive he very well could have made Stoker, but with corpse reanimation still just a beautiful dream, Chan-wook Park fills the portly silhouette nicely. That’s high praise indeed and thankfully both the man and the film deserve it.
The Gatekeepers Review
Of the seemingly countless documentaries to emerge on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, Dror Moreh’s The Gatekeepers instantly emerges as one of the best. It's guaranteed to get everyone on all sides of the debate riled up and that’s as it should be.
Comforting Skin Review
The unsettling, relentlessly bleak, and erotically charged psychological thriller and character study Comforting Skin won't please everybody, but it's a largely intriguing genre exercise from a first time Canadian filmmaker.
Lost Rivers Review
Municipal affairs and ecology junkies should get a massive kick out of the literally underground documentary Lost Rivers, an exploration of the rushing waterways that run beneath the cars and feet on city streets and the sometimes necessary need to let these tributaries breathe.
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2013
We take a look at the Toronto edition of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival (kicking off this Tuesday at the TIFF Bell Lightbox) and a trio of the films showing: Academy Award nominee No, Camp 14: Total Control Zone, and The Act of Killing.
Dark Skies Review
Dark Skies isn’t a great movie or even a particularly memorable one, but as a mid-winter timewaster it fills an empty slot well.
Snitch Review
While not as action packed as fans of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson would expect given his recent output, the character based drama Snitch is still an admirable change of pace.
