Richard Crouse is Raising Hell
CTV and Newstalk 1010 personality and critic Richard Crouse takes a look at late British maverick director Ken Russell's controversial 1971 film The Devils in his insightful new book, Raising Hell
Gamercamp: Ace Attorney Review
No objections here. Ace Attorney brings the cray haired lawyer Phoenix Wright to the big screen with Takashi Miike creating quite possibly the most faithful video game adaptation of all time.
The New Old: Love & Darkness
This week's archival home entertainment column takes a look at some real heavy hitters with Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood for Love, Stanley Kubrick's Fear and Desire, the campy Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, and director's cuts of both Frank Oz's Little Shop of Horrors and the Al Pacino ham-fest The Devil's Advocate.
TAD 2012: The Final Chapter
and Brandon Bastaldo close out the 2012 Toronto After Dark Film Festival with looks at some of the other films they saw over the past week, including Citadel, Sushi Girl, A Fantastic Fear of Everything, My Amityville Horror, and Game of Werewolves!
Skyfall Review
Skyfall is one hell of a movie going experience—the best entry in the James Bond franchise without a shadow of a doubt.
The Sessions Review
Despite a turn towards the predictable and cliche after running out of great material an hour into the film, The Sessions still benefits from terrific performances from Helen Hunt and William H. Macy and a truly excellent one from the always underrated John Hawkes in the lead.
Silent Hill: Revelation Review
Sillier and dumber, but oddly not worse than its predecessor, Silent Hill: Revelation, offers up more messed up visuals in service of a useless story as the search continues for an actually decent film based around the beloved Konami video gane franchise.
Cloud Atlas Review
It's admirable that a film as ambitious as Cloud Atlas can get made at all, but sadly, ambition is all this messy adaptation really has going in its favour.
Chasing Mavericks Review
Woooooah, brah. Surfing is, like, a metaphor for life and junk.
Hellbound? Review
Strict atheists or followers of any other religion will most likely dismiss the film instantly for obvious reasons, but any one at least intrigued by the concept of hell should find plenty to think about in Hellbound?, which thankfully feels far less like a product of blatant religious indoctrination than most films of this sort.
The 2012 Ekran Toronto Polish Film Festival
Three of our film writers take a look at the 4th annual Ekran Toronto Polish Film Festival, running from October 25th to the 28th largely from the 100 year old Revue Cinema. Our writers give their brief reviews of some of the selections from a festival showcasing some of the finest films in the world from a Polish perspective.
V/H/S Review
Going 4 for 5, the found footage anthology of horror V/H/S delivers a solid bunch of shorts from budding horror stars and microbudget filmmakers working outside of their comfort zones.
Smashed Review
It might not be the most original addiction narrative ever created, but James Ponsoldt's Smashed succeeds thanks to some painful moments of intimacy, dark humour, and excellent performances.
This Week in DVD: 10/23/12
This week and Phil Brown take a look at the DVD/Blu-ray releases of Steven Soderbergh's male stripper saga Magic Mike, Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli's Chernobyl Diaries, and Timur Bekmambetov's inexplicably awesome Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
TAD 2012 Reviews
Part Three
With the final slate of 2012 Toronto After Dark films upon us, we continue our coverage with looks at the zom-com Cockneys Vs. Zombies, the apocalyptic Korean sci-fi flick Doomsday Book, the country splat fest Inbred, the LARP comedy Lloyd the Conqueror, and the zombie found footage sequel REC 3: Genesis.
