The twisty sci-fi tinged mystery Sound of My Voice raises as many questions as it does answers, and despite a great performance from co-writer Brit Marling as an enigmatic cult leader, viewer enjoyment hinges on the ability to deal with large amounts of ambiguity well.
Featuring a great leading performance from Scott Speedman, Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster stands to be one of the best English language Canadian films in quite some time, and it marks director Nathan Morlando’s debut as a filmmaker to watch for in the future.
This week's DVD column is all over the map as takes on Underworld: Awakening , the horror remake Mother's Day , and the romantic drama The Vow , while Phil Brown takes a look at the almost unclassifiable Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie .
We take a look at the inaugural TIFF Next Wave teen oriented film festival with an overview and a review of three of the festival's biggest titles. including 17 Girls , Re:Generation Music Project , and the directorial debut of actor Matthew Lillard, Fat Kid Rules the World .
Director Tony Kaye's Detachment wants nothing more than to rip your guts out and make you feel like shit for 98 minutes”¦ in a good way. It’s a sort of emotional horror movie for educators. It might ruin your day to watch the movie, but at least it feels like the harsh experience was done with a purpose, even if Kaye’s execution is somewhat muddled.
It’s another new week and another edition of the Pull List coming at you. This week features a fresh start for some classic heroes with Earth 2 #1 from DC and Dynamite's pulp noir tale The Spider #1.
An almost old fashioned, slick, and sometimes icky thriller, the Norwegian import Headhunters doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it's aimed squarely at an appreciative adult audience.
As we reach the mid-point of Hot Docs 2012, we take a look at An Affair of the Heart, Canned Dreams, Shut Up and Play the Hits, Soldier/Citizen, Breath, Love Story, and Only the Young .
Funny, exciting, and not entirely disposable as entertainment, The Avengers lives up to the early hype that it might be the film to beat for this year’s box office crown.
Following an extremely slow DVD release week last week, this week's columnists and Zack Kotzer take on a marginally less slow week with looks at Steven Soderbergh's Haywire , Ti West's The Innkeepers , and the unnecessary sequel/reimagining The Wicker Tree .
It's hard to believe the season is already half over, but HBO's Game of Thrones continues to go strong in its fifth episode, entitled "The Ghost of Harrenhal." Gruesome deaths, political schemes, hard truths, and revenge are par for the course in this series and nowhere is that more evident than in this episode.
As the first weekend of the 2012 Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival draws to a close today, we bring you even more reviews from the front lines of first person filmmaking with looks at The Imposter, Off Label, G-Dog, Shadows of Liberty, The Punk Syndrome, Buzkashi!, Welcome to the Machine, Where Heaven Meets Hell , and My Mate Manchester United .
On the first official day of Hot Docs 2012 following last night's gala, Canadian content dominates our reviews with looks at El Huaso, The Final Member, Legend of a Warrior, Crimes Without Honour, Who Cares?, and Fists of Pride . We also take a look at Big Boys Gone Bananas!*, My Thai Bride, Her Master's Voice, Planet of Snail, Colombianos, Ping Pong, and Laura
We look at and review some of the unsung heroes of the Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival, the shorts.
Aardman Animation, the creators of Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run , bring you The Pirates: Band of Misfits , a giddy sugar rush of British animated entertainment.
