High School Review
Stoner comedies should never feel as blunted as High School.
Cosmopolis Review
While a challenging film for average viewers to get involved with David Cronenberg's big screen adaptation of Don DeLillo's Cosmopolis holds a lot to like for attentive viewers with great acting and dialogue, but very little of Cronenberg's own personality in favour of focusing on DeLillo's.
This Week in DVD: 6/5/12
This week in DVD, the big time money maker, but already forgotten Safe House, the unforgettable bomb John Carter, a pair of films so cheesy they're fun, and... um... Act of Valor.
Sorcery Review
Sorcery for the PlayStation Move offers a truly one-of-a-kind gameplay experience. The game isn't big on features and content but it offers something that few motion based games have: unique, fast-paced, and responsive gameplay.
More From WSFF 2012!
Following the kick-off to our coverage of the CFC's 18th annual Worldwide Short Film Festival on Friday, here's a look at a handful of programs from this year's gathering of some of the best short films from around the world that starts tomorrow night. Today, we take a look at several more of the high profile Official Selection Programs, indie comedy, music video, and science fiction showcases, and the highly anticipated all night horror marathon The Night Shift and the always star studded Celebrity Shorts.
Worldwide Short Film Festival Preview
, James Farrington, Phil Brown, and Jenna Hossack take a look at a bunch of programs in this year's 18th annual CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival. We take a look at comedy, drama, Christmas, love, families, kids films, surrealism, and many other disparate elements that come together to make this festival one of the city's most endearingly eclectic.
Home Review
Home, the latest offering from independent game developer Benjamin Rivers, is amazing, although not for the reasons you’d expect. It's a narrative horror adventure that succeeds because it experiments with story structure in a way that forces you to reconsider the possibilities for interactive storytelling.
Snow White and The Huntsman Review
A solid, straight-up fairy tale epic, Snow White and The Huntsman is the rare example of big budget epic filmmaking coming from a place of genuine entertainment.
Piranha 3DD Review
Dull, unfunny, unscary, and nowhere near as fun or campy as any of the films to bear the name of the famed man eating fish Piranha 3DD stinks on almost every conceivable level like pure desperation and boredom.
Lovely Molly Review
Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project) returns with the possession thriller Lovely Molly, a film that's fine enough until it starts feeling the need to explain every detail of what's going on.
Hemingway and Gellhorn Review
Cynically designed and crafted to win a boatload of Emmy’s and Golden Globe awards, Hemingway and Gellhorn has been engineered to seem edgy and transgressive enough to be interesting and as bland and hokey as possible to appeal to the out of touch geezers who vote for these awards in the first place.
A Beginner’s Guide to Endings Review
Feeling a bit like an unholy cross between The Royal Tenenbaums and Snatch, first time Canadian filmmaker Jonathan Sobol's A Beginner's Guide to Endings can pummel viewers with its style, and not all the jokes hit, but it establishes the director as one to watch in the future.
We Have a Pope Review
Equal parts ingenious, slow, and imperfect, director Nanni Moretti's We Have a Pope takes a genial, fictional look at choosing a new pope without resorting to high satire.
The Intouchables Review
While pretty far from perfect, the inspirational “based on a true story” feel good French drama The Intouchables gets a lot of mileage out of a pair of great leading performances that can allow viewers to overlook some of the screenplay’s more maudlin touches.
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Review
As derivative as it is, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is exceptionally well made, with core mechanics that make for consistently engaging gameplay that runs smoothly in multiple scenarios.
