Contest: See an Advance Screening of AMERICAN HUSTLE in Toronto!
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The Hangover Part III Review
Far more interesting than the dreadful second outing in the series, the still imperfect The Hangover Part III brings the inexplicable trilogy to a close with a surprisingly more serious tone and fewer cheap laughs.
Interview: Ken Jeong
We talk to the former doctor turned comedic character actor Ken Jeong about reprising his role as the wildman Chow for Todd Phillips' The Hangover Part III, why he's nothing like the characters he plays, why he's grateful to Judd Apatow, Michael Bay, and his time on Community, and his chemistry to his co-stars.
The Place Beyond the Pines Review
From moment to moment, The Place Beyond the Pines is a strong piece of work comprised of terse dialogue, pain-eyed performances, sudden bursts of violence, and heavy thematic resonance. Unfortunately, it never quite holds together to deliver anything as profound as the somberly existential tone seems to promise.
Interview: Derek Cianfrance
We sit down with The Place Beyond the Pines director Derek Cianfrance about how his own experiences honed the film’s takes on father/son relationships and the concept of heroism, his influences, his working relationship with Ryan Gosling, and the different set of challenges between this film and Blue Valentine. We also talk briefly to Dane DeHaan (as much as we can without spoiling the film) about his character and his approach to such an unconventional and sprawling story.
Contest: See THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES Across Canada!
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This Week in DVD: 1/8/13
As we dig out from piles of new releases from before and after the holiday season, we take looks at the home video releases for Looper, Frankenweenie, Cosmopolis, Dredd, Pitch Perfect, Compliance, The Words, Hit and Run, and season one of Anger Management
Silver Linings Playbook Review
While he continues to court the mainstream following the success of The Fighter, director David O. Russell and Bradley Cooper in the best performance of his career help make Silver Linings Playbook one of the best Hollywood portrayals of mental illness to date, even if the film's final third is a really standard sort of romantic comedy.
Interview: The Silver Linings Playbook Crew
Dork Shelf sits down with director David O. Russell, former sexiest man alive Bradley Cooper, and rising superstar Jennifer Lawrence about their work on Silver Linings Playbook and creating a film about mental illness that keeps it as real as humanly possible.
Contest: See Silver Linings Playbook in OTT, WIN, & HAL
Enter for a chance to win one of ten pairs of passes to an advance screening of The Silver Linings Playbook in Ottawa on Monday, November 12th or in Halifax and Winnipeg on Monday, November 19th from Dork Shelf and Alliance Films.
TIFF 2012 Reviews: Part 6
As TIFF 2012 finishes up its first weekend, our ongoing coverage looks at The Master, To the Wonder, High Park on Hudson, End of Watch, Aftershock, Sightseers, The Crimes of Mike Recket, No One Lives, and Midnight's Children.
TIFF 2012 Reviews: Part 5
Since we don't get days off on weeks like this, here's part five of our TIFF 2012 coverage with looks at The Place Beyond the Pines, Seven Psychopaths, Hotel Transylvania, A Royal Affair, Thermae Romae, Smashed, Rebelle, and Laurence Anyways.
The Words Review
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the worst of movies... it was the worst of movies.
CONTEST: See THE WORDS in 4 Cities!
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Hit and Run Review
Pitched somewhere between 70s exploitation lovers-on-the-run movies, Burt Reynold’s highway comedies, and a 90s wise-cracking crime movie, Hit and Run works largely thanks to the chemistry of writer-director-editor-star Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell, but its budgetary and technical limitations sometimes bring it down.
