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Storm Surfers 3D Review

The 3D wonders of Storm Surfers are stunning, but there's a bit too much padding to really warrant a feature length documentary about open water boarders.

The Secret Disco Revolution Review

Intermittently insightful, thoughtful and humorous, but mostly slapdash and unfocused, The Secret Disco Revolution squanders a genuinely good thesis on a mishmash of talking heads a pointless, cutesy recreations that make disco look like a heist.

White House Down Review

White House Down is both vastly better than this year's other President-in-peril flick and about as goofy and endearingly silly as one would expect from director Roland Emmerich, delivering his best all around work since Independence Day. You know, that other movie that destroyed the White House.

The Worlds of Jacques Demy

We look at the career of famed French auteur Jacques Demy on the eve of a retrospective of his works Bitter/Sweet kicks off at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.

How to Make Money Selling Drugs Review

Director Matthew Cooke’s documentary-slash-mock infomercial-slash-fake video game tip guide How to Make Money Selling Drugs is one of the most off beat, irreverent, and well researched takes on a serious political, economic, and social issue to come around in quite some time.

Contest: See RED 2 Across Canada!

Enter for a chance to win one of ten pairs of passes to an advance screening of Red 2 in Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver on Wednesday, July 10th, courtesy of Dork Shelf and eOne Films!

Interview: Paul Andrew Williams

We talk to Unfinished Song director Paul Andrew Williams about making the jump from hardcore British thrillers to crowd pleasers about old people singing, working with Terence Stamp, and finding just the right music for the right occasion (which sometimes happens to be Motorhead).

Interview: Jamie Kastner

We talk to the documentarian behind The Secret Disco Revolution, Jamie Kastner, about the evolution of disco, why “Good Times” might be a secretly ironic protest anthem, the occasionally brusque nature of The Village People, and the challenges faced in crafting an alternate take on an established history.

Contest: See THE WAY, WAY BACK in Toronto!

Kick off the first day of summer in style by entering to win one of ten pairs of passes to an advance screening of the upcoming summertime comedy The Way Way Back on Wednesday, July 3rd, courtesy of Dork Shelf and Fox Searchlight. While you're at it, stick around and check out a clip from the film!

Monsters University Review

As far as Pixar movie standards go, Monsters University is a bit of a mess with sloppy plotting and and unclear motives as to who the movie is actually made for... and yet, it's still extremely endearing and funny getting a solid B- for its efforts overall.

Frances Ha Review

Enlivened by the awkward elbow charm of star Greta Gerwig and grounded by the cynical wit of director Noah Baumbach, Frances Ha is a small movie that makes a big impact. It's practically a masterpiece.

The Bling Ring Review

The Bling Ring is a fun and pointed tale of being young, privileged, and fake in LA that could only have been made by the talented Sofia Coppola.

This Week on Toronto Screens: 6/21/13

It's a busy weekend at Toronto theatres, so here's some brief looks at some other films opening this weekend: the British crime saga Ill Manors, the biopic Hannah Arendt, the mournfulOrthodox Jewish arranged marriage story Fill the Void, the rock doc The Sheepdogs Have at It, and several films playing the Female Eye Film Festival.