Pacific Rim Review
Despite a cliche, overly melodramatic story and grating comedic relief characters, Pacific Rim is still a more than worthy summer blockbuster.
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Grown Ups 2 Review
Grown Ups 2 sucks, but even by that bold statement it still manages to improve on its rock bottom predecessor.
Byzantium Review
The bar might not be set particularly very high, but Byzantium is easily one of the high points of the recent vampire pop culture onslaught. It might be a little too stately, dreary, and thoughtful to become a new genre classic, but at least the film proves there’s still room for invention in one of the oldest monster myths.
Syrup Review
Farce is hard, but thankfully despite a couple of flat jokes and a low budget, Syrup is a fast paced, engaging, and amusing send up of corporate advertising.
Diaz – Don’t Clean Up This Blood Review
Daniele Vicari’s Diaz - Don’t Clean Up This Blood is a chilling, effective, and unpredictable reminder of the shameful events surrounding the 2001 G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy.
No Heart Feelings Review
Likeable and unforced, No Heart Feelings is a Canadian mumblecore effort that provides rich characters and uniquely identifiable situations.
Kickstarter of the Week: Shadows in the Grass
Kickstarter of the Week returns with a look at a pair of filmmakers trying to raise the money for a more traditional kind of science fiction short with some ambitious special effects in a less traditional manner.
This Week at The Bloor: 7/5/13
This week, The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema brings you a decent, but heavily anecdotal documentary about backup singers in Twenty Feet From Stardom and a look at the life and influences of magician and actor Ricky Jay.
Into the White Review
The WWII survivalist drama Into the Wild doesn't bring much of anything new to the table, but tight pacing and great performances make it worth the time of genre fans.
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me Review
While it starts off as a standard rock documentary, Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me gives way to a more intimate and fascinating look at the personalities that shaped one of the most under-appreciated rock acts of all time.
The Way, Way Back Review
Deeply funny and as uncomfortable as a forced vacation with the worst members of your family, The Way, Way Back is a summertime classic in the waiting.
Museum Hours Review
For those willing to immerse themselves within the world director Jem Cohen meticulously crafts before the viewer’s very eyes, there will be no greater joy in going to the movies this year than Museum Hours.
I’m So Excited Review
Those expecting a campy trip in I'm So Excited will be disappointed to learn that they signed up for a didactic lecture from a vastly more cynical than usual Pedro Almodovar.
Let’s Take This Outside!
This summer in Toronto a whole lot of people are taking their movies outside. Here's a look at five local, summer long festivals to get you out of your sweaty apartment and out to the movies under the stars.
The Lone Ranger Review
Aside from some really great stuntwork in a pair of showstopping (if incredibly similar) action set pieces, an interesting take on the film’s titular cowboy, and a good look overall, The Lone Ranger gets bogged down thanks to a useless 149 minute running time and a cavalier, ironic, and wholly unwelcome revisionist history that thinks it’s progressive but is dumb as desert dirt.
