We take a trip in the way, wayback machine for a trio of old school classics, including Elia Kazan's noirish viral thriller Panic in the Streets, Cecil B. DeMille's biblical epic Samson and Delilah, and the king of all early talkies, The Jazz Singer.
Remember that time when you were in that band with all of your karate buddies and you would literally have to fight for gigs? No? Well then I guess you were never in a band like Miami Connection’s Dragon Sound.
Wake in Fright is a strange little Australian nightmare that was almost lost to obscurity. It’s not always an easy film to watch, particularly for animal lovers, but it is a dark, twisted, and unforgettable experience for those who have a taste for such things.
The Host is entertaining, but in all the wrong ways, and it’s even more ludicrous and slapdash than any of the films that came out of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. It’s the kind of film of such staggering, unintentional camp that it begs out for Rocky Horror styled catcalling and drinking games to arise from it.
The truly awful, locally made ensemble film The Resurrection of Tony Gitone is unwatchable in every sense of the word.
Coming from the twisted mind of cinematic enfant-terrible Harmony Korine, Spring Breakers certainly isn't for everyone, but great performances an extremely artful eye, and a really sickly dark sense of humour make this delightfully filthy comedy something special for clued in audiences.
Full of whiz-bang special effects, plentiful explosions, and pithy one-liners, G.I. Joe: Retaliation is slightly more fun than its predecessor, but it also has way too much going on in too short of a time frame to actually be a truly great movie.
Calling Romanian director Cristian Mungiu's latest film Beyond the Hills an exorcism film might be a bit misleading, but it's certainly one of the most harrowing dramas of the new year.
Despite the genius of casting Tommy Lee Jones as famed American military icon Douglas MacArthur in a small supporting role, Emperor is a disappointing historical drama that wastes too much time on a useless love story instead of the more interesting and thoughtful issues at hand.
The actual concept behind the Dutch drama A Good Death (based around legal assisted suicide) couldn’t easily be translated to audiences here, but the emotions and depiction of familial relations in a time of crisis are universally understandable.
Did you miss almost all of our theatrical coverage around the holidays? Well this week we look at some of the biggest late 2012 releases including The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Lincoln, Les Miserables, This is 40, and Zero Dark Thirty. Also, looks at Killing Them Softly and the Canadian made sci-fi romance Mars et Avril.
We talking to British filmmaking legend Sally Potter about her latest film Ginger & Rose, and her casting process, recreating the 1960s down the street from her own home, her thoughts on deep friendships, how young people are underestimated, and the question of what accessibility and placing a bit of oneself into a story actually entails.
This week in archival DVD land, we take a look at new Blu-Rays for the Canadian classic sex comedy Porky's, Criterion treatments for Terrence Malick's Badlands and Fritz Lang's Ministry of Fear, and a Steven Seagal TV show that was re-edited into a movie with the hopes no one would notice.
Admission might be high minded fluff, but with the talents of Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, and a great supporting cast, it's some of the best fluff one could hope for.
Far from the “Ice Age with humans” pitch made by the film’s ad campaign, The Croods is an exceptional family adventure that rises above a plot cribbed from countless Disney films to create something special. It’s a funny, vibrant, and surprisingly thoughtful and sincere effort from the makers of the equally great How to Train Your Dragon with action scenes as good as anything that wowed audiences in Rango.
