Smashed Review
It might not be the most original addiction narrative ever created, but James Ponsoldt's Smashed succeeds thanks to some painful moments of intimacy, dark humour, and excellent performances.
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This Week in DVD: 10/23/12
This week and Phil Brown take a look at the DVD/Blu-ray releases of Steven Soderbergh's male stripper saga Magic Mike, Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli's Chernobyl Diaries, and Timur Bekmambetov's inexplicably awesome Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
TAD 2012 Reviews
Part Three
With the final slate of 2012 Toronto After Dark films upon us, we continue our coverage with looks at the zom-com Cockneys Vs. Zombies, the apocalyptic Korean sci-fi flick Doomsday Book, the country splat fest Inbred, the LARP comedy Lloyd the Conqueror, and the zombie found footage sequel REC 3: Genesis.
The Minds Behind 360 Screenings
We sat down with Ned Loach and Robert Gontier, the minds behind the Toronto based immersive movie-going experience 360 Screenings about their secret upcoming Halloween screening, the challenges of blending cinema and live theatre, and some hints as to what some of their future projects might be.
TAD 2012 Reviews
Part Two
Our coverage of the seventh annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival continues with looks at the heavily hyped action sequel Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning and the Canadian thriller In Their Skin.
TAD 2012 Reviews
Part One
We continue our coverage of the 2012 Toronto After Dark Film Festival with a look back at the buzzed about opening night film American Mary and we review three upcoming single titled films: Resolution, After, and Wrong.
TAD 2012: Grabbers Review
With the 7th annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival kicking off tonight and showcasing some of the best independent genre films from around the world, we take a look at the opening night film, the Irish monster movie import comedy Grabbers.
Paranormal Activity 4 Review
Stepping away a bit from elements that made the previous entry in the franchise an entertaining one, the strain really begins to show in Paranormal Activity 4.
Alex Cross Review
Every now and then a movie comes along that is so misconceived on every conceivable level that it becomes ludicrously entertaining in the ways that the filmmakers never intended. Alex Cross is one of those very special disasters.
The Paperboy Review
Fleetingly campy and sleazy at the opening and closing, The Paperboy is ultimately too boring during the middle hour of the film to leave any sort of lasting impression outside of the film's most bizarre moments.
Interview: Zac Efron & David Oyelowo
We talk to the dreamy Zac Efron and British actor David Oyelowo about their latest film, the controversial The Paperboy, working with director Lee Daniels, acting period appropriate for the 1960s, and the whole "getting peed on thing" that everyone has been talking about.
This Week in DVD: 10/16/12
This week we look at the heavily anticipated DVD and Blu-ray releases of Moonrise Kingdom and Prometheus, which lead off a crowded week where we also look at the Adam Sandler comedy That's My Boy, and four partially Canadian productions: the complete series of The Firm, Red Lights, Surviving Progress, and Crooked Arrows
Sinister Review
Have you seen every horror film made in the past 30 years? You've already seen all of Sinister.
The Imposter Review
Ingeniously mixing fact and fiction in both form and content, Bart Layton’s The Imposter is easily one of the most gripping films of the year that just happens to be a documentary.
Keep the Lights On Review
In Ira Sach's first film since 2007, Keep the Lights On he crafts a harrowing and expertly acted queer multiyear romance between a needy filmmaker and a crack addicted lawyer that fits perfectly into the new cinematic trend of depressing love stories.
