comPOSERS Episode 68: Face/Off
Join us for our first episode of Summer Blockbuster Month as we break down John Powell's very Remote Control Productions-y, synthetic action score to 1997's Face/Off!
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Shelf Survey: The Best Things We Watched In May
From rediscovering old favourites, seeking out new VOD releases while cinemas are shuttered and finding gems on streaming platforms, there's plenty to watch at home.
TIFF 2019: Color Out of Space Review
Color Out of Space puts a modern spin on H.P. Lovecraft's classic horror story.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – The First Hip-Hop Superhero Movie
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 's inclusion of a multiverse lets the film go as big as the art department's imaginations allow and to deliver a movie that feels like a living breathing comic book.
Mandy Review
Director Panos Cosmatos' Mandy offers viewers an opportunity to not only revel in his surreal visual style but to fully embrace the lunatic performance by Nicolas Cage.
Sundance 2018: Mandy Review
Director Panos Cosmatos' Mandy offers viewers an opportunity to not only revel in his surreal visual style but to fully embrace the lunatic performance by Nicolas Cage.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Humanizing Edward Snowden, Oliver Stone, and That Voice
JGL dropped into Toronto for the premiere of Oliver Stone's Snowden and we had the opportunity to chat with him.
TIFF 2016: Dog Eat Dog Review
Dog Eat Dog TIFF 2016 Review.
TIFF 2016: Snowden Review
Snowden TIFF 2016 Review.
Left Behind Review
Not even Nicolas Cage can help make the Christian thriller Left Behind into anything more than a dull, rote, tedious experience.
20 Sleeper Hits You Can Rent for Free from Bay Street Video
Our film editor was asked to contribute to a list of dozens of "sleeper hits" that can currently be rented free of charge from Bay Street Video in Toronto. Given the vague definition of the term, here is why he chose his films on the list and gives recommendations for other films to pair alongside the free rentals.
Joe Review
The grim Southern drama Joe marks a return to more subdued and nuanced territory of Nicolas Cage and a further return to form for director David Gordon Green.
Hot Docs 2014: The Notorious Mr. Bout Review
The Notorious Mr. Bout Special Presentations It’s not often that a character from a Nicolas Cage flick is the subject of documentary, but then there really is only one Viktor Bout. The man, legend, and loose subject of Lord of War was one of the most notorious arms dealers who ever lived. Co-directors Tony Gerber […]
TIFF 2013: Joe Review
Joe Special Presentation Director: David Gordon Green An unusual relationship develops between young, refuge seeking drifter, Gary (Tye Sheridan) and ex-con Joe (Nicholas Cage) who oversees a crew clearing trees. Joe is a believable and emotional film that follows an unconventional friendship between two emotionally scarred people Taking place in America’s deep south, site […]
The Croods Review
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 .
