The Vault Review: A Heist-Thriller By Any Other Name…
A heist-thriller by any other name is still a heist-thriller.
Sam Riley
Radioactive Review: Intermittently Glowing Biopic
Radioactive is a largely competent biopic of the scientist Marie Curie. The film does a serviceable job of fleshing out the woman who is often nodded toward in history books, though the lead performance pulls much of that weight. Rosamund Pike stars as the feisty and brilliant Marie. Radioactive spans most of her adult life, […]
Sometimes Always Never Review
Sometimes Always Never sees Bill Nighy play a Scrabble enthusiast in search of his missing son.
Free Fire Review
Director Ben Wheatley returns with his simplest and most purely entertaining effort to date
The Shelf Minisode – Ben Wheatley on Free Fire
On the latest minisode of The Shelf, we have a really fun chat with Free Fire director Ben Wheatley.
The Sexy Confidence of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Though not as sharp as the original novel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is nevertheless a diverting and empowering piece of fan-fiction.
Contest: See Pride and Prejudice and Zombies across Canada
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies hits screens February 5th, but Dork Shelf and eOne Films are sending readers to advanced screenings in Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Halifax, Winnipeg, and Edmonton!
Maleficent Review
Maleficent is an odd little movie that manages to both pleasantly surprise and disappoint in equal amount.
TIFF 2012 Reviews: Part 3
With opening day of the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival now upon us, Dork Shelf's coverage rolls on with looks at Stories We Tell, On the Road, The Hunt, Peddlers, Tower, Lore, 90 Minutes, and Blackbird.
13 Review
Sometimes a press release comes along that’s just too implausible to pass up. There’s just something about it that catches the eye or something in the content that contains a hard to refuse offer. Such is the case with this week’s direct to DVD release of the film 13. The release stated that the film starred Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Alexander Skarsgard and Michael Shannon in a remake of director Gela Babluani’s wonderful 2005 film 13 Tzameti with Babluani returning to helm the new version.
