Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Review
Matt Johnson's Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is both a love letter to Toronto and one of the year's funniest films.
Spike Jonze
TIFF 2023: Mother, Couch Review
A top-notch cast in fine form can't save the befuddling Mother, Couch, a story that is at once both too literal and too obscure.
TIFF 2017: Jim and Andy Review
TIFF 2017: Jim & Andy: the Great Beyond - the story of Jim Carrey & Andy Kaufman Review.
Home Entertainment Review: Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa .5
Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa .5 (Jeff Tremaine, 2014) – Part of the bizarre tradition of Jackass feature film releases is that every movie gets a DVD loaded with deleted sequences as well as a second .5 release of additional deleted sequences cut together into a second feature film. You could easily write this process off […]
Blu-Ray Round-Up: 2/10/14
We FINALLY start digging ourselves out of the backlog of DVDs and Blu-Rays we received over the past month with the first of two special home entertainment columns this week. Today we look at the hilarious Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, the intense Captain Phillips, the Adam Scott comedy A.C.O.D., Kuosawa's classic Throne of Blood on Criterion, and Dylan McDermott trapped in a Freezer.
Her Review
Her is nothing short of astonishing: a brainy science fiction yarn set in a not too distant future that also functions as an off kilter, but never ironic, creepy, or off putting modern romance. It’s a reflection of narcissism, consumerism, and most importantly alienation in our modern digital world. It's also the best movie of the year.
TFCA Announces 2013 Film Award Winners
The Toronto Film Critics Association have announced Inside Llewyn Davis as their pick for best film of the year and announced their three finalists for Best Canadian Feature to be announced in January, Here's a look at all of the winner's from this year's voting.
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Review
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa mixes classic Johnny Knoxville styled humour with old fashioned on-camera pranking and a healthy dose of good natured silliness.
Interview: Scarlett Johansson
Don Jon actress Scarlett Johansson talks to Dork Shelf about the differences between pornography and romantic comedy, her collaboration with Joseph Gordon-Levitt for the first time, how her decision making process has evolved over the years, what it’s like watching a sexualized film in front of family and loved ones, and her own (somewhat surprising) addiction.
The New Old: Surrealities
This week's archival home entertainment column takes a look at the equally surreal worlds of professional wrestling (The Best of WCW Clash of the Champions) and the mind of John Malkovich (Being John Malkovich).
Foxy Wild Things
Seeing as I’ve been in their presence for several years now, it’s still a surprise to me when I meet people who are not familiar with the phenomenon that is the hipster. Existing mainly within major metropolitan areas, they’re usually artsy, skinny jean wearing, indie-rock listening, vintage hunting, irony loving youths who, like so many generational ‘fringe’ […]
