The Full Monty: An Uneven Sequel Series with Heart
The Full Monty is unlikely to satisfy viewers looking for a repeat of the original, but with some charming performances, it may gain some new fans.
Tom Wilkinson
Spoiled Rotten 119: Revisiting Batman Begins
Ben and Daniel revisit Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins!
Denial Review
Denial tells the true story of David Irving (Timothy Spall), a British "historian" who dedicated his ”career” to proving the Holocaust didn't happen.
TIFF 2016: Denial Review
Denial TIFF 2016 Review.
Unfinished Business Review
Unfinished Business is a raunchy sex comedy with an odd anti-bullying subplot as just one of its many missteps.
Selma Review
A wonderful and precise historic drama, Selma is a humanist retelling of an important (and still relevant) moment in American history.
Felony Review
Actor and writer Joel Edgerton's Felony is a flawed, but engaging Aussie cop drama.
The June Home Entertainment Round-Up
Time once again for our writers to look to their latest Blu-Ray, DVD, and VOD purchases with looks at new releases The Lego Movie , The Grand Budapest Hotel , Alan Partridge , Small Time , The Cold Lands , Tapped Out , and A Wife Alone , and re-releases for The Life Aquatic , Judex , Hearts and Minds , The Revengers , and Countess Dracula .
Belle Review
Although at times it feels like Amma Asante’s Belle is unwisely trying to be a Jane Austen period romance that never quite takes off, the film’s true to life trappings and some exceptional performances and wit save the film from ever becoming something it shouldn’t be.
TIFF 2013: Felony Review
Felony Special Presentation Director: Matthew Saville A little known fact about actor Joel Edgerton is that he’s actually quite the accomplished screenwriter. His latest effort (following several shorts and the sadly under-seen in North America Aussie noir The Square ) as a scribe and leading man comes in this admirably even keeled cop drama focusing […]
The Lone Ranger Review
Aside from some really great stuntwork in a pair of showstopping (if incredibly similar) action set pieces, an interesting take on the film’s titular cowboy, and a good look overall, The Lone Ranger gets bogged down thanks to a useless 149 minute running time and a cavalier, ironic, and wholly unwelcome revisionist history that thinks it’s progressive but is dumb as desert dirt.
Worldwide Short Film Festival Preview
, James Farrington, Phil Brown, and Jenna Hossack take a look at a bunch of programs in this year's 18th annual CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival. We take a look at comedy, drama, Christmas, love, families, kids films, surrealism, and many other disparate elements that come together to make this festival one of the city's most endearingly eclectic.
Interview: The Samaritan Director David Weaver
We talk to The Samaritan director David Weaver about how the noir films of his youth crafted his latest Toronto shot project, working with Samuel L. Jackson, and the fine art of crafting a film about a con.
