Zac Efron

Home Entertainment Review: Neighbors (2014)

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Neighbors (Nick Stoller, 2014) – If nothing else, you’ve gotta give Seth Rogen credit for acknowledging his age. Sure, in his latest movie he plays a stoner with a heart of gold who feuds with frat kids, but at least this time he’s playing a thirty-something stoner with a heart of gold feuding with frat […]

Neighbors Review

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Nicholas Stoller’s Neighbors has all of the trappings of a crowd pleasing, bad taste classic in the making, but at least there’s no question that the filmmakers are laughing directly at their subjects rather than with them.

That Awkward Moment Review

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Although the bromantic comedy That Awkward Moment takes its name from a popular internet catchphrase, one can’t fault the filmmakers for choosing an inappropriate title. It’s certainly awkward, and it does have its moments.

Parkland Review

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As a depiction of the events on the day of American President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on November 22nd 1963 – as well as the three days in the immediate wake of the killing – Parkland doesn’t cover any historical or narrative ground that hasn’t been touched on before, nor does it go out of its way to create melodrama.

TIFF 2013: Parkland Review

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Parkland Gala Director: Peter Landesman As a depiction of the events on the day of American President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on November 22 nd 1963 – as well as the three days in the wake of the killing – Parkland doesn’t cover any historical or narrative ground that hasn’t been touched on before, nor […]
TIFF 2012 - At Any Price - F2

At Any Price Review

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At Any Price is a gloomy parable that speaks to the woes of life in small town America. Director and co-writer Ramin Bahrani’s delivers a picturesque rendering of golden-glimmering wheat fields and comforts of country living. Yet, there is a general air of melancholy that floats through this film in which stories of lust, teenage angst and midlife crisis become implausibly intermittent.
The Paperboy - F2

The Paperboy Review

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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.
David Oyelowo - F2

Interview: Zac Efron & David Oyelowo

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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.
Frances Ha - F2

TIFF 2012 Reviews; Part 9

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For our final round-up of TIFF 2012 reviews we take a look at some great stuff yet to come and some films we're doubling back on with reviews for The Paperboy , Song for Marion , Frances Ha , Room 237 , The ABCs of Death , Ghost Graduation , The We and the I , Imogene , Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp , Outrage Beyond , Come Out and Play , The Lesser Blessed , and The Bay .