Movie Reviews

Review: Mother’s Day

Rating: 2/10

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: The adventures of a bunch of well off women and men, all of whom are dealing with family during the week leading up to Mother’s Day. REVIEW: Watching the new Garry Marshall film is akin to going to watch...

Review: The Family Fang

Rating: 8/10

Posted 10 years ago

This was originally reviewed as part of our TIFF 2015 coverage. PLOT: An estranged brother and sister (Jason Bateman & Nicole Kidman) reunite after their performance artist parents (Christopher Walken & Maryann Plunkett) disappear. REVIEW: The Toronto International Film Festival...

Review: Keanu

Rating: 7/10

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: When Rell’s (Jordan Peele) beloved cat Keanu is stolen, he and his cousin/best friend Clarence (Keegan-Michael Key) track the kitty to a dangerous street gang, whose boss, Cheddar (Method Man) mistakes them for a team of invincible contract killers....

Holidays (Movie Review)

Rating: 5/10

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: An anthological octet of standalone horror tales explore the dark-side various holidays: Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Halloween, Christmas and New Years Eve. REVIEW: What is it about holiday horror that, at its absolute...

Tale Of Tales (Movie Review)

Rating: 8/10

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Inspired by the 16th century Italian fairytales Giambattista Basile, three interlaced tales of nearby European kingdoms offer up giant beasts, doppelgangers, ogres, witches, warlocks, virgins…all tethered to a disturbingly irrevocable fate. REVIEW: Holy hell! BAFTA nominated Italian filmmaker Matteo...

Review: The Huntsman: Winter’s War

Rating: 4/10

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Eric (Chris Hemsworth), the Huntsman, is sent on a mission by Snow White to destroy Queen Ravenna’s (Charlize Theron) magic mirror. Along the way, he runs afoul of the wife (Jessica Chastain) he thought was dead, who is being...

Review: A Hologram for the King

Rating: 8/10

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: An American businessman travels to Saudi Arabia hoping to make a huge financial deal for his company. While there he befriends a taxi driver and a beautiful doctor, both of whom give the man a unique perspective on his...

Review: Elvis & Nixon

Rating: 8/10

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: What happened behind the scenes of one of the most famous photographs of all time? Well ELVIS & NIXON explores the meeting of a rock and roll star and The President of the United States, and it’s a great...

Daylight’s End (Movie Review)

Rating: 7/10

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: In a post-apocalyptic future overrun by vampiric creatures, mysterious loner Rourke is taken in by a group of survivors who may have found a way to escape to a safer place. REVIEW: While the horror genre has more zombie...

Review: Green Room

Rating: 9/10

Posted 10 years ago

This was originally reviewed as part of our TIFF 2015 coverage. PLOT: After a gig gone bad, a band of punk rockers find themselves locked in a life and death battle with a deadly gang of neo-Nazis. REVIEW: Jeremy Saulnier...

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