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This review originally ran with our 2014 TIFF coverage PLOT: After his wife dies, a grandfather (Kevin Costner) has to fight for custody of his biracial granddaughter against the girl’s father and grandmother (Octavia Spencer). REVIEW: There was a moment...
PLOT: A young gay activist (James Franco) renounces his homosexuality and starts a new life as a born-again Christian pastor. REVIEW: I AM MICHAEL is nothing if not controversial. Apparently based on a true story, Justin Kelly’s film gives James...
PLOT: Two down-on-their-luck gamblers (Ryan Reynolds & Ben Mendelsohn) hit the road, embarking on a tour of all the seediest casinos and private games the American South has to offer in an effort to change their luck and build a...
PLOT: In an irradiated future, a lone survivor (Margot Robbie) finds herself torn between two surviving males, an intellectual (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who appeals to her emotionally, and a more rough-edged former miner (Chris Pine) who she’s drawn to physically. REVIEW:...
PLOT: After the accidental death of his best friend, seventeen-year-old Jude (Asa Butterfield) is sent to live with his pot-dealing absentee father (Ethan Hawke). Lacking any kind of guidance, the drug-addled Jude falls under the sway of his late best...
PLOT: Charlie Mortdecai is a haughty – but terribly broke – British art dealer who frequently toils in the “underbelly” of the art world. When a legendary painting is stolen, the government enlists his services to help recover it, sending...
PLOT: In a musical inspired by Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” the world of fairies, goblins and elves is explored with tons of pop songs, and a sugary sweet lesson of love.
PLOT: Ten years after winning a bronze Olympic medal, washed-up gymnast Hope Ann Greggory (Melissa Rauch) lives in her small town with her adoring father (Gary Cole) getting by on her minor celebrity status. When her former coach dies, Greggory...
PLOT: JLo is a mom who found out her loving husband was cheating on her and must find a way to start over or keep her family together. Always trying to do the right thing, the lonely woman finds herself...
PLOT: High school teacher Claire Petersen, recently separated from her husband, grows infatuated with the young man who has just moved in next door with his grandfather. Unable to resist a night of passion with her new neighbor, Claire is...
