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Review: The Theory of Everything (TIFF 2014)

Rating: 8/10
PLOT: The story of Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) and his first wife Jane (Felicity Jones) from their early courtship, to his eventual diagnosis and physical decline from motor neurone disease and scientific breakthroughs. REVIEW: I’ve seen a lot of good...
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Review: Escobar: Paradise Lost (TIFF 2014)

Rating: 7/10
PLOT: Nick (Josh Hutcherson) is a Canadian tourist travelling through Columbia. He meets and falls in love with a young woman (Claudia Traisac) who just happens to be the niece of cocaine-kingpin Pablo Escobar (Benicio Del Toro). Escobar quickly warms...
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Review: The Imitation Game (TIFF 2014)

Rating: 9/10
PLOT: The true story of cryptanalyst Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) who – during WW2 – helped break the Nazi Enigma Code and helped shorten the war by several years, saving millions of lives. REVIEW: It’s no wonder that so many...
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Review: Foxcatcher (TIFF 2014)

Rating: 9/10
PLOT: The true story of Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) who finds himself taken under the wing of a dangerously unpredictable sponsor, John du Pont (Steve Carell). REVIEW: Going into a film festival like TIFF, a movie with the...
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Review: Tusk (TIFF 2014) + Video Review!

Rating: 8/10
Check out Chris Bumbray's Video Review below! PLOT: A popular podcaster (Justin Long) on assignment in Manitoba, falls prey to a former seafarer (Michael Parks) with a fondness for walruses. REVIEW: After a bit of a rough patch Kevin Smith...
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Review: The Drop (TIFF 2014)

Rating: 7/10
PLOT: Bob Saginowsk (Tom Hardy) works at his cousin Marv’s (James Gandolfini) bar, which doubles as a “drop” for mob money. When the two are robbed for a relatively small amount, they realize how vulnerable they are to robberies, which...
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It Follows (TIFF Review)

Rating: 8/10
PLOT: After a violent sexual encounter, a young woman (Maika Monroe) finds herself plagued by a deadly curse. REVIEW: When you see as many horror movies as I do, it's pretty easy to get desensitized to even the roughest batch...
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Leprechaun: Origins (Movie Review)

Rating: 2/10
PLOT: Four friends visit the scenic Irish countryside on a sightseeing tour. Unluckily for them, their latest stop is a town with a deadly secret: a vile creature with an appetite for tourists stalks the hills, and the locals may...
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Review: Maps to the Stars (TIFF 2014)

Rating: 6/10
PLOT: A young burn victim (Mia Wasikowska) comes to Hollywood, where she winds up working for an ageing actress (Julianne Moore) bent on a staging a comeback. REVIEW: Confounding. That's the only word I can think of that accurately describes...
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