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Review: Beasts of No Nation (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: After his family is slaughtered in the chaos of a West African civil war, a young boy named Agu (Abraham Attah) falls under the sway of a mercenary leader known only as The Commandant (Idris Elba) and becomes a...

Review: Equals (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: In a Utopian future society where emotions are suppressed, two people (Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart) are infected with a disease that causes them to experience emotions such as love for the first time. REVIEW: EQUALS is a highly...

Review:Uncle John

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: After a possible murder occurs in a small town, one of it’s respected citizens may know more than he is letting on.  REVIEW: UNCLE JOHN is a strange thriller. It is an effective character driven feature with the crime...

Our Favorite Movie Easter Eggs: Goodfellas, Back to the Future and more!

Posted 11 years ago

These days, part of the fun of watching a movie in theaters or at home with the ability to freeze frames, is finding the Easter eggs hidden within. For the history buffs out there, the origin of the cinematic Easter...

Why It Works: Trainspotting

Posted 11 years ago

Why It Works is an ongoing column which breaks down some of the most acclaimed films in history and explores what makes them so iconic, groundbreaking, and memorable. ****SPOILERS AHEAD**** Talk of a sequel to TRAINSPOTTING has been floating around the industry...

We Interview Pawn Sacrifice Director Edward Zwick & Michael Stuhlbarg!

Posted 11 years ago

Legendary chess champion Bobby Fischer is a fascinating character. And in the latest look at Fischer and the paranoia that fueled him, director Edward Zwick has created the powerful PAWN SACRIFICE. It is a compelling feature, and when we recently...

Review: The Program (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Sports journalist David Walsh (Chris O'Dowd) tries to expose Lance Armstrong's (Ben Foster) doping scheme over the course of his phenomenally successful reign as the world's most popular athlete. REVIEW: About forty minutes into THE PROGRAM, a guy who...

Exclusive Cool Video: Goodfellas 25th anniversary tribute

Posted 11 years ago

There are great movies, and then there are great movies that, no matter what scene is playing when you turn it on, you can't help but watch it until the very end. GOODFELLAS is that kind of film. I think...

Review: Truth (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: The true story of the events leading to Dan Rather‘s (Robert Redford) contentious CBS exit, revolving around the controversial 60 Minutes II story that exposed the preferential treatment given to George W. Bush during his Vietnam-era military service. REVIEW:...

No Escape filmmakers tapped to write & direct Six Minutes to Freedom

Posted 11 years ago

MadRiver Pictures has hired NO ESCAPE and AS ABOVE, SO BELOW director John Dowdle to helm SIX MINUTES TO FREEDOM, a true-life rescue action thriller about the story of Kurt Muse, who was arrested in 1989 for broadcasting anti-Manuel Noriega...

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