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The Belko Experiment (TIFF Review)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: The corporate drones of a mysterious corporation find themselves in lock-down mode and forced into a kill-or-be-killed scenario. REVIEW: If you work in an office-setting, your mind is gonna go strange places as you watch THE BELKO EXPERIMENT. Directed...

A Monster Calls (TIFF Review)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A young boy (Lewis MacDougall) who’s struggling to come to terms with his dying mother’s (Felicity Jones) illness is befriended by a monstrous, storytelling tree demon (voiced by Liam Neeson). REVIEW: A couple of TIFF’s ago, director J.A Bayona...

Bad Frank (Movie Review)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Frank (Kevin Interdonato), a former Marine and ex-baseball player now working construction, flies into a vengefully violent fit of rage when a shady character from his past shows up and kidnaps his wife. REVIEW: If the old adage is...

Before I Wake (Movie Review)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A couple (Kate Bosworth and Thomas Jane) mourning the loss of their young son, take in a foster child – the adorable and sweet Cody (Jacob Tremblay). Yet, all is not well with young Cody, with him able to...

Rob Zombie’s 31 (Movie Review)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: On Halloween night in 1976, five traveling carnies are abducted by a trio of rich sadists who force them to play a game called 31, in which they must survive 12 hours of being hunted by crazed psychopaths dressed...

Review: The Light Between Oceans

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: At the end of World War I, a war veteran seeks out a quiet life on the western coast of Australia as a lighthouse keeper. He eventually falls in love with a beautiful young teacher, and together they forge...

Morgan (Movie Review)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: After a violent outburst, Lee Weathers (Kate Mara), a bigwig corporate risk consultant, is brought into a wooded compound to assess the commercial viability of a newly minted android named Morgan (Anya Taylor-Joy). REVIEW: If vision is indeed a...

Review: Zoom

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Three stories – an employee at a sex doll factory gets breast implants; a famous director decides to make an arthouse movie; a beautiful model starts writing a book – are inextricably linked together in startling ways. REVIEW: ZOOM...

Review: White Girl

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A naive young woman moves to Queens, New York and is quickly swept up in a love affair with a neighborhood drug dealer, leading her down a path of addiction and abuse. REVIEW: After debuting at Sundance this past...

Review: Hands of Stone

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: The rollercoaster life of Panamanian boxer Roberto Duran includes rising up from the streets of Panama to become one of the greatest fighters of his time, his friendship with trainer Ray Arcel and his rivalry with American showboat Sugar...

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