TIFF 2014

Review: Electric Boogaloo: The Wild Untold Story of Cannon Films (TIFF 2014)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: The story of Menahem Golan, and Yoram Globus, two Israeli cousins who, in the eighties, ran the exploitation film studio Cannon Pictures. REVIEW: I grew up watching Cannon Films. Chuck Norris, Charles Bronson, Sly, Dolph, I loved ’em all....

Review: The Imitation Game (TIFF 2014)

Posted 12 years ago

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...

Review: Foxcatcher (TIFF 2014)

Posted 12 years ago

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...

It Follows (TIFF Review)

Posted 12 years ago

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...

Review: Maps to the Stars (TIFF 2014)

Posted 12 years ago

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...

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2014 Preview

Posted 12 years ago

It’s crazy that another edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is already upon us. The years go by so quickly, and I can’t believe this will be the sixth time that I’ve been lucky enough to cover the festival...