TIFF

Review: Hotel Mumbai

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: During the 2008 Mumbai attacks, a group of travellers staying at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel try to stay alive with the help of the hotel’s selfless staff. REVIEW: HOTEL MUMBAI is one of the movies that was sold...

Review: The Upside

Posted 8 years ago

THE UPSIDE was previously reviewed as part of our TIFF 2017 coverage. Note: the review was filed before the allegations against Harvey Weinstein became public and the film is no longer owned by The Weinstein Company.  PLOT: An unemployed ex-con...

Review: Vox Lux

Posted 8 years ago

VOX LUX was originally reviewed as part of our TIFF 2018 coverage.  PLOT: The survivor of a school shooting becomes the world’s biggest pop star, but at what cost? REVIEW: Brady Corbet’s VOX LUX is a tough film to review,...

Review: Green Book

Posted 8 years ago

This is a repost of our TIFF 2018 review.  PLOT: In the early sixties, a famous pianist, Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) agrees to a tour of the Deep South, hiring a loosely connected wiseguy, Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen) to be...

Review: Widows

Posted 8 years ago

This review originally appeared as part of TIFF 2018 PLOT: After her thief husband (Liam Neeson) is killed on a job, his widow (Viola Davis) tries to carry-out his final heist with the help of two other women (Michelle Rodriguez...

Review: Outlaw King

Posted 8 years ago

OUTLAW KING was reviewed at TIFF 2018 – since then the film has undergone edits and is now twenty minutes shorter. This review reflects the original TIFF cut.  PLOT: Robert the Bruce (Chris Pine) attempts to liberate Scotland from the...

Review: Mid90s (TIFF 2018)

Posted 8 years ago

  PLOT: A thirteen year old boy growing up with an abusive older brother and a somewhat absent mother finds himself drawn to a group of older skateboarders. REVIEW: As far as directorial debuts from A-list actors go, MID90s is...

Review: Beautiful Boy

Posted 8 years ago

BEAUTIFUL BOY was previously reviewed as part of our TIFF 2018 coverage.  PLOT: A grieving father (Steve Carell) tries to help his beloved son (Timothée Chalamet) recover from a crippling crystal meth addiction. REVIEW: BEAUTIFUL BOY may go down as...

Review: Driven (TIFF 2018)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: The true story of auto industry giant John DeLorean (Lee Pace) who, in an effort to save his crumbling empire, gets caught up in a major coke deal orchestrated by an FBI informant (Jason Sudeikis). REVIEW: If all you...

Load more articles