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Review: Hold the Dark (TIFF 2018)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A wolf expert (Jeffrey Wright) is recruited by a young mother (Riley Keough) to find the pack that dragged her son off into the Alaskan Wilderness. His findings soon put him at odds with the boy’s father (Alexander Skarsgard)...

Review: Roma (TIFF 2018)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A year in the life of a middle class family living in Mexico City circa 1970. REVIEW: If any film that I’ve seen at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival has a chance to be taught in film schools...

Exclusive Interviews: Matthew McConaughey and more talk White Boy Rick

Posted 8 years ago

As someone who rarely gets to interview celebrities, being based in Montreal (not exactly a hotbed of junkets), travelling to film festivals and occasionally sitting down to talk with actors I admire is a real treat. Over the last few...

Review: Destroyer (TIFF 2018)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A worn-out, alcoholic LA cop (Nicole Kidman) is forced to confront old demons when an enemy from her past reemerges. REVIEW: Karyn Kusama’s DESTROYER is, for me, the big surprise of this year’s TIFF. Having been a big fan...

Review: Boy Erased (TIFF 2018)

Posted 8 years ago

 center> PLOT: The son (Lucas Hedges) of a Baptist preacher (Russell Crowe) is sent to a gay conversion therapy program. REVIEW: I’ll say this for Joel Edgerton’s BOY ERASED, it stirred up strong emotions in me. Undeniably provocative and well-acted,...

Ex. We talk to Thomas Jane, Keegan-Michael Key & more for The Predator!

Posted 8 years ago

What a difference a day makes! Thursday morning, prior to the world premiere, THE PREDATOR was highly anticipated in the fan community, and it looked like the Midnight Madness screening would be a victory lap for Shane Black's updated continuation...

Review: First Man (TIFF 2018)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A fact-based account of the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling), from his early days at NASA to his eventual command of the Apollo 11 misson. REVIEW: TIFF can be a difficult festival to see really great movies...

Review: The Old Man and the Gun (TIFF 2018)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A seventy-four year old bank robber (Robert Redford) is tracked by a detective (Casey Affleck), all the while romancing a lonely widow (Sissy Spacek). 
 REVIEW: You wouldn’t think it given the subject, but THE OLD MAN & THE...

Review: If Beale Street Could Talk (TIFF 2018)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A young, pregnant woman’s (Kiki Layne) family rallies to her aid when her boyfriend (Stephan James) is falsely accused and imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. REVIEW: Success, especially when it seemingly comes out of nowhere, can be...

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