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Review: Elle

Posted 10 years ago

This was previously reviewed as part of our TIFF 2016 coverage. PLOT: A middle-aged divorcee (Isabelle Huppert) is sexually assaulted, and struggles with conflicting feelings regarding the rape while trying to move on with her life. REVIEW: Apparently, Paul Verhoeven’s...

Review: Loving

Posted 10 years ago

LOVING was originally reviewed as part of our TIFF 2016 coverage. PLOT: The true story of Richard (Joel Edgerton) and Mildred (Ruth Negga) Loving, who fought for over a decade to have their marriage deemed legal in opposition to Virginia’s...

TV Review: Black Mirror: San Junipero & Nosedive

Posted 10 years ago

This Black Mirror review was previously run as part of our TIFF 2016 coverage. PLOT: In this sampling of episodes from the third season of ‘Black Mirror’, a young woman (Mackenzie Davis) makes an unexpected connection, while an insecure office...

Review: Deepwater Horizon

Posted 10 years ago

This title was previously reviewed at TIFF 2016. PLOT: The true story of the Deepwater Horizon, the mobile drilling unit that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the BP Oil Spill. REVIEW: While the BP Oil Spill may not...

TIFF Wrap-up and Top 10!

Posted 10 years ago

I can’t believe it but TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) is already over for another year! This marked my eighth time attending what I think is the world’s best film festival, and the lineup was impressive as ever. Acquisitions were...

Review: The Magnificent Seven

Posted 10 years ago

This review originally ran as part of our TIFF 2016 coverage PLOT: A gunslinger (Denzel Washington) is recruited by a young widow (Haley Bennett) to save her town from a sadistic tycoon (Peter Sarsgaard). In order to take on his...

TV Review: Black Mirror: San Junipero & Nosedive (TIFF 2016)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: In this sampling of episodes from the third season of ‘Black Mirror’, a young woman (Mackenzie Davis) makes an unexpected connection, while an insecure office worker (Bryce Dallas Howard) struggles with her place in a society that values social...

Review: The Edge of Seventeen (TIFF 2016)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A rebellious teen (Hailee Steinfeld) finds her life thrown into disarray after her brother (Blake Jenner) starts dating her best friend (Haley Lu Richardson). REVIEW: The last few years have been slim pickings for good teen coming-of-age fare on...

Review: Sing (TIFF 2016)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey), a koala bear/theatrical impresario, attempts to save his run-down theater by staging a singing competition featuring a Porcupine punk singer (Scarlett Johansson), a domestic pig (Reese Witherspoon) with a dozen kids, a tough-guy mouse (Seth...

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