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Review: Message from the King (TIFF 2016)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A man (Chadwick Boseman) from South Africa travels to L.A to find out what happened to his estranged sister. After finding her brutally tortured corpse in the morgue, he sets out to solve her murder and take brutal revenge....

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Posted 10 years ago

Believe it or not, the 2016 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is about to wrap-up, and JoBlo.com's been there since the beginning of the fest to rundown all the biggest titles to emerge from the line-up. Having already...

Review: Birth of the Dragon (TIFF 2016)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: In 1964 Chinatown, a young Bruce Lee (Philip Ng) finds himself in conflict with Shaolin monk Wong Jack Man (Xia Yu) who’s been sent to keep Lee from teaching Kung-Fu secrets to whites – or has he? REVIEW: The...

Review: (Re)Assignment (TIFF 2016)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A macho hit-man becomes the unwilling recipient of a sex-change performed by a brilliant surgeon (Sigourney Weaver) with a grudge. Now a beautiful woman (Michelle Rodriguez), the killer sets-out to get even. REVIEW: (RE)ASSIGNMENT is nothing if not topical,...

Review: Jackie (TIFF 2016)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: The aftermath of the Kennedy assassination, as shown through the eyes of Jackie (Natalie Portman), as she tries to organize her husband’s burial and come-to-terms with her new reality as the widow of a president. REVIEW: Pablo Larrain’s JACKIE...

Review: Moonlight (TIFF 2016)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A portrait of a young African-American man, growing up in the shadow of a crack epidemic, who struggles to come-to-terms with his homosexuality in a culture that idealizes hyper-masculinity. REVIEW: Since its Telluride debut, Barry Jenkins’s MOONLIGHT has rocketed...

Review: The Bad Batch (TIFF 2016)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: In a society where outcasts are qualified as being part of a “bad batch” and exiled into a desert wasteland, a young woman (Suki Waterhouse) struggles to find her place in a world full of cannibals and the insane....

Review: Bleed For This (TIFF 2016)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: The true story of boxer Vinny Paz (Miles Teller) who, against his doctor’s orders, fought to defend his title a mere nine months after a car accident that left him with a broken neck. REVIEW: More than ever, the...

Review: Mascots (TIFF 2016)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: Professional mascots from all over the world descend on Anaheim in order to compete for the Gold Fluffy Award. REVIEW: MASCOTS marks director Christopher Guest’s return to movies after a ten year break, during which he brought the underrated...

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