TIFF

Exclusive Interview: Brad Bird talks Iron Giant, Tomorrowland flop, & more!

Posted 11 years ago

While attending the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, I was contacted by Warner Bros with an interesting proposal. They wanted to know if JoBlo.com would be interested in a solid fifteen minute interview with director Brad Bird to celebrate the...

Exclusive Interviews with The Martian’s Matt Damon & Ridley Scott!

Posted 11 years ago

  Of all the movies I saw at TIFF this year, certainly none were more fun than Ridley Scott’s THE MARTIAN (read my review here). A blockbuster, epic, 3D thrill-ride, THE MARTIAN is less like the ultra-intense GRAVITY or the...

Review: Freeheld

Posted 11 years ago

  FREEHELD was originally reviewed as part of JoBlo.com’s TIFF 2015 coverage. PLOT: A dying New Jersey police officer (Julianne Moore) pettions the city’s elected officials to allow her to pass her death benefits to her live-in girlfriend (Ellen Page)....

Exclusive Interviews: Sicario’s Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro & Josh Brolin

Posted 11 years ago

  If you read any of my 2015 TIFF coverage, you'll know that throughout the fest I ranted and raved about how amazing SICARIO is (see my review here). A tense, atmospheric, action-thriller from director Denis Villeneuve, which examines the...

TIFF 2015 Wrap-up & Top 10!

Posted 11 years ago

I can’t believe it’s already over, but another edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is in the books. Once again it was my great pleasure to represent JoBlo.com at the festival (my 7th year believe it or not)....

The Final Girls (TIFF Review 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A group of teens find themselves sucked into a cheesy eighties slasher flick, where they must do battle with a Jason-style killer so they can return home. REVIEW: THE FINAL GIRLS is like the LAST ACTION HERO of horror...

Review: Disorder (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Vincent (Matthias Schoenaerts) – a former soldier with PTSD– is hired to protect the wife (Diane Kruger) and son of a shady businessman. When he’s arrested, the wife finds herself marked for death and now it’s up to the...

Review: Stonewall (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Kicked-out by his parents for being gay, young Danny Winters (Jeremy Irvine) packs his bags and moves to 1960’s NYC in the hopes of finding acceptance. His nights at the Stonewall, a historic gay club, afford him a look...

Review: Mr. Right (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A cheerful hit-man (Sam Rockwell) falls for an unlucky-in-love young woman (Anna Kendrick) but their relationship is threatened by his murderous former mentor (Tim Roth) and an army of contract killers looking to take him out. REVIEW: The word...

Review: The Witch (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Expelled from their village, a family of  devoutly Christian settlers encounter supernatural forces in 17th century New England. REVIEW: Not catching THE WITCH at Sundance this year proved to be one of my only true regrets of the festival,...

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