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Review: Black Mass (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A looks at the brutal reign of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger (Johnny Depp), who ruled South Boston while covertly working as an FBI informant, feeding the bureau information on his competitors and shielding his schemes from prosecution. REVIEW: BLACK...

Review: SPL 2 – A Time for Consequences (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

  PLOT: An undercover HK cop (Wu Jing) is sent to a hellish Thai prison after his cover is blown. The center of an organ trafficking ring, one of the few honest guards (Tony Jaa) happens to have a dying...

Review: Where to Invade Next (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Michael Moore‘s latest documentary takes a comical look at the progressive social policies of some of Europe’s most productive countries, with Moore arguing the U.S should actively steal some of these ideas to increase ordinary Americans’ quality of life....

Review: The Danish Girl (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: The true story of Lili Elbe (Eddie Redmayne) who was born Einar Wegener and became one of the first recipients of gender reassignment surgery. REVIEW: THE DANISH GIRL is nothing if not timely. With the transgender issue dominating headlines...

Review: The Martian (TIFF 2015) + Video Review

Posted 11 years ago

  PLOT: An astronaut (Matt Damon) is stranded on Mars after his crew assumes he perished in a deadly storm. REVIEW: There were some snickers when it was announced that Ridley Scott's THE MARTIAN would be playing TIFF, as with...

Review: Demolition (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Following the death of his wife, a young businessman (Jake Gyllenhaal) starts ripping apart his perfectly ordered life in an attempt to find meaning. REVIEW: DEMOLITION is the perfect example of a film that should have been an absolute...

Review: The Iron Giant: Signature Edition (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Hogarth Hughes  (Eli Marienthal) lives with his mother (Jennifer Aniston) in Rockwell, a picturesque small town in 1950’s middle-America. A sci-fi buff, Hogarth’s dreams of adventure come true when he discovers a giant robot (Vin Diesel) with no memory...

Review: Before We Go

Posted 11 years ago

This was previously reviewed as part of our TIFF2014 coverage. PLOT: Two strangers (Chris Evans & Alice Eve) spend the night roaming around New York City after her purse is stolen, leaving them with no cash and plenty of time...

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2015 Preview!

Posted 11 years ago

I always feel like I’m going back to college when TIFF time comes rolling around again. My favorite film festival in the world, this will mark my seventh lucky year covering the festival for JoBlo.com, and as always the lineup...

New teaser for Portal to Hell starring Roddy Piper!

Posted 11 years ago

  “Rowdy” Roddy Piper may be gone, but he’s clearly not forgotten. The wrestler-actor-all around great man passed away a few weeks ago, but there have been so many considerate tributes and odes to the dude (including our own) that...

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