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Review: Black or White

Posted 12 years ago

This review originally ran with our 2014 TIFF coverage PLOT: After his wife dies, a grandfather (Kevin Costner) has to fight for custody of his biracial granddaughter against the girl’s father and grandmother (Octavia Spencer). REVIEW: There was a moment...

Review: Wild

Posted 12 years ago

This review originally ran as part of JoBlo.com's TIFF 2014 coverage. PLOT: A young woman (Reese Witherspoon) hits the Pacific Crest Trail after suffering through a messy divorce and the death of her mother (Laura Dern). REVIEW: After a rough...

Review: Rosewater

Posted 12 years ago

ROSEWATER was originally reviewed as part of our TIFF 2014 coverage. PLOT: The true story of Iranian journalist Maziar Bahri (Gael Garcia Bernal) who, while covering the 2009 presidential election in Iran, was imprisoned for five months, with the government...

Review: Nightcrawler

Posted 12 years ago

This review originally ran as part of our TIFF 2014 coverage. PLOT: A young man (Jake Gyllenhaal) who ekes out a living as a petty thief, stumbles upon the cutthroat, dangerous, lucrative world of crime-scene videography for the evening news....

Review: The Judge + Video Review!

Posted 12 years ago

Check out the video review below! ST VINCENT was previously reviewed as part of our TIFF14 coverage. PLOT: An unscrupulous defense attorney (Robert Downey Jr.) who returns home after his mother dies, becomes forcefully reacquainted with his estranged Judge father...

Review: St. Vincent + video review!

Posted 12 years ago

Check out Chris' Video Review below! ST VINCENT was previously reviewed as part of our TIFF14 coverage. PLOT: A precocious young boy falls under the influence of his ornery neighbor, an alcoholic, over-the-hill gambler named Vincent (Bill Murray). REVIEW: ST....

Review: The Equalizer + video review!

Posted 12 years ago

See Chris Bumbray's Video Review below! Originally reviewed as part of JoBlo.com's TIFF 2014 coverage. PLOT: Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) is an ex-special operative now leading a quiet life as the manager of a home improvement store in Boston. When...

TIFF 2014 Wrap-up & Top 10!

Posted 12 years ago

Hard as it is to believe, but the 2014 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is already over and done with. Whew! Even though this was my sixth time attending the festival on behalf of JoBlo.com, I have to...

Review: Time Out Of Mind (TIFF 2014)

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: A man (Richard Gere) tries to come to terms with his homelessness during a cruel New York winter. REVIEW: While no one would ever call THE MESSSENGER or RAMPART conventional films, there’s no doubt that Oren Moverman’s TIME OUT...

Review: Hector and the Search for Happiness

Posted 12 years ago

This was orginally reviewed as part of our TIFF 2014 coverage. PLOT: Hector (Simon Pegg) – an unhappy psychiatrist – leaves his adoring girlfriend (Rosamund Pike) behind on a globe-trotting adventure to discover the secret of happiness. REVIEW: HECTOR AND...

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