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David Cronenberg is not a fan of Kubrick’s The Shining

Posted 13 years ago

The work of David Cronenberg is being celebrated in terrific fashion with the newly opened David Cronenberg: Evolution exhibit at TIFF Bell Lightbox, which runs through Jan. 19 in Toronto. Would be wonderful if we could all take a class...

Review: 12 Years a Slave

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: The devastating true story of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man who, in 1853, was kidnapped from his home in Washington D.C, and sold into slavery in the south. REVIEW: At the Toronto International Film Festival premiere...

Review: The Fifth Estate

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: The story of Wiki-Leaks, from it’s growth under founder/editor-in-chief Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and spokesperson Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Bruhl) to it’s eventual publication of a massive amount of classified data leaked by soldier Bradley Manning. REVIEW: The highest praise...

Movie Review: Almost Human (TIFF 2013)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Two years after being abducted by aliens, Mark (Josh Ethier) returns to his rural small town to reclaim his long lost girlfriend (Vanessa Leigh) and to prepare it for alien colonization through a brutal reign of violence and terror....

2013 Toronto International Film Festival Wrap-Up and Top 10!

Posted 13 years ago

It’s hard to believe but the Toronto International Film Festival has already come and gone. This year marked my fifth trip in a row to TIFF, and I gotta say this may well have been the best year ever for...

Movie Review: Oculus (TIFF 2013)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Tim (Brenton Thwaites) has been locked up in a mental hospital since he was nine years old, when he apparently shot his father (Rory Cochrane) who had just killed his mother (Katee Sackhoff). He's released after his 21st birthday,...

Review: The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him & Her (TIFF 2013)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: The breakup of a marriage as seen through both perspectives, HIM (James McAvoy) and HER (Jessica Chastain). REVIEW: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY is one of the most ambitious pieces of work to hit TIFF this year in that...

Review: Starred Up (TIFF 2013)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Nineteen-year-old Eric (Jack O’Connell) is transferred to a maximum security prison, ruled by a fierce gang run by lifer Neville (Ben Mendelsohn) who also happens to be the boy’s father. Having not seen each other since Eric was a...

Review: Tracks (TIFF 2013)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: The true story of Australian adventurer Robyn Davidson (Mia Wasikowska) who, in 1977, set off on a nine-month journey across the Outback with nothing but a team of camels and her dog for company. REVIEW: TRACKS is a major...

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Review: The F Word (TIFF 2013)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe) thinks he’s met the girl of his dreams after a chance encounter with Chantry (Zoe Kazan) at a party. He’s devastated to learn that she has a boyfriend, but the two nonetheless become friends. As he...

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