tiff2017

Review: Papillon (TIFF)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: The true story of Henri Charriere (Charlie Hunnam) and his life as an inmate on Devil’s Island, where he meets fellow prisoner Louis Dega (Rami Malek) and plans an escape. REVIEW: PAPILLON is a remake of Franklin J. Schaffner’s...

Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer (TIFF2017)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: A cardiac surgeon (Colin Farrell) sparks up a friendship with the teen-aged son (Barry Keoghan) of a former patient who died under his watch. Soon, the boy begins ingratiating himself into the doctor’s home life, only to make a...

TV Review: The Deuce (TIFF 2017)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: The legitimization of New York’s sex industry, seen through the eyes of a Time Square barman (James Franco), an independent prostitute (Maggie Gyllenhaal), an honest beat cop (Lawrence Gilliard Jr.) and a variety of pimps, streetwalkers, pornographers and gangsters....