Reviews

[TIFF Review] The Flying Machine

The Flying Machine, directed by Martin Clapp, Geoff Lindsey and Marek Skrobecki is an ambitious combination of 3D and live-action, while having the longest ...

[Review] Abduction

Taylor Lautner is out of his league. What works in the Twilight series - where everyone is about as human as a doll - from Mattel Inc., isn't functional in ...

[TIFF Review] Goon

Despite following the travels of an American, Goon is about as Canadian as Rush, and thankfully a lot more fun than the opener of TIFF 2010, Score: The Hock...

[Review] Killer Elite

Killer Elite is a Jason Statham movie, which has nearly become a genre of its own by now. What one expects from a "Statham" film, he or she usually gets. In...

[Review] Dolphin Tale

People who have seen the trailer love to call it Free Willy 2011. While the subject of a kid doing all he can to save a marine animal from death does eventu...

[TIFF Review] From Up on Poppy Hill

The Japanese animation studio, Studio Ghibli (behind such Oscar winners as Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro), is known for its whimsical characters and ...

[Review] Moneyball

Writer Aaron Sorkin seems to captain magic when it comes to making potentially boring and tedious scenes exciting, fun and nail-bitingly entertaining. And w...

[Review] Puncture

We hope that every film is created because a writer had a story that they felt compelled to tell the world, a director who felt obligated to share his visio...

[TIFF Review] Think of Me

Set in a city landscape far removed from the artificial glamour of Las Vegas (ground heavily treaded in other indie films), Think of Me attempts to understand...