Reviews

[TIFF Review] Into the Abyss

I’m not sure Werner Herzog, Jean-Luc Godard or even Errol Morris would agree the role of film is to expose the truth. The truth varies. The truth is not on ...

[TIFF Review] The Ides of March

He may be crafting every decision as director, but George Clooney is in the shadows (and in a key scene, literally) as Governor Mike Morris and Democratic p...

[TIFF Review] Moneyball

As someone whose baseball knowledge consists of nearly striking out at T-Ball as a toddler and information gleaned from ESPN-addicted college roommates, it ...

[TIFF Review] Coriolanus

For his first directing effort, Ralph Fiennes took the bold move of adapting the work of one of our top literary icons, William Shakespeare. Brought to scre...

[Review] Contagion

After teaming up for a very funny take on a true story with The Informant!, screenwriter Scott Z. Burns and director Steven Soderbergh decide to give life t...

[Review] Mysteries of Lisbon

Finally making its way into American theatres on the cusp of its director’s passing, Mistérios de Lisboa gives us an epic look into the bourgeois dramatics...

[Review] Red State

Red State is like a girl you really want to love, if only you could look past her myriad of flaws. She's promising and admirable. She's spontaneous, takes c...

[Review] Apollo 18

When The Blair Witch Project came out just over a decade ago, the BBFC had declared me to be too naive and sensitive-minded to watch it in the cinema due to...

[Review] A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

R-rated comedies are rife with manchild coming-of-age tales full of crude humor and heart. TV writers Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck try their hand at this popula...