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[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...

[TIFF Review] Union Square

New York’s Union Square is the point in the city where many destinies cross, not to mention most all of the city’s subway lines. This is where we first meet L...

[TIFF Review] Page Eight

David Hare's directorial debut Page Eight sits somewhere between All The President's Men and The Parallax View in the land of political conspiracies, both r...

[Review] Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Tomas Alfredson shot to fame with his acclaimed Swedish horror film Let The Right One In. Directing his English-language debut here, with what is the most-a...

[TIFF Review] Sarah Palin – You Betcha!

Although I think it is valid to view a film through the prism of political conditions, I shall tread lightly here. To ignore this, largely ignores “Film His...