ABOUT: Quebec filmmaker Ariane Louis-Seize — whose sultry, stylish coming-of-age study Les petites vagues was named one of Canada’s Top Ten shorts in 2018 — graduates to features with this deadpan horror comedy about a young Montreal bloodsucker who can only feed on people for whom she feels sympathy. Sasha (Sara Montpetit) is a teenage vampire — […]
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TIFF 2023 Reaction – CHUCK CHUCK BABY
As the start of my TIFF 2023 reactions, I’d like to focus on my top picks of the festival, CHUCK CHUCK BABY, and the below reaction that I furiously typed into my iPad afterwards. I knew that I had just experienced genius and want to follow the journey of Janis Pugh’s wonderful new movie. ABOUT: […]
The 2023 Edition of the Toronto International Film Festival – Expect The Unexpected
Unless you have been living under a rock, you are aware of all of the problems currently happening in the film industry. Longest story short, the Hollywood system is on a major strike now for the writers and the actors and nothing is being created or even promoted right now. How this will affect the […]
TALK TO ME Review – Don’t Talk To The Hand
Where would horror movies be as a genre without teenagers making dumb choices about fooling around with the occult? We certainly wouldn’t have TALK TO ME, the new A24 film about how grasping an embalmed hand (ick!) and uttering a couple of incantations can pierce the veil between our world and the shadow world. Australian […]
SOUND OF FREEDOM Review – The Power In The Fight
SOUND OF FREEDOM doesn’t sound like something you would want to see on an evening out at the movies with its rather controversial subject, yet this groundbreaking and quite alarming new movie currently making waves in release I found such a powerful movie experience throughout. A lot of what you have been hearing about this […]
JOY RIDE Review – Fresh & Funny & Totally Different
Every so often you will see a film that manages to do something fresh and different in a totally unexpected way. JOY RIDE is that film. It’s the girl gang, road trip, K-Pop, Asian -American raunchy feel -good, viral video comedy that we didn’t know we needed. This wild fresh comedy is the debut feature […]
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY – When Life is Like a Bowl of Cherries
This year’s bunch of films for the blockbuster season isn’t a huge success that it should be post-pandemic. And despite a few recent box office flops than success, fans wanting to see INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY will at least get their money’s worth of thrills. Mads Mikkelsen is delightfully nasty in this […]
THE FLASH Review – Too Far Gone
The only reason I went to see THE FLASH movie is to enjoy witnessing the return of Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne aka Batman. The music and the Tim Burton touch is everywhere when he’s gracing the screen and I wanted to watch those movies and first animated series again! There’s also Sasha Calle as […]
A MAN CALLED OTTO on Blu Ray – Tom Hanks Can’t Play Mean
A MAN CALLED OTTO is an American remake of a vastly superior Swedish movie called A MAN CALLED OVE which was on the film festival circuit many years ago. This American remake is from the Tom Hanks/Rita Wilson Playtone and a lot has changed in this American restyling. For the most part I am completely […]
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 Review – There’s Scary Moments to Shiver To
Although just how much time has passed between GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY films (and other appearances) isn’t too much of a concern in volume three. The story that’s presented continues from where AVENGERS: ENDGAME left off, where an alt-universe version of Gamora (Zoe Saldaña) appeared, and she hates Quill (Chris Pratt). That’s when Starlord’s downward […]
SISU Review – Grindhouse To The MAX
Notable Finnish Director Jalmari Helander (RARE EXPORTS, BIG GAME) returns with his action adventure, war-time new movie SISU, a film clearly inspired by RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD as Helander is one of a handful of modern directors that has the gift of capturing the vibe of the cinema of an era of cinema that is almost […]
ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET Review – Let This Movie Embrace You
I will never forget the late, great Roger Ebert’s review of the 2000 gem ALMOST FAMOUS where he said that he wanted to give the Cameron Crowe-directed, 1970s era gem a hug. I always loved that expression, and I also love a movie that casts its spell on you as if someone that you have […]
A Dungeon Master’s Guide to the many Dungeons & Dragons Films
Contributor Ed Sum takes a look at D&D Film History, from the 2000 Movie to the recently released 2023’s Honor Among Thieves, now in cinemas. Although some fans of role playing games say DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES is a critical hit, there are nuances which make me think otherwise. Hot air balloons didn’t […]
THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE Review – The Big Mac Movie of 2023
As a child of the 1980s, I still remember that moment when my Nintendo console powered on. Our family bought the combo version which included a copy of both SUPER MARIO BROS and DUCK HUNT, the latter of which had the zapper. But we revved up SUPER MARIO BROS right away as it was the […]
CFF 2023 Interview – HOW TO GET MY PARENTS TO DIVORCE director Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
“This film was very special and distinct from my other work. I had worked a lot with kids in my previous films, but these films were not necessarily for children. Although, the previous films had great lives in festivals (the short JUST ME AND YOU won the crystal bear at the Berlinale – awarded by […]