Film Reviews

Review: Todd Phillips’ ‘Joker’ is dark, gritty and fearless; Phoenix is mesmerizing

(Photo: Niko Tavernise / Warner Bros Pictures) First things first, put aside all your comic book hero expectations. DC’s Joker… Read More

October 1, 2019

Review: In ‘The Irishman,’ Scorsese’s mobsters age, facing their own mortality

Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro in THE IRISHMAN (Courtesy of Netflix) Legends reunite in Martin Scorsese's sprawling gangster epic… Read More

September 28, 2019

LFF Review: Alfre Woodard is mesmerizing in ‘Clemency’

Alfre Woodard in CLEMENCY (Courtesy of LFF / Paul Sarkis) A stark, sombre drama with barely a second's worth of… Read More

September 23, 2019

Review: ‘Ad Astra’ is a profound examination of the question of one’s own existence

AD ASTRA (Photo: Francois Duhamel / 20th Century Fox) Brad Pitt Ventures into Space in James Gray’s Beautifully Intimate Astronaut… Read More

September 21, 2019

Review: The outrageously funny ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ is a career comeback showcase for Eddie Murphy

DOLEMITE IS MY NAME (Courtesy of Netflix) Four of the last ten Best Picture Oscar winners have been about artists,… Read More

September 19, 2019

LFF Review: The fascinating, abstract ‘Monos’ marvels as much as it confounds

MONOS (Courtesy of LFF) There are monsters, and then there are monsters! Here, on this fertile, bounteous planet, the monsters… Read More

September 19, 2019

Toronto Review: ‘Noura’s Dream’

Hinde Boujemaa’s debut feature is an interesting exploration of women’s rights in modern-day Tunisia Making her first feature film after… Read More

September 15, 2019

Toronto Review: ‘The Laundromat’ is a washout

Courtesy of TIFF Steven Soderbergh’s latest is an aimless, flat tale despite a timely premise A timey, topical film isn’t… Read More

September 14, 2019

Toronto Review: Carice van Houten is stunning in the provocative Oscar contender ‘Instinct’

Courtesy of TIFF Halina Reijn’s debut feature is an explosive and subversive tale for the #Metoo era In her feature… Read More

September 14, 2019

Toronto Review: Coming-of-age during wartime love story ‘1982’ is well-intentioned but doesn’t quite gel

Oualid Mouaness’ debut feature is an uneven story about love in the middle of war Making his feature debut after… Read More

September 13, 2019

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