Film Reviews

‘The Life of Chuck’ Review: Mike Flanagan’s Offbeat Stephen King-Based Tom Hiddleston Drama Mostly Hits the Mark | TIFF

“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)” So goes Walt Whitman’s… Read More

September 12, 2024

‘All of You’ Review: Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots’ Chemistry Can’t Save an Underdeveloped, Badly Paced Sci-Fi Romance | TIFF

Every year, the Toronto International Film Festival has a handful of small scale science fiction relationship dramas, all hoping to… Read More

September 12, 2024

‘Transformers One’ Review: Josh Cooley’s Funny, Cool Cybertron Prequel Finds Chris Hemsworth in his Optimistic Prime

With endless franchises and origin stories, it is rare to encounter a film that brings a fresh perspective to both.… Read More

September 12, 2024

‘Việt and Nam’ Review: Trương Minh Quý’s Haunting and Melancholic Look at a Country Struggling with its Past | TIFF

Life can be a series of question marks that are never resolved. We may forever wrestle with the possibilities and… Read More

September 11, 2024

‘Heretic’ Review: Hugh Grant is a Creep and a Weirdo in Deviously Devilish Debate About Religion | TIFF

Sister Barnes and Sister Paxton are doing missionary work for the Mormon Church. Paxton (Chloe East from The Fabelmans) is… Read More

September 10, 2024

‘Speak No Evil’ Review: James McAvoy Stars as a Sexy Villain in Remake That’ll Make You Scream

If you thought the streaming era finally helped people get over their fear of the one-inch barrier of subtitles, Hollywood… Read More

September 9, 2024

‘The Substance’ Review: Coralie Fargeat Feeds Us Moore Gore in Blood-Soaked Rumination on Female Body Image | TIFF

Women know body horror all too well. Before we can even really grasp what they mean, the standards embedded in… Read More

September 9, 2024

‘Without Blood’ Review: Angelina Jolie Directs Salma Hayek and Demián Bichir With Lots of Looks But Little Content | TIFF

Writer/director Angelina Jolie has shown a penchant for challenging films depicting war when she is behind the camera—think First They… Read More

September 9, 2024

‘Daniela Forever’ Review: Henry Golding Elevates an Imaginative Sci-Fi Pic That Falls Short of its Full Potential | TIFF

When it comes to sci-fi films about an attempt for romantic connection, movies about machines and AI tend to be… Read More

September 9, 2024

‘Pedro Páramo’ Review: Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto’s Adaptation of the Classic Mexican Magical Realism Novel is Otherworldly | TIFF

Long before M. Night Shyamalan’s characters saw dead people, author Juan Rulfo wrote about a whole bunch of them roaming… Read More

September 8, 2024

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