A Midsummer Night’s Dream
All goes well when indie director Richard Griffin puts his unique stamp on (another) movie adaptation of William Shakespeare’s popular play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. If you are yet unfamiliar with...
View ArticleTop 5 Oscar Snubs and Surprises
With the Academy Award nominations released this week, we take a look at five of the biggest snubs and surprises for Oscar glory this year. There weren’t too many shocking pronouncements with the Oscar...
View ArticleThe Rezort
On Netflix, you’ll find The Rezort, yet another zombie movie (meeting with Jurassic Park), which has some good ideas but could have been much better. I have been burnt out on zombie movies. I think...
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Micro Budget Movies (2016)
Digging deep underground, we give you our best and worst…er…favourite and not favourite DIY indie movies of 2016. Movies that soar with humour and imagination. It’s that time of the year again, when...
View ArticleRings
For some reason (well, money) Samara and The Ring franchiseis back with the third film in the American iteration of this horror series, in Rings. Following in the genre tradition of churning out...
View ArticleWar on Everyone
After The Guard and Calvary, we expected big things for War on Everyone, the latest from John Michael McDonagh. Did it deliver? Not so much. Writer-director John Michael McDonagh has made a name for...
View ArticleCertain Women
Director Kelly Reichardt (Meek’s Cutoff, Night Moves) is back with the film Certain Women, a nuanced and beautiful movie with depth of tone and character. Try as I might, I don’t get to see enough...
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20 Awesome Boutique Blu-Ray Releases from 2016
There were some amazing boutique blu-rays on home video in 2016. Adrien Begrand writes about 20 of his favourites releases, from art film to horror. There’s something about the tactile aspect of art...
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The Lego Batman Movie
This spinoff to the Lego Movie sees the breakout character of Will Arnett’s Batman in his own world, fighting The Joker and his own doubts. In a world where the filmmakers could draw from any...
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Sad Vacation: The Last Days of Sid and Nancy
After his excellent Johnny Thunders music documentary, director Danny Garcia is back with a movie called Sad Vacation: The Last Days of Sid and Nancy. I’ve certainly been in the same room with Sid and...
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Fist Fight
Ice Cube and Charlie Day go head-to-head in Fist Fight, throwing enough punches and punchlines to make the movie moderately entertaining if not significantly inspired. In the comedy school of...
View ArticleA Cure for Wellness
A Cure for Wellness seems to set you up for an ‘asylum’ movie you’ve seen before, then pulls the rug out from under those expectations. Let me begin by saying that I very much enjoyed watching A Cure...
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Oscar Night Recap
We made it through another excruciatingly long Oscar telecast, and we bring you the highlights on the night, the winners, and weird stuff that happened. While I have mixed feelings about the Oscars,...
View ArticleGet Out
The directorial debut from Key and Peele’s Jordan Peele’s, Get Out, is a sleeper of a satirical horror movie that’s been lighting up movie audiences. I watched the trailer for Get Out and thought to...
View ArticleKong: Skull Island
Kong: Skull Island is probably what you were expecting — big, dumb, hairy fun. What, did you think it was going to be artistic greatness? The new monster-mash-creature-feature Kong: Skull Island is a...
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Killer Waves
Surf’s up! Killer Waves is the latest in horror and schlock from director James Balsamo, in which the murderous Unholy Diver makes a skin surfboard. Most directors have a shtick. Some call it auteur,...
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Movies About Gambling
After a trip to Vegas (we didn’t lose any money), we take a look at some of the best movies about gambling and Sin City. I recently came back from Las Vegas, and while I’m not a gambler per se, I was...
View ArticlePaterson
Adam Driver plays a bus driver / poet named Paterson, in a town called Paterson, taken from one of William Carlos Williams’ most famous works, Paterson. Jim Jarmusch’s latest film, Paterson, frequently...
View ArticlePersonal Shopper
Personal Shopper is the new film from Olivier Assayas and Kristen Stewart (after Clouds of Sils Maria). It’s a slowish, but smart, personal ghost story. The new film Personal Shopper from acclaimed...
View ArticleGhost in the Shell
The Ghost in the Shell live action remake hit theatres this weekend, but unfortunately, it’s all shell and no ghost – a bland, heartless action movie. Born out of the techno-wizardry of countless...
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