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The Sea Of Trees Review
After watching Gus Van Sant’s The Sea Of Trees, I’m convinced that composer Mason Bates was shown a completely different movie to score. How else can you explain the gentle woodland nymph-y aesthetic...
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Blood Father Review
Blood Father is yet another entry into the Aged-Action-Star-Still-Kicks-Ass subgenre (see the Taken franchise, RED movies, Expendables silliness), proving that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks –...
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Morgan Review
If Morgan were a Crayola crayon, it’s cutesy name would be “Cement Mixer Grey.” If it were a culinary dish, it’d be a baked potato without a single topping (not even accidental ketchup drips from an...
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Antibirth Review
Burnouts, pregnancy and aliens – Antibirth is a twisted concoction of “WTF” puzzle-piecing drenched in prenatal paranoia. Filmmaker Danny Perez keeps us guessing through second-hand-haziness, as his...
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Yoga Hosers Review
Thanks to my surprisingly contrarian adoration of Kevin Smith (amongst critics, at least), I sat down for Yoga Hosers filled with curious excitement. One Kevin Smith movie packs more personality than...
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31 Review
Immediately after my 31 screening, Rob Zombie revealed how it only took a matter of seconds for his film’s wicked competition to materialize as an idea. This explains the chewy, undercooked nature of...
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The 9th Life Of Louis Drax Review
The 9th Life Of Louis Drax is…well…interesting. Let’s put it that way. Surely you’d think a comatose boy’s adventure through subconscious waters (literal representation) would trump all, but – or,...
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Skiptrace Review
Will Skiptrace be remembered as a seminal Jackie Chan, Renny Harlin or even Johnny Knoxville classic? No. This Englishified Chinese import is silly beyond its cultural appropriation, and as unexpected...
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EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Reveals Screamtacular Genre Line-Up
The end is nigh, NYC horror fans. On the weekend of Oct. 14-16, Brooklyn will play home to an East Coast line-up of ghoulish goodness set to wreak havoc upon the city that never sleeps – and now,...
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The Magnificent Seven Review [TIFF 2016]
The Magnificent Seven is trademark Western thrills (safely) done right. That’s not to say Antoine Fuqua’s Kurosawa remake does anything memorably inventive, but this is Wild West action at its most...
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Has an action movie shootout ever made you think, “Why couldn’t the whole flick be this cool?!” Fear not, for filmmaker Ben Wheatley has answered your prayers with an exquisite burst of genre mayhem...
View ArticleElle Review [TIFF 2016]
Elle is a tale of dangerous passions, but not in the overwhelmingly sadistic way you might imagine. I mean, yes – vile, depraved sexual acts are carried out against Paul Verhoeven’s protagonist(?)....
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The Bad Batch Review [TIFF 2016]
Coming off her critically praised debut (A Girl Walks Alone At Midnight), Ana Lily Amirpour’s sophomore effort – The Bad Batch – proves that uninhibited cinematic exploration is far from dead. Instead...
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A Monster Calls Review [TIFF 2016]
Is J.A. Bayona’s A Monster Calls more poetically tragic than it is manipulatively saddening? At this moment in my writing, I’m not 100% sure. Did I cry? As anyone who might have read Patrick Ness’...
View ArticleArrival Review [TIFF 2016]
Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival is the kind of brainy, science-based sci-fi you’d expect from such a visionary (strange comment in concept, but sensical once you’ve screened his alien drama). Like good,...
View ArticleHeadshot Review [TIFF 2016]
Dear America – please outsource all action films to Indonesia from here-on-out. How can you watch a movie like Headshot and be content with typical US ground-and-pound generics? The Mo Brothers (Kimo...
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The Birth Of A Nation Review [TIFF 16]
Nate Parker’s The Birth Of A Nation tells a story through roars, not whispers. Gut-wrenching social injustice with gory visuals to spare. Steve McQueen previously displayed such gravity in 12 Years A...
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Colossal Review [TIFF 2016]
Colossal is a leagues-deep creature feature that’s not actually a creature feature, but still totally is a creature features at the same time – you with me? Only Nacho Vigalondo‘s genre-defying...
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Sing Review [TIFF 2016]
Sing will have you dancing in the aisles while animated critters cover your favorite hits, even if its emotional notes read like the most basic chord progression. Piggies sing Katy Perry while a...
View ArticleMascots Review [TIFF 2016]
In Netflix, Mascots has found a perfect home. One that permits any viewer to pop on Christopher Guest’s latest mockumentary from a comfortable position – or even better – while more productive...
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