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The Belko Experiment Review [TIFF 2016]
Daily cubicle sitting can often lead to a feeling of employed imprisonment, but that’s nothing compared to director Greg Mclean and writer James Gunn’s take on the vilest, most nightmarish working...
View ArticleBlair Witch Review [TIFF 2016]
If you’re asking why we need another found footage movie – let alone another sequel to The Blair Witch Project – then you don’t watch enough horror movies. The reality is simple. If it wasn’t now, then...
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Sadako Vs. Kayako Review [TIFF 2016]
Since Horrorwood still hasn’t graced with a Freddy Vs. Jason sequel – or a Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. Ash production while we’re at it – Japan stepped up and delivered their own legendary horror throwdown....
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Prevenge Review [TIFF 2016]
First-time features like Prevenge make any film festival worth all the travel, sleepless nights and horrendous dietary conditions. You know Lowe from her roles in Edgar Wright films – along with...
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Bleed For This Review [TIFF 2016]
When you look at Miles Teller in person, you don’t think “World Champion Boxer” – but an additional 20 pound of muscle fixes that. When you see Aaron Eckhart, you don’t think “overweight alcoholic...
View ArticleDeepwater Horizon Review [TIFF 2016]
Deepwater Horizon is a viciously intense disaster film engulfed by the flames of greed and ego – and actual, physical flames. Despite already knowing the film’s infamous outcome, director Peter Berg...
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(re)ASSIGNMENT Review [TIFF 2016]
When spending eight straight days at a film festival, you’re bound to be let down at least once. Enter Walter Hill’s transgender assassination thriller (re)ASSIGNMENT, quite possibly the most drab...
View ArticleJackie Review [TIFF 2016]
Please enable Javascript to watch this video The assassination of John F. Kennedy still stands as one of the most horrific public executions in US history, but our only perspective thus far has been...
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The Bleeder Review [TIFF 2016]
The Bayonne Bleeder – Jersey’s own Chuck Wepner – might be a Garden State boxing legend, yet Philippe Falardeau’s The Bleeder lacks his face-splitting determination. This is a boxing dramedy less...
View ArticleExclusive Video Interview: Adam Wingard And Simon Barrett Talk Blair Witch
The stigmatic reputation of found footage horror is strong enough to scare away even the most determined filmmakers, but director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett aren’t your everyday horror...
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Without Name Review [TIFF 2016]
Back in 2012, I covered a low-key horror festival in New York City that programmed a short titled Foxes. I can’t tell you what feature it played before, mainly because the slate of shorts Foxes was...
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I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House Review [TIFF 2016]
Osgood Perkins strays far from mainstream normalities with his more “intellectual” approach to horror (you’ll understand once The Blackcoat’s Daughter releases this Fall). Technically, I wouldn’t even...
View ArticleThe Dressmaker Review
With The Dressmaker, director Jocelyn Moorhouse gets a little “Quentin Tarantino” in her “theater noir,” only to have a dingo rip the thing to shreds, leaving only the haplessly taped-together remains...
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The Handmaiden Review [TIFF 2016]
In The Handmaiden, Park Chan-Wook challenges the concept of “gratuity” through the ripest, most succulent forms of seduction. His three-act con stings with a dangerous eroticism spun from three...
View ArticleStorks Review
Storks is a cinematic representation of the most patience-chewing children’s toy; something that blares music, flashes obnoxious lights, rings bells, toots whistles – a real demon plaything. So much...
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Level Up Review
Gamer culture is a funny thing. Virtual soldiers of fortune sit comfortably on their plushy, safely-indoor couches, while screaming obscenities and egotistical insults into a headset microphone. It...
View ArticleQueen Of Katwe Review
Queen Of Katwe is a Million Dollar Arm clone by way of chess and David Oyelowo instead of baseball and Jon Hamm, right down to similar strengths and weaknesses. Both films tell of underprivileged...
View ArticleI.T. Review
I.T. is one of those VOD sleepers you expect absolutely nothing from, yet – in the most base-value sense – John Moore’s creepy tech-driven thriller gets the job done. Scenes may feel like a tutorial in...
View ArticleMiss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children Review
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is a stuffy, supernatural period piece that fluctuates between “dull” and “exciting,” the latter description being lost in the former’s grasp. Tim Burton...
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The Greasy Strangler Review [Fantastic Fest 2016]
Ever wanted to see a John Waters movie scored by Gene Belcher? That’s The Greasy Strangler. Chaos and perversion reign in premium fashion, almost challenging audiences to walk out on Jim Hosking’s...
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