Boyhood (2014)
June 16, 2014
Final Rating: 9.4/10 NXNE starts off its festival with a film portion that is comprised mostly of documentaries. Although it is a fictitious story, Richard Linklater’s film Boyhood is as much of a documentary as any of…
Riot on the Dance Floor (2014)
June 15, 2014
Final Rating: 7.4/10 Steve Tozzi’s music documentary on the renown City Gardens is heartfelt in tone. It has Randy Now’s recollections of his life as an avid music fanatic. We see Randy Now course through…
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
June 11, 2014
Final Rating: 8.2/10 Action movies have a bad reputation, and for good reason. To many, they are a resource of fun and escapism. To film fanatics, they’re an excess of volume, both audial and visual,…
CHEF (2014)
June 4, 2014
Final Rating: 7.2/10 Jon Favreau has made a big name for himself with the first two Iron Man movies and with being one of the producers of The Avengers. His credentials range from action blockbusters…
Godzilla (2014)
May 18, 2014
Final Rating: 6.8/10 Newcomer Gareth Edwards knows a thing or two about making exciting monster battles. To see Godzilla all primed up (with the occasional battle scar, but they just make him look as though…
Under the Skin (2014)
May 13, 2014
Final Rating: 9.0/10 Jonathan Glazer hasn’t been around for a while. He’s shot some pretty memorable music videos for Blur, Dead Weather, Radiohead and more, and he also made that excellent film that helped kick…
Brick Mansions (2014)
April 26, 2014
Final Rating: 2.8/10 District 13 was an interesting film that showcased the battle between the poor and contained against the wealthy and powerful. It used parkour, the art of fast paced stunts involving city props…
Toronto Screenwriting Conference - April, 2014
April 7, 2014
Early in the morning at Ryerson’s Ted Rogers School of Management, many lanyard bearing people sat in the seats, preferably as close to the front as possible, in a lecture hall patiently waiting. This weekend,…
Nymphomaniac (2014)
April 2, 2014
Final Rating: 8.2/10 Volume I: 8.0/10 Volume II: 8.4/10 Lars Von Trier is either your friend or your enemy. You can either put up with his indulgences or you can find disgust in his controversies,…