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About Author: Suzanne Ellis

Suzanne Ellis
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Suzanne Ellis is a Toronto-based writer and editor.

Posts by Suzanne Ellis

  • The sheer greatness that is Iron Man can be summed up in two words: perfect casting. As brilliant but flawed industrialist Tony Stark, Robert Downey Jr. single-handedly elevates director Jon...

    Review: Iron Man

    Posted on May 5, 2008 | No Comments
    The sheer greatness that is Iron Man can be summed up in two words: perfect casting. As brilliant but flawed industrialist Tony Stark, Robert Downey Jr. single-handedly elevates director Jon...

  • So you’re walking home from work on Halloween when you come across an invite to a “Murder Party” that advises you, in creepy font, to “Come Alone.” What do you...

    Review: Murder Party

    Posted on October 31, 2007 | No Comments
    So you’re walking home from work on Halloween when you come across an invite to a “Murder Party” that advises you, in creepy font, to “Come Alone.” What do you...

  • David Arquette’s acting career has been an eclectic one to say the least. He’s achieved a modest success doing a little bit of everything – drama, horror, comedy, kids’ films,...

    Review: The Tripper

    Posted on October 25, 2007 | No Comments
    David Arquette’s acting career has been an eclectic one to say the least. He’s achieved a modest success doing a little bit of everything – drama, horror, comedy, kids’ films,...

  • Nine years ago, when director Shekhar Kapur’sElizabeth was released, its historical inaccuracies and soap opera-ish tendencies were overlooked on account of a brave and brilliant performance by a then-unknown Aussie: Cate Blanchett....

    Review: Elizabeth: The Golden Age

    Posted on October 13, 2007 | No Comments
    Nine years ago, when director Shekhar Kapur’sElizabeth was released, its historical inaccuracies and soap opera-ish tendencies were overlooked on account of a brave and brilliant performance by a then-unknown Aussie: Cate Blanchett....

  • The Kingdom opens with a Coles Notes version of Mideast-American relations over the past century, from the discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait to the...

    Review: The Kingdom

    Posted on September 30, 2007 | No Comments
    The Kingdom opens with a Coles Notes version of Mideast-American relations over the past century, from the discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait to the...

  • There’s no denying director David Cronenberg’s dark artistry; it’s been apparent throughout his career, from Scanners and The Fly to Naked Lunch and eXistenZ. But in shelving the sci-fi-horror elements...

    Review: Eastern Promises

    Posted on September 29, 2007 | No Comments
    There’s no denying director David Cronenberg’s dark artistry; it’s been apparent throughout his career, from Scanners and The Fly to Naked Lunch and eXistenZ. But in shelving the sci-fi-horror elements...

  • One of the charms of John Carpenter’s Halloween, about a psychotic killer named Michael Myers who goes on a homicidal rampage on October 31, was that he employed loads of...

    Review: Halloween (2007)

    Posted on September 1, 2007 | No Comments
    One of the charms of John Carpenter’s Halloween, about a psychotic killer named Michael Myers who goes on a homicidal rampage on October 31, was that he employed loads of...

  • Early on in War, a passable action flick starring Jason Statham and Jet Li, one of the main characters ruminates on the issue of trust and never knowing who’s on...

    Review: War (2007)

    Posted on August 26, 2007 | No Comments
    Early on in War, a passable action flick starring Jason Statham and Jet Li, one of the main characters ruminates on the issue of trust and never knowing who’s on...

  • The irony is not lost on me that in a film where the characters are warned at every turn not to fall asleep or risk becoming a “body-snatched” alien I...

    Review: The Invasion (2007)

    Posted on August 23, 2007 | No Comments
    The irony is not lost on me that in a film where the characters are warned at every turn not to fall asleep or risk becoming a “body-snatched” alien I...

  • Producer Judd Apatow, the man behind crude-yet-touching comedic gems The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, has another winner on his hands with Superbad. You can’t help but root for the...

    Review: Superbad

    Posted on August 19, 2007 | No Comments
    Producer Judd Apatow, the man behind crude-yet-touching comedic gems The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, has another winner on his hands with Superbad. You can’t help but root for the...

  • Don’t let the title fool you – 2 Days in Paris is no sweeping, grand romance in the City of Lights. Rather it’s a funny, realistic look at a relationship...

    Review: 2 Days in Paris (2007)

    Posted on August 16, 2007 | No Comments
    Don’t let the title fool you – 2 Days in Paris is no sweeping, grand romance in the City of Lights. Rather it’s a funny, realistic look at a relationship...

  • It’s challenging to keep the momentum of a successful series going through three films, and it’s often about this time that a franchise will begin to peter out (take this...

    Review: The Bourne Ultimatum

    Posted on August 6, 2007 | No Comments
    It’s challenging to keep the momentum of a successful series going through three films, and it’s often about this time that a franchise will begin to peter out (take this...

  • I hesitate to call Once a musical for fear of scaring off those who hate the genre. The truth is, John Carney’s film about two people who meet by chance...

    Review: Once (2007)

    Posted on August 1, 2007 | No Comments
    I hesitate to call Once a musical for fear of scaring off those who hate the genre. The truth is, John Carney’s film about two people who meet by chance...