Movies

Review: Daydream Nation
Posted on April 14, 2011 | 2 Comments
Ugh. Whatever. You know? Life in the suburbs is so hard. I mean, it’s like none of us have our own identities and stuff and we all lurch about in...
Stephen Simon ‘Bringing Back the Old Hollywood’
Posted on April 14, 2011 | 16 Comments
Stephen Simon was born and raised in Hollywood’s elite circles. The biggest stars of the day came to his home for dinner and relaxation. His father and adoptive fathers were...
“Don of Hollywood North” to be honoured at industry gala
Posted on April 14, 2011 | No Comments
Canadian Don Carmody has produced a lot of films. Over 100 of them, in fact. Known asthe “Don of Hollywood North” for bringing American studios to shoot on Canadian soil,...
Video and pics from the set of ‘Silent Hill: Revelation 3-D’
Posted on April 13, 2011 | 4 Comments
The production of Silent Hill: Revelation 3-D has taken over Toronto’s lakefront this week, and the very eerie carnival set has everyone out snapping pics and posting about it. One...
Toronto Jewish Film Festival ups the ante with 2011 lineup
Posted on April 13, 2011 | 2 Comments
For film lovers, spring in Toronto is a true entertainment gear-shift; suddenly, there’s a festival every week and we wish we didn’t have day jobs. Screenings at 11 am and...
New images from the ‘Fright Night’ remake
Posted on April 13, 2011 | 3 Comments
Remember Fright Night, the overrated 1985 Tom Holland vampire “comedy” starring Chris Sarandon and Roddy McDowall? Well Dreamworks decided to remake it with Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Toni Collette, and...
New On DVD: April 12, 2011
Posted on April 12, 2011 | No Comments
New On DVD is sponsored by the Toronto-based video store Eyesore Cinema, located at 801 Queen St. West (above Rotate This!). They specialize in rare, out of print, hard to find,...
In Photos: Neve Campbell at the Canadian premiere of ‘Scream 4′
Posted on April 12, 2011 | 1 Comment
Neve Campbell dropped by the Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto on March 31 for the Canadian premiere of the latest installment in the Scream franchise, Scream 4. Criticize This! had local...
Director David Lickley was ‘Born to Be Wild’
Posted on April 10, 2011 | No Comments
Born to Be Wild 3-D director David Lickley is no stranger to the world of nature documentaries or to the world of IMAX (the exclusive viewing format of his latest...
Review: Jitters (Órói)
Posted on April 9, 2011 | No Comments
To say that the US and Canada have cornered the market on teen angst through numerous television shows and feature films is definitely an incorrect statement. The new film from...
Review: Your Highness
Posted on April 8, 2011 | No Comments
The greatest joke that Your Highness can muster is the fact that it was ever made at all. It is pretty much just an inside joke perpetrated by the entire...
Review: Beeswax
Posted on April 8, 2011 | No Comments
Not every low key independent film needs to have a quirky cast of characters going through quirky situations while set to a quirky and irreverent soundtrack. Writer-director Andrew Bujalski (Funny...
New On DVD: April 5, 2011
Posted on April 5, 2011 | No Comments
New On DVD is sponsored by the Toronto-based video store Eyesore Cinema, located at 801 Queen St. West (above Rotate This!). They specialize in rare, out of print, hard to find,...
Opening Weekend: Insidious, Hobo With a Shotgun, Hop, and Source Code
Posted on April 1, 2011 | No Comments
Insidious – Written by Leigh Whannell and directed by James Wan (the duo behind the original Saw film), and produced by the people responsible forParanormal Activity, Insidious is a very unsettling...
Review: Source Code
Posted on April 1, 2011 | 1 Comment
For those upset by the preponderance of films that start with a scene that turns out to be a flashback these days, and fear that a movie like Duncan Jones’Source...