Movie Reviews

Movie Review: Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
Posted on November 25, 2011 | No Comments
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within makes its way to area theatres this weekend via Brazil in a kind of roundabout way. Not only does the film stand as the most financial...
Movie Review: My Week with Marilyn
Posted on November 25, 2011 | 1 Comment
My Week with Marilyn is a dutifully constructed and well acted piece of Oscar bait placed on the biggest hook possible, the memory of Hollywood iconMarilyn Monroe. While the film itself is an excessively...
Your Take: The Muppets
Posted on November 24, 2011 | 1 Comment
After we gave out passes to an advance screening of The Muppets, we began receiving a lot of comments from people who attended the screening and thought, “Why not use...
Movie Review: Hugo
Posted on November 24, 2011 | 8 Comments
Martin Scorsese is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time. His films are gripping and mesmerizing, and are the true work of a master visionary. So when I heard...
Movie Review: Arthur Christmas
Posted on November 22, 2011 | 1 Comment
Following a year where there weren’t any new Christmas films in release around the holidays, it’s nice that this year has a really great family film in the form of the delightful Arthur Christmas....
Review: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1
Posted on November 18, 2011 | 4 Comments
Disclaimer: I am a thirtysomething male who is not the demographic of the Twilight franchise. That said, I have somehow enjoyed the first three films in the series so far...
Review: The Descendants
Posted on November 18, 2011 | 3 Comments
The Descendants was one of the biggest surprises at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Its blend of humour and drama, along with what is arguably one of George Clooney’s...
Review: Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain
Posted on November 18, 2011 | No Comments
Stand-up comedian and actor Kevin Hart created a bit more buzz for himself south of the border earlier this fall with the financial success of his (mostly) stand-up concert film, Laugh...
Review: J. Edgar
Posted on November 11, 2011 | No Comments
Biopics might be one of the most common movie genres around (particularly during awards season), but it’s also oddly one of the most difficult genres to get right. Boiling down...
Review: Jack and Jill
Posted on November 11, 2011 | 1 Comment
“This is the end my friends… this is the end…” – The Doors Let me start by saying that Adam Sandler used to be funny. I could defend even the...
Review: Margin Call
Posted on November 11, 2011 | No Comments
Set back in 2008 at the start of the American stock market crisis, Margin Call uses an ensemble cast of familiar faces to tell a familiar feeling but compulsively compelling tale...
Review: The Mill and the Cross
Posted on November 11, 2011 | No Comments
The opening shots of The Mill and the Cross establish the artistic leanings of director Lech Majewski in a daring and effective way. Painter Pieter Bruegel (Rutger Hauer) walks through his...
Review: Melancholia
Posted on November 10, 2011 | No Comments
The last things a person suffering from severe depression wants to hear are these wonderful phrases: “Everything is going to be okay” and “Why can’t you just be happy for...
Review: Mysteries of Lisbon
Posted on November 10, 2011 | No Comments
The word deliberate is often used by critics and film buffs to describe films that are long and slow to get to the point. It’s often used as a backhanded...
Review: Like Crazy
Posted on November 4, 2011 | 1 Comment
It’s an extremely rare feeling when you watch a film that hits you on such a personal level that you forget you are watching a movie. It seems almost as...