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Interview: Derek Cianfrance talks ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’
Posted on April 14, 2013 | No Comments
In a boardroom on the basement level of Toronto’s Intercontinental Hotel the morning after the debut of his latest film at TIFF, writer and director Derek Cianfrance is incredibly relaxed...
Movie Review: The Place Beyond the Pines
Posted on April 12, 2013 | 1 Comment
It’s almost impossible to talk about what does and doesn’t work about The Place Beyond the Pines without spoiling anything. Much like the undercurrent of long gestating retribution that infuses the...
Hey, Toronto! Win passes to an advance screening of THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES
Posted on April 4, 2013 | No Comments
Our friends at Alliance Films have sent over 10 double passes to an advance screening of the Ryan Gosling-Bradley Cooper drama THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES in Toronto on Wednesday, April...
Movie Review: Admission
Posted on March 22, 2013 | No Comments
While Tina Fey and Paul Rudd have done just fine on their own comedically, the winning comedy Admission feels like a grad school course in wit run by two consummate...
DVD Review: The Bay
Posted on March 9, 2013 | No Comments
Movies can get moved in and subsequently moved out of the theatre at such a fast rate that it is honestly a little bit of a crime when something comes...
Movie Review: Dead Man Down
Posted on March 7, 2013 | No Comments
The WWE Films banner should at least be an indicator that the film you’re about to watch is something that will be at the very least brain dead or fun...
Movie Review: 21 and Over
Posted on March 1, 2013 | No Comments
It’s not entirely creative enough to really merit a long winded defence or detraction, but the university based comedy 21 and Over has just enough funny moment to make the...
Interview: Actor Josh Hamilton talks ‘Dark Skies’
Posted on February 24, 2013 | No Comments
Dark Skies is guaranteed to generate some chills as mysterious otherworldly forces come into play for one family in middle America doing their best to stay afloat. We got to...
Movie Review: Dark Skies
Posted on February 22, 2013 | 1 Comment
While it’s the dead of February and it’s cold outside, the theatres all across the country are slowly beginning to heat up. Dark Skies is an unlikely drama that tackles...
Movie Review: Safe Haven
Posted on February 14, 2013 | No Comments
It’s Valentines Day once again which means another adaptation of Nicholas Sparks novel makes its way to the big screen. Overall the romantic and lightweight thriller Safe Haven isn’t necessarily...
Win a copy of INESCAPABLE on DVD
Posted on February 14, 2013 | 2 Comments
Alliance Films has sent over 5 copies of Ruba Nadda’s INESCAPABLE on DVD for us to give away to our readers! Want to win? Check out the trailer and then...
Win passes to an advance screening of SAFE HAVEN
Posted on February 8, 2013 | No Comments
Our friends at Alliance Films have sent over 10 double passes to advance screenings of SAFE HAVEN in Toronto, Winnipeg, Ottawa, and Halifax on Monday, February 11. Want to win?...
Movie Review: Quartet
Posted on January 20, 2013 | No Comments
Like most actors, Dustin Hoffman finally tackled his desire to direct and the end result is now open in theatres everywhere as we examine his Quartet. For once, the Beecham...
Win passes to the Canadian premiere of SAFE HAVEN
Posted on January 19, 2013 | 1 Comment
Are you a fan of movies based on Nicholas Sparks novels? If so you’re in for a treat as our pals at Alliance Films have sent us over 5 double passes...
Movie Review: On the Road
Posted on January 19, 2013 | No Comments
Despite a clear effort being made from some very talented people, Jack Kerouac’s seminal beat era novel and thinly veiled autobiography On the Road remains patently unfilmable. Director Walter Salles...