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Songs about Crack
Posted on May 17, 2013 | No Comments
No, that’s not the title of a new Leonard Cohen album. In light of the news everyone in Toronto is talking about^, I thought I would put together a little...
Movie Review: Graceland
Posted on May 14, 2013 | No Comments
Graceland is a gritty crime-drama that takes us into a father’s desperate quest to keep his family together by any and all means necessary. Family man Marlon Villar (Arnold Reyes),...
Interview: John Cho talks ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’
Posted on May 13, 2013 | No Comments
It spoils nothing of the long awaited Star Trek Into Darkness – the sequel to the returning J.J. Abrams’ highly successful 2009 re-boot of the beloved and highly lucrative science...
Movie Review: I Declare War
Posted on May 12, 2013 | No Comments
I Declare War is a unique action-thriller that is a fascinating and occasionally disturbing look at the games children play and how quickly they can turn dark when some real...
Movie Review: Skull World
Posted on May 12, 2013 | No Comments
Skull World rocked the recent edition of the Canadian Film Festival with its unique blend of metal and cardboard that looks at a worldwide movement of fun filled carnage. It’s...
Win passes to an advance screening of MUD
Posted on May 9, 2013 | No Comments
Our friends at eOne Films have sent us 5 double passes to see an advance screening of MUD — starring Matthew McConaughy, Reese Witherspoon, and Michael Shannon — in Toronto...
Interview: Filmmaker Liza Vespi talks ‘Slaughter Nick for President’
Posted on May 9, 2013 | No Comments
Many people would follow their friends anywhere on an adventure, but filmmakers Marc and Liza Vespi followed their buddy, Canadian actor Rob Stewart, on a different kind of “star trek”...
Win passes to a 3D screening of STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS
Posted on May 6, 2013 | 2 Comments
Our friends at Paramount Pictures have sent over 10 double passes to 3-D screenings of STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS in Toronto and Montreal on Wednesday, May 15. Want to win?...
Hot Docs 2013 Preview Pt. 3: The Manor, ALIAS, and The Devil’s Lair
Posted on April 25, 2013 | No Comments
In the third part of our Hot Docs 2013 preview we take a look at The Manor, ALIAS, and The Devil’s Lair. The Manor Special Presentations Directors : Shawney Cohen...
Hot Docs 2013 Preview Pt. 2: Before the Revolution, In the Shadow of the Sun, and Tiny: A Story About Living Small
Posted on April 24, 2013 | No Comments
Hot Docs 2013 kicks off tomorrow, April 25, and with documentary fans eagerly awaiting some of the best that the world of documentary filmmaking has to offer, we take a...
Hot Docs 2013 Preview Pt. 1: The Women and the Passenger, Alcan Highway, and Furever
Posted on April 23, 2013 | No Comments
With the 20th edition of Hot Docs getting ready to take over the theatres and city streets of Toronto from April 25 through May 5, documentary fans are getting ready...
Toronto Record Store Profiles: Beach Sound
Posted on April 20, 2013 | No Comments
We here at Criticize This have been sitting on a series of record store profiles for a while, and with today being the simply named Record Store Day, there is...
What’s hot this weekend at ReelWorld 2013
Posted on April 13, 2013 | No Comments
Toronto’s own Tonya Lee Williams, who many will recognize as Olivia from the Young and the Restless, founded the not-for-profit ReelWorld Film Festival in 1999, running this weekend at the Famous...
Movie Review: Of Two Minds
Posted on February 28, 2013 | No Comments
As someone who was personally diagnosed with bipolar disorder a little over six years ago, I might be just a bit biased when I say that I think Doug Blush...
NXNE 2013 featuring The National, Calexico, Iceage, Mikal Cronin and more
Posted on February 25, 2013 | No Comments
North by Northeast has named the first batch of bands they’re bringing to Toronto from June 10-16. This is the 19th instance of NXNE and follows up on last year’s...