TIFF Journal: Knives Out
The most obnoxious thing I can say about Rian Johnson’s Knives Out is that I prefer its mix of genre tropes and social commentary to Jordan Peele’s Get Out. Frankly, the mix of Clue with an acerbic and biting look at r...
The most obnoxious thing I can say about Rian Johnson’s Knives Out is that I prefer its mix of genre tropes and social commentary to Jordan Peele’s Get Out. Frankly, the mix of Clue with an acerbic and biting look at r...
‘All the Money in the World’ is a perfectly decent Hollywood thriller. It’s a little heavy-handed and often sinks under the weight of its ambition, but in the pantheon of half-thought-out late Ridley Scott pictur...
There have been so many adaptations of ‘A Christmas Carol’ at this point that the Disney Channel must have a tough time deciding which version to air each year. (Note: They should always pick the one with the Muppets.)...
Poor John Travolta. Since he’s always been kind of odd-looking for a movie star, he should have transitioned in his later years into playing character parts as none-too-bright deadbeats. Unfortunately, his public persona bec...
For years, we’ve suffered the indignity of watching Robert De Niro attempt to redefine his career by committing to comedy rather than that “acting” thing he helped revolutionize. His forever linked contemporary A...
‘Hector and the Search for Happiness’ just might be the breaking point for anyone willing to follow Simon Pegg to any project based on his talent, track record and likeability. This maudlin, tiresome and hopelessly los...
In this post, we come to the categories that most people care about, which are tucked further back and spread throughout the telecast just to make sure that you watch the whole thing. Let’s take a look at the four acting cat...
Awards season always fills me with such anxiety. I worry that the films I deem worthy to win will lose to films that I completely dislike. Like other critics, I know that I’m right and anyone who disagrees with me is wrong. ...
Let’s do one more of these prior-year look-back Roundtables before we move on to newer topics. Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve discussed both the overrated and underrated films of 2011. This week, we’ll talk...
You might expect a streaming service like VUDU to add a bunch of new horror titles to the line-up on the week of Halloween. Due to licensing agreements and whatnot, I guess that’s just not how things shook out this year. Instead, ...
As the only movie opening wide this weekend, the new ‘X-Men’ prequel is almost a sure-fire box office winner. Currently at 90% on Rotten Tomatoes with over 80 reviews, it just might end up being the best-reviewed summe...
‘Beginners’, the latest film from writer/director Mike Mills (‘Thumbsucker’), stars Ewan McGregor as a 38-year-old lonely guy stuck questioning the life he lives and the direction he’s headed. Three e...