About Jason Gorber
Jason Gorber is a film journalist and member of the Toronto Film Critics Association. In addition to his work for High-Def Digest he is the Managing Editor of ThatShelf.com, the Features Editor at DTK Magazine and a regular contributor for POV Magazine and Cineplex.com. His writing has appeared in Esquire, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, Screen Anarchy, Birth.Movies.Death, IndieWire and more. He has appeared on CTV NewsChannel, CBC, CP24, RogerEbert.com and many other broadcasters.
Award-winning documentarian Joe Berlinger has spent much of his career investigating issues of justice and going beyond the headlines to find deeper stories of the accused. In collaboration with the late Bruce Sinofsky, his films ...
Of all the things compelling about Lulu Wang’s cross-cultural family drama The Farewell, the starring role of Awkwafina as Billi firmly establishes this film as something special. The rapper/actress with the raspy voice elev...
Blinded by the Light is a tribute to the power of the Boss. The film dramatically illustrates how Bruce Springsteen’s lyrics and power of storytelling can cross oceans and speak to those far removed from the original context...
Honey Boy is a semi-autobiographical tale written by one of the most provocative actors of his generation. Shia LaBeouf has gone from child actor to blockbuster star, fostered by the likes of Steven Spielberg to appear in mega-fra...
Poetic and profound, Joe Talbot’s feature debut The Last Black Man in San Francisco tells a story of an ever-changing city where waves of gentrification have for generations defined just who gets to call the city home.
Many of Alex Gibney’s documentaries feel heavy-handed and use questionable methods to sway viewers, including misleading statistics and manipulative scoring to hammer their points home. It’s quite refreshing that his l...
With the 50th anniversary of the moon landing approaching, it’s obvious that attention will be brought to this astonishing feet of engineering and logistical achievement. Last year’s First Man was an underloved treasur...
The impact of the comedy duo of Laurel and Hardy on early cinema cannot be underestimated. Their trademark look and goofy mannerisms delighted audiences for decades. When the films were silent, physical pratfalls reigned, yet the ...
Comedy is hard. Political comedy is harder. The awards are greater when you pull it off, but the pitfalls are deeper when you fail to get the tone right, the content intelligent enough, or the humor fully intact. Adam McKay’...
Holmes & Watson isn’t very good. Neither, almost more surprisingly, is it completely terrible. The majority of its success derives from the clear fun that Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are having with Arthur Conan Doy...
Travis Knight, lead animator for Laika Entertainment, turns out to be an inspired choice to tackle the Transformers prequel, Bumblebee. Where Michael Bay’s vision expanded this toy-to-TV franchise to increasingly over-the-to...
The title of Mary Poppins Returns perfectly encapsulates just what you’re going to get from this sequel to Disney’s live-action/animation classic. Unapologetically nostalgic, Rob Marshall’s new musical feels like...