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After the Wedding Review: Weak Reception

Deirdre Crimmins — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:00:27 +0000

After the Wedding has a praiseworthy cast all performing at their peaks, but never quite gets to the emotional core of the characters’ lives. An English language adaptation of the 2006 Danish film by the same name, After the Wedding gender flips the main players. In this version, we start with Isabel (Michelle Williams) leading...

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TIFF Journal: Gloria Bell

Jason Gorber — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Fans of Sebastián Lelio’s 2013 Chilean film Gloria may be perturbed to find the director retreading old grounds. Gloria Bell at times feels like a shot-for-shot remake with an English cast headed by Julianne Moore. However, in Lelio’s hands, the film also feels as fresh as ever. The story is reinvigorated by its new settings...

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‘Wonderstruck’ Review: Art House for Kiddies

Philip Brown — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:00:55 +0000

If I were to whip up a list of the directors I expected to make movies for children in 2017, Todd Haynes’ name would be somewhere near the bottom. The art house darling behind ‘Safe’, ‘Carol’ and ‘Far from Heaven’ never gave any indication of courting that audience or even having an interest in such...

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‘Suburbicon’ Review: Bafflingly Misconcieved

Philip Brown — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 16:00:51 +0000

Sometimes a group of talented people with the best intentions get together and make a failure. Such is the case for ‘Suburbicon’, a film written by the Coen brothers, directed by George Clooney, and starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore and Oscar Isaac. I’m sure that no one involved wanted to deliver crap. In fact, they...

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‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ Review: Spotty Spy Sequel

Philip Brown — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 12:00:16 +0000

‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ was a pleasant surprise and a kick in the pants for comic book movies when it hit screens a few short years ago. Never has it been clearer just how delicate a line it nimbly walked then when watching this lackluster sequel. Working from a comic by Mark Millar, the first...

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TIFF Journal: ‘Suburbicon’

Philip Brown — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 17:00:58 +0000

‘Suburbicon’ is a film made by talented people and with the best intentions that somehow went wrong. It started as a discarded Coen brothers screenplay that was picked up by George Clooney to direct. It still feels like a Coen movie, only with an added layer of unearned self-importance and political finger-wagging that probably came...

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‘Maggie’s Plan’ Review: Not Every Plan Comes Together

Philip Brown — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 19:00:41 +0000

Rebecca Miller’s latest feature, ‘Maggie’s Plan’, is one of those awkward romantic comedies. Although new to the filmmaker, whose somewhat sporadic career has typically been defined by drama, it certainly won’t feel unfamiliar to audiences. It’s the sort of neurotic Manhattan rom-com that Woody Allen invented and the likes of Noah Baumbach have continued for...

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‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2’ Review: An Appropriately Dour Finale

Philip Brown — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 20:00:06 +0000

Through a haze of shadowy and barely visible cinematography, ‘The Hungers Games’ saga has finally reached its predictably cheerless end. The YA series which hinged on televised child murder is one of the darkest cinematic franchises ever foisted on young audiences, and brought some welcome social consciousness to the party. There’s plenty to admire in...

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Weekend Roundtable: Humble Beginnings

Josh Zyber — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:00:23 +0000

Everyone has to start somewhere. Before she lit up the box office headlining the ‘Divergent’ series, Shailene Woodley began her career as a child actor who made occasional appearances in TV shows like ‘The O.C.’ and ‘Crossing Jordan’. In this week’s Roundtable, we take a look at the humble beginnings for other actors who would...

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Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movies Starring 2015 Oscar Nominees

Josh Zyber — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 20:00:23 +0000

Oh sure, they may be basking in the acclaim of their latest hits now, but this year’s Oscar nominees haven’t always starred in such award-worthy movies. In fact, many of them have made a lot of crap. As we prepare to watch the Academy Awards ceremony this weekend, let’s remember how far some of these...

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Statuesque: Shannon’s 2015 Oscar Predictions

Shannon Nutt — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:00:43 +0000

About a month ago, this year’s Academy Awards seemed like a perfunctory affair, with most of the major categories leaning heavily toward one movie particular movie or actor. Since then, however, it’s become a real horse race between two films: the early frontrunner ‘Boyhood’ and the late bloomer ‘Birdman’. How things will actually pan out...

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Statuesque: Redmayne Now a Best Actor Frontrunner

Shannon Nutt — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 20:00:47 +0000

While there were no huge surprises in the movie categories at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards this past Sunday night, one thing became clear as the evening came to a close: Eddie Redmayne is now the clear frontrunner for a Best Actor Oscar. Redmayne and Michael Keaton each took home Best Actor trophies...

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