TIFF Journal: ’99 Homes’
The mortgage crisis gets the ‘Wall Street’ treatment in ’99 Homes’, in both all the right and all the wrong ways. The movie hinges on a pair of brilliant performances and has an excellent first hour. Howeve...
The mortgage crisis gets the ‘Wall Street’ treatment in ’99 Homes’, in both all the right and all the wrong ways. The movie hinges on a pair of brilliant performances and has an excellent first hour. Howeve...
Superman returned to the big screen this Father’s Day Weekend, sparking a 51% box office boost from last year and setting a new June record.
Did we need another Superman origin story to grace our theaters just seven years after Bryan Singer’s ‘Superman Returns’? While that particular film wasn’t so much a reboot as a sequel to the older Richard ...
With hundreds of millions of dollars already in the bank after playing for one week in international markets, the biggest movie of the year is finally here.
In his new film, ‘Mud’, Jeff Nichols (director of ‘Take Shelter‘) brings us a coming-of-age story about two best friends in the South who bond with a homeless fugitive. With amazing performances and a great...
I find it an utter tragedy when a movie takes an exceptionally good idea, yet through execution doesn’t fully meet its potential. For example, the concept of ‘The Happening‘ is fantastic: a contagion is passed ar...
I find it vaguely interesting that there are basically no love- or romance-themed movies being released on Blu-ray this Valentine’s Day (unless you’re the kind of sicko who finds ‘The Human Centipede’ roman...
We’ve got a few more weeks of mostly dud films before we’re off to the busy awards season. Fortunately, nearly all of the next five weekends hold at least one film to help get us through. Although dealing with heavy an...