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The Kid Who Would Be King Review: Knights of the Lunch Table

Deirdre Crimmins — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 17:00:05 +0000

Arthurian legends are hard to translate to screen, but that has never stopped filmmakers from trying. Though Joe Cornish’s The Kid Who Would Be King looks to be just another take on Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court it’s funny, sweet, and the rare movie for kids that adults can get a...

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Weekend Roundtable: 2018 Oscar Snubs

Josh Zyber — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 20:00:31 +0000

Oscar season finally ends this Sunday. As the Hollywood elite declare which movies they think were the best of 2017, let’s look at a few the Oscars ignored this year. Luke Hickman I loved five movies in 2017 that were completely ignored by the Academy. ‘A Ghost Story‘ – I haven’t loved any of director...

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‘The Emoji Movie’ Review: Even Worse than You’d Think

Philip Brown — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:00:37 +0000

It was always safe to assume that ‘The Emoji Movie’ would be bad. Basing an entire animated film on the little winky faces that you text to friends when you’re too drunk to think up actual words is about as artistically bankrupt a concept as trying to turn fidget spinners into a Netflix series. However,...

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‘Spark: A Space Tail’ Review: Scraping the Bottom of a Barrel of Monkeys

Philip Brown — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 17:00:08 +0000

The first sign that something might be wrong with ‘Spark: A Space Tail’ is that subtitle. Did you see how they swapped in “tail” for “tale”? That’s because this is about monkeys and it’s a tall tale. Get it? Good. That’s about the level of intelligence and ambition you can expect from the rest of...

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‘Logan’ Review: A Farewell to the Claws

Philip Brown — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 22:25:15 +0000

Hugh Jackman claims that he’s hanging up the Wolverine claws after ‘Logan’. James Mangold’s battered and embittered love letter to the wounded warrior is one of the most pained and deep deconstructions of the pop culture icon that the character has received in any medium. From the beginning, the ‘X-Men’ movies have always been among...

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The Best of the Best in Film in 2016, Part 1

Philip Brown — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 13:00:24 +0000

All right, 2016. Yer done. At long last. Yesterday I looked back inside of you and pulled out the worst of the worst of the cinematic garbage that you shoved into my eye sockets and out my butthole. I didn’t appreciate that, 2016. That wasn’t nice. You know I like movies. Why you gotta make...

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‘Green Room’ Review: Punk Music, Nazis, Violence and Captain Picard

Philip Brown — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:00:52 +0000

Jeremy Saulnier’s ‘Green Room’ is a vicious little indie thriller sure to get the heart pumping in any genre fan with a taste for carnage. Like all great thrillers, the setup is simple and the impact is deadly. The director, who showed so much promise in his 2013 breakout effort ‘Blue Ruin‘, delivers in a...

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TIFF Journal: ‘Green Room’

Philip Brown — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:00:09 +0000

Writer/director Jeremy Saulnier’s thriller ‘Blue Ruin‘ took off above and beyond anyone’s expectations after a festival run a few years ago. Award-winning and one of the first VOD hits (in as much as that’s possible), the film established Saulner as a promising young talent. Fortunately, his sophomore effort ‘Green Room’ confirms that all the praise...

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‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ Review: Marvel’s X-cellent Mutant Adventure

Philip Brown — Fri, 23 May 2014 13:00:23 +0000

By the time the credits roll on the last screening of ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ this weekend, plenty of people in sold-out theaters across the planet will have a new favorite ‘X-Men’ movie. Packed with action, brilliant actors, relentless pacing, and wrapped in a clever conceit, this is easily the most purely entertaining entry...

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Captain’s Blog: They’ve Adapted!

Tom Landy — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:00:58 +0000

Mark your calendars: The acclaimed ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ two-part episode ‘The Best of Both Worlds’ will be assimilated into theaters for a special one-night event at specified locations around the country on April 25th. Resistance is futile. The details from the press release are as follows: Fathom Events and CBS Home Entertainment are...

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Captain’s Blog: The Comic Con Kerfuffle

Tom Landy — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:00:48 +0000

Although I still haven’t completely recuperated from ‘Star Trek’ overload at the Calgary Expo earlier this year, I managed to make it down to the Central Canada Comic Con this past Saturday. Unfortunately, an iron-fisted crackdown on the press prevented me from obtaining much coverage. Sadly, I have very little to report. Shortly after my...

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Captain’s Blog: The Wrath of Comic Con

Tom Landy — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:00:06 +0000

Can you believe that it’s that time of year again already? Central Canada Comic Con will return to Winnipeg, Manitoba starting tomorrow (November 2nd-4th), and another Starfleet Captain will lead the way for the 2012 event. Engage! The main headliner for 2012 is renowned actor Sir Patrick Stewart, the iconic Captain Jean-Luc Picard from ‘Star...

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