— by H.G. WATSON — Full disclosure: I debated opening with “This film will kick YOUR ass.” But in the interest of avoiding any puns in this review of Matthew Vaughn’s “Kick Ass,” I will say this: the film certainly lives up to its name. There is enough blood, guts and martial a[...]
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Under Review: ‘Casi Divas’
— by BEV QUESTAD — Duplicity, estrangement, mistaken identity, passion and emotional upheaval: these are the hallmarks of a great comedy and “Casi Divas” lives up to it all. In addition, “Casi Divas” is complex and deep, making it as rich in its content as its color – of which [...]
Under Review: ‘Death At A Funeral’
— by ADAM POYNTER — “Death at a Funeral” is a oddball comedy romp that takes place on the day an American family comes together to lay to rest a beloved father and husband. As bereaved family members gather together, distressing revelations, old arguments, inappropriate[...]
Under Review: ‘Parallel Lines’
— by KYLA DREWETTE — Despite the blatant product placement, “Parallel Lines” is not just a simple advertisement for Philips Cinema and its televisions. Like 2009’s “Carousel,” “Parallel Lines” is an inventive cinematic project that takes a simple idea and creates a [...]
Under Review: ‘Dolan’s Cadillac’
— by ROB COX — If you have read Stephen King’s short story upon which this 2010 straight-to-video release is based, this film is probably best avoided. Your time might be better spent, in fact, rereading the King story or listening to the audio version — splendidly narrated by Rob Lo[...]
Under Review: ‘After.Life’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — We hear about it everyday, yet we cannot stop it. It happens to the best of us but it is almost never anticipated. Some may see it as a time of rebirth — a period of cleansing where one’s sins are forgiven. Others look at it as an escape from [&hellip[...]
Under Review: ‘Blood Into Wine’
— by JOEL CRARY — I had a cat named Maynard when I was a teenager. I would pick strands of his orange fur from my forest green “Ænima” t-shirt, banging my head to “Stinkfist” all the while. Tool was one of my top five favourite bands for a good number of years, considering their[...]
Under Review: ‘Date Night’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Considering a human has the potential to live more than a hundred years, it’s no surprise that there are periods of time where one becomes disenchanted with the pleasures of life. These stalling moments can be caused by prolonged depression, lack of accomplishm[...]
Under Review: ‘Cooking with Stella’
— by JOEL CRARY — “Cooking with Stella” is a smug, uneven little film that pulls us in with its wacky misunderstandings and musical score out of a Friday night sitcom to knife us in the back with a venomous, loaded social message. If Ruba Nadda’s “Cairo Time” served as a Canadi[...]
Review: The Eclipse
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — The romance genre is known for being feminine. Its reoccurring themes include newly-discovered love, passion and, of course, heartbreak. When watching any sort of romantic film, one can expect to see at least one scene where the protagonists intensely kiss in the[...]
Under Review: ‘Clash of the Titans’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Mythology has never been my forte. What basic knowledge I do have stems from one place – not school – but Hollywood. It sounds like blasphemy, but films exploit the histories of a plethora of different branches of mythology, but especially Greek mythology and[...]
Under Review: ‘Cargo’
— by KYLA DREWETTE — Switzerland’s “Cargo” presents a realistic, yet familiar, vision of the future. Like other sci-fi and post-apocalyptic films before it, Earth has become polluted and uninhabitable. Humankind has abandoned their home-world in favor of the distant planet of[...]
Under Review: ‘City Island’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — There seems to have been a sudden influx of family-related films and television shows. All of them seem to sugar-coat the struggles the modern family faces, but hey, that’s Hollywood for ya’ and in these times of economic crisis where families are driven to t[...]
Under Review: ‘Vincere’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Ideals are infectious. Thus the only way to truly control man is to manipulate his philosophy. It’s a sad truth but we, as humans, are prone to subjecting ourselves to whatever seems easiest or most convenient at the time. However, occasionally, there are clash[...]