Every once in a while you find yourself asking several times throughout a film, “who is this even for?” Yes basically every movie will find its audience and there is something great about that, but at the same time there are those films that you are just baffled by. Andrew Dominik who is best known…
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS REVIEW: RUBEN ÖSTULND BURNS IT TO THE GROUND IN THE YEAR’S WILDEST RIDE
Ruben Östlund is ready for it all to burn to the ground. A director who knows how to have a good time is also ready for total destruction of the world we have all too carelessly accepted. A world where art is a commodity and only those who reap from its financial benefit gets to…
THE WHALE TIFF REVIEW: BRENDAN FRASER IS SUPERB IN DARREN ARONOFSKY’S HEARTWRENCHING TALE OF DESTRUCTION
Nobody deserves a comeback more than Brendan Fraser. In fact he deserves all the thanks in the world for being one of the few things that reunites the cesspool that is twitter. If you look anywhere you’ll see nothing but joy and praise for the man who was disgustingly blacklisted from Hollywood. And while this…
PEARL TIFF REVIEW: MIA GOTH CONTINUES TO AMAZE IN THIS BLOOD LUST CHARACTER STUDY PREQUEL
When Ti West gave the world X, his tribute to slasher films of the independent 70’s generation none of us could have guessed that the film would spawn a spin-off prequel. Let alone that said prequel would be the next step in cementing a new horror icon in the genre. But when West was out…
WENDELL & WILD TIFF REVIEW: GORGEOUS ANIMATION CAN’T SAVE AN OVERSTUFFED MOVIE DESPERATE TO HAVE ITS OWN SPINOFF
Henry Selick has been away for too long. Not since 2009’s Coraline has he directed a movie. But his name has become legendary in the world of animation and bringing real horror to children’s movies. Both The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach have allowed for an entire generation of children to…
THE FABELMANS TIFF REVIEW: STEVEN SPIELBERG BRINGS US HOME WITH A SPECTACULAR REAL LIFE FAIRY TALE
There are many ways to look at movies, but in the end it sort of boils down to two very different angles. The technicalities of filmmaking and then the magic behind it. If you are lucky enough you will be able to see film at least one of these ways, and if you are truly…
WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY TIFF REVIEW: A GLORIOUSLY ABSURD BIOPIC TO END ALL BIOPICS
There is only one way to tell the story of Alfred Matthew Yankovic, and that is with the truth…well sort of. Better known to the world by his stage name Weird Al Yankovic, the king of parody songs and accordion maestro has been in the music scene since the mid 70’s and has lived a…
CLERKS III REVIEW: KEVIN SMITH COMPLETES HIS NEW JERSEY LOVE LETTER AND GIVES US ONE OF THE BEST TRILOGIES OF ALL TIME
New Jersey is a magical place. For those who aren’t from the Garden State it’s impossible to explain how the pork roll egg and cheese capital of the world is truly a glorious place full of lost and talented souls. In order for this review to not seem completely biased let’s get this out of…
ORPHAN: FIRST KILL REVIEW: ISABELLE FUHRMAN DOESN’T MISS A BEAT IN THIS ABSURD PREQUEL
When Orphan became a major hit in 2007 it only made sense that a sequel would be on the way. An atmospheric gothic horror that felt reminiscent of older children demon films such as The Omen, Bad Seed and Children of the Corn. The film was also an introduction to Isabelle Fuhrman as Esther. Portraying…
NOPE REVIEW: JORDAN PEELE’S LATEST IS THE TERRIFYING SPECTATCLE OF THE YEAR
“What’s a bad miracle? They got a word for that?” is a question asked early on in Jordan Peele’s NOPE, the latest from the director who has already made a name for himself as a horror genius. The question which is asked by animal wrangler OJ Haywood (Daniel Kaluuya) is one that is only asked…
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