Over the last few years, the Toronto International Film Festival has become a glamourous celebrity-filled event as Hollywood comes to our fair city to promote its latest films. I’ve only been attending for a couple of years, but for me it’s still more about seeing some interesting movies that might not make it to the…
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Fifteen Flicks for Fall
Summer’s coming to a close. Blockbuster season (such as it was) is over. As we gear up for the battle of the Oscar contenders, there are still plenty of awesome offerings that aren’t necessarily all about going for the statuette. Here are my most anticipated films for the rest of the year. By the way,…
Capsule Movie Review: Mean Creek (2004)
“When a small town kid gets beat up by a school bully, his brother and his friends decide to teach the bully a lesson.” It sounds like the plot to an afterschool special. When the prank goes tragically awry, it starts to sounds like a coming-of-age melodrama. I think this film actually comes somewhere in…
Capsule movie review: The Forgotten
This title is so ripe for punning: “If only this terrible movie could be so easily forgotten!” Julianne Moore stars as a mother who is having trouble letting go of the memory of her nine-year-old son, who is presumed dead after his plane went down. She’s constantly looking at photos and videos of him to…
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