Well, folks, it’s time. We’re finally in the thick of it. With Venice and Telluride now firmly behind us, it’s time to turn our gaze North, as the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival begins to wind down, and we have a moment to slow down...
Twenty years ago, a seminal event in children’s programming hit the airwaves. On par with Pee Wee’s Playhouse, Rugrats, and The Looney Tunes, this sensation took over pop culture in a daring tour-du-force, providing Bugs Bunny-esque shenanigans...
When Stephen King’s It first premiered to massive critical and commercial acclaim in 2017, I was one of the few fun-killers. Oh, I didn’t hate the film by any means. I just viewed it as slightly-above average, and nowhere near $700 million...
In theory, there’s nothing I could imagine as more unnecessary than a sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. While the novel possesses an entirely different ethos surrounding alcoholism, parental abuse, and the legacies of generations, the film...
Happy TIFF, everyone! Yes, I’m here at home monitoring the festival not four hours from me, patiently following the big news on all the hottest movies of the fall. But that doesn’t stop me from heading out to the theaters for reviews. Oh no, I...
Well…that was an interesting conclusion to the Venice Film Festival. After praise and expected awards for Ad Astra, Ema, Saturday Fiction, The Truth, and especially Marriage Story, all of these films went ignored as the Jury instead opts to give...
One of the most influential horror films of all time is 1974’s Black Christmas. Based on a popular urban legend, Christmas helped usher in the slasher films of today, including John Carpenter’s Halloween, and made the careers of Olivia Hussey and...
Of all the films to find success at the Telluride Film Festival last weekend, the one I’ve heard about the most, far and away, is Waves. Directed by indie filmmaker Trey Edward Shultz, of Krisha and It Comes At Night fame, Waves is up there for...
There are very few Oscar contenders that remain unseen, in one form or another, at this point in the race. Indeed, it seems the last film to drop any sort of trailer is Just Mercy, Warner Bros.’ late entry into the race. Based on a true story, as...
It’s that time of year, folks! When critics much higher than me get invites to Venice and Colorado to see some of the year’s hottest commodities before anyone else, as well as spark Oscar buzz not only for us pundits, but for Academy members...
It’s no secret around these parts that one of my most anticipated films for the fall season is Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit. Waititi has been on a roll in recent years, thanks to What We Do In The Shadows, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and Thor...
Steven Soderbergh has made almost every film under the sun in his career. He started out with edgy indie films like sex, lies and videotape and Gray’s Anatomy, shifted to genre-breaking noirs like Out of Sight, The Limey, Erin Brockovich, and...
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