22 Jump Street Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Published Jun 13, 2014

Two years ago, 21 Jump Street flew in under the radar, for reasons that hardly need explaining — it being based on a television series...

Heaven Adores You Nickolas Dylan Rossi

Published May 10, 2014

It's been over ten years now since cult favorite Elliott Smith died from a stabbing to the heart. Since then, there's been a steady release...

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Marc Webb

Published May 02, 2014

It seemed premature to reboot the Spider-Man franchise so soon after Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 squandered its potential in 2007. But to the c...

The Dirties Matthew Johnson

Published Apr 28, 2014

After seeing Matthew Johnson's directorial debut, The Dirties, filmmaker Kevin Smith decided to help distribute it; he's called it "the most...

The Returned Manuel Carballo

Published Mar 28, 2014

The Returned should have been a great zombie film. On paper, it appears that way: in a slightly dystopian future where a zombie-like virus h...

Enemy Denis Villeneuve

Published Mar 13, 2014

With Oscar season behind us, hopefully there will be a chance for a few of the overlooked films to find new audiences. As always happens, so...

Alan Partridge Declan Lowney

Published Mar 06, 2014

After nearly 20 years, Steve Coogan's Alan Partridge character is finally coming to North America. In that time, Partridge has been part of...

Blue is the Warmest Colour Abdellatif Kechiche

Published Feb 28, 2014

Blue is the Warmest Colour is a film with many layers. The one you need to get past is the controversy that ignited when the film premiered...

Darkman Sam Raimi

Published Feb 14, 2014

Are there any b-movies anymore? The joyous pulp cinema of yesteryear has been mostly lost to massive studio misfires (ex: John Carter, Battl...

Million Dollar Baby: 10th Anniversary Edition [Blu-Ray] Clint Eastwood

Published Feb 04, 2014

Million Dollar Baby is a pretty good movie, simply written and economically directed, with lots of attention to the actors' performances. He...

Labor Day Jason Reitman

Published Jan 30, 2014

Over a hot Labour Day weekend, escaped convict Frank (Josh Brolin) imposes on a mother and son for a ride. The mother, Adele (Kate Winslet),...

The Visitor Giulio Paradisi

Published Jan 01, 2014

"Content is king" goes the buzz phrase. It gets repeated too often to sum up the modern boom of franchises and property-mining that's lead t...

Cody Calahan Antisocial

Published Dec 23, 2013

Watching the opening shots of Antisocial follow its lead character (Michelle Mylett) wander outside Hart House at the University of Toronto,...

Inside Llewyn Davis Joel and Ethan Coen

Published Dec 18, 2013

The popular question of what a particular artist's best work is will always prompt a debate. But what does "best" mean exactly, especially w...

Nebraska Alexander Payne

Published Nov 21, 2013

In Alexander Payne's Nebraska, an ornery old man (Bruce Dern) gets a letter that says he's won a million dollars and, ignoring his family's...

The Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour Ron Murphy

Published Jan 27, 2013

Is it possible to write about a Canadian show without considering the general state of Canadian television? Maybe one day we'll see Canadian...

Hyde Park on Hudson Roger Michell

Published Dec 13, 2012

The trailer for Hyde Park on Hudson provides a refreshingly straightforward litmus test for whether audiences should go see the film or not....

The Bourne Legacy [Blu-Ray] Tony Gilroy

Published Dec 07, 2012

By now, the story behind the making of the Bourne series is nearly as compelling as the films. Starting with director Doug Liman's adaptatio...

A Liar's Autobiography – The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson and Ben Timlett

Published Nov 15, 2012

Monty Python are often called the Beatles of comedy, but the two groups have more in common than their tremendous legacies. With the prematu...

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter [Blu-Ray] Timur Bekmambetov

Published Nov 09, 2012

Remakes, remixes and, maybe most of all, mash-ups are getting attention at previously unprecedented levels. The Internet has given us endles...