For more TIFF 2016 coverage, go here. Buried far, far beneath the empty hubris and soapy melodrama of the thin plot in Jim Sheridan’s The Secret Scripture, there’s a fascinating film about women’s rights in 1920’s Ireland or, better said, the lack…
Movie Review: Joshy
There is, on the off set, nothing that separates Joshy from the many other films of it’s ilk that have come out in recent years. A group of friends travel and spend a weekend in a cabin in the woods, usually to…
Movie Review: Don’t Think Twice
Everything you need to know about the tone and message of Don’t Think Twice is in one moment: a guy is leaving a hospital after his dad was in a serious motorcycle accident and he doesn’t want his father to…
Movie Review: Train to Busan
South Korea’s Train to Busan exhibits some of the best tendencies of big-budgeted apocalyptic spectacles. Always operating on gut feeling the film never really functions logically, but that’s never really been a problem for movies like this. Train to Busan…
5 Years Later: Saying goodbye to Harry Potter
Us millennials man, can’t seem to let things go, am I right? But why would we let go of something so beloved, so cherished and held in the highest esteem of our generation’s zeitgeist? Harry Potter meant a whole lot to me…
Movie Review: Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Taika Waititi may be one of the most intriguing filmmakers working today, making a modestly big splash with last years What We Do in the Shadows. As a follow up and right before he takes on the massive Marvel machine, he’s stuck…
Star Trek Beyond: Sulu confirmed as canonically gay in new film
Sometimes, a little good news in the media can put a smile on my face. The news was brought to the internet and fans today by an interview done by actor John Cho in his press tour for the upcoming Star…