There’s an inspired moment about halfway through Dome Karukoski’s Tolkien where a young J. R. R. Tolkien (Nicholas Hoult) takes his future wife Edith Bratt (Lily Collins) to tea in a lavish restaurant…
The Favourite Movie Review: The farce involved nearly impedes any dramatic empathy gained by Yorgos Lanthimos
Even if you find yourself unable to stomach the overwhelming emotional remove of his films, how can one not to be impressed by the unique constructs of Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos? With each film…
Movie Review: Collide
It is sometimes true that opposites attract, but that is only usually applicable to people and magnets. When it comes to film, you can’t just throw several opposing forces together and hope that it ca…
Movie Review: ‘Equals’
It is better, presumably, to decipher meaning like a game of hide and seek, to make the plot a puzzle to be solved, and for characters to be enigmas that need cracking. If this were a rule, it would l…
Movie Review: X-Men: Apocalypse
Superhero fatigue is a very real condition quickly striking the critical masses. Remember the terror that was Batman v Superman? Hopefully not. What about the bombastic extravaganza that was Captain A…
TIFF Report #4 (High-Rise, Evolution, Equals)
We’re almost at the midway point of the fortieth Toronto International Film Festival and common thematic concerns are emerging. There have been a fair amount of LGBT stories in high-profile films like…
Movie Review: ‘Dark Places’
Dark Places is about Libby Day (Charlize Theron), whose family was brutally murdered on their Kansas farm. Her brother was charged for the crime at the age sixteen. Libby’s confused confession and rum…