Category: Reviews

September 10, 2014 / PN / Reviews

Top Five

I will be amazed if the festival cut of this film ends up being the…

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September 10, 2014 / PN / Reviews

Lost Shepherd

The energy, talent and charisma it would take to write, direct and star in a…

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September 8, 2014 / PN / Reviews

I’m Changing

The two words most often screamed through a shut door at a sibling or parent…

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September 27, 2013 / PN / Reviews

TO Screenshots Cast Awards

Thanks again to @toscreenshots for compiling a list of the best as voted by an eclectic…

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September 9, 2012 / PN / Reviews

Review: The Place Beyond The Pines

The Place Beyond The Pines kind of felt like was watching three films, instead of…

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September 9, 2012 / PN / Reviews

Review: Much Ado About Nothing

I had so many questions that I didn’t ask in the Much Ado About Nothing…

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September 16, 2011 / PN / Reviews

Review: From Up On Poppy Hill

I love seeing at least one or two animated movies during TIFF. For one thing…

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September 14, 2011 / PN / Reviews

He does more than drive

If you enjoyed Nicholas Winding Refn’s Valhalla Rising because of the minimalist script, intense close…

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September 14, 2011 / PN / Reviews

Highlights so far

So far I really enjoyed Up on Poppy Hill, The Artist, Pearl Jam Twenty, Drive,…

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January 31, 2011 / PN / Reviews

Review: Trigger

Trigger was on my pre-post-it-flag list for the festival, but it didn’t make the cut.…

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January 9, 2011 / PN / Reviews

P’s Choice Awards – 2005

Found this in an old journal – if you’re looking for something to rent this…

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December 12, 2010 / PN / Reviews

The Dude Rides

Hate westerns, loved True Grit. If Jeff Bridges hadn’t already won an Oscar last year…

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December 1, 2010 / PN / Reviews

P’s Choice Awards

So this is a little late this year. Wanted to get this in before I…

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September 17, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: 13 Assassins

This is a two hour samurai movie directed by Takashi Miike. That would normally be…

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September 17, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: Beautiful Boy

This is another film that relies almost entirely on the performances of the two leads…

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September 16, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: Dirty Girl

I’ve seen Juno Temple in Atonement, Cracks, Mr. Nobody, Kaboom and now Dirty Girl-and this…

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September 13, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: The First Grader

I tend to cry during the festival. Movies that might normally get a sniffle or…

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September 13, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: Easy Money

Easy Money is a two hour noir / action film from Sweden. Putting this in…

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September 13, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: Love Crime & Our Day Will Come

Here’s the thing – the first French movie I ever watched at TIFF was Brotherhood…

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September 13, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: The Pipe

The story of the town of Rossport vs Shell E&P Ireland is an all too…

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September 12, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: Wasted on the Young

Another great pick from Jane Schoettle, Wasted on the Young opens with a moment of…

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September 10, 2010 / PN / Reviews

Review: Legend of the Fist

Donnie Yen is absolutely at the top of his game in this period piece directed…

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September 20, 2009 / PN / Reviews

So what movies did you like?

So I go back to work tomorrow and will have to answer the inevitable question…

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September 17, 2009 / PN / Reviews

Review: Waking Sleeping Beauty

No talking heads and no old men reminiscing was the mission statement behind the approach…

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September 16, 2009 / PN / Reviews

Review: Defendor

This one takes a while to get going, I think I was expecting more in…

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September 15, 2009 / PN / Reviews

Review: Cracks

After hearing about an alleged swarming/assault involving a group of boys from my old high…

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September 15, 2009 / PN / Reviews

Review: Triage

I think for a couple of years there I forgot that Colin Farrell could act,…

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September 14, 2009 / DJM / Reviews

Review: A Serious Man

The latest work from the Coen brothers is a lot more like Fargo and a…

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September 14, 2009 / DJM / Reviews

Review: Suck

This is one of the best Canadian movies I’ve ever seen. It’s not going to…

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September 14, 2009 / DJM / Reviews

Review: Daytrippers

This movie was great. Set in 2019 the world’s population has been infected by vampirism.…

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September 14, 2009 / DJM / Reviews

Review: Last Ride

Kev (played by Hugo Weaving) and his son (played by newcomer Tom Russell) take an…

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September 13, 2009 / PN / Featured

Review: Up in the Air

Note: After spending much of my time in my seat angrily tweeting about the movie…

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September 13, 2009 / PN / Reviews

Review: Bran Nue Dae

Based on the long running musical the movie Bran Nue Dae was the perfect thing…

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September 12, 2009 / DJM / Reviews

Review: Backyard

Based on a true story, Backyard is at its core a murder-mystery. But why just…

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September 12, 2009 / DJM / Reviews

Review: Dirty Saints

This movie was terrible. When I read the description and saw the “post-apocalyptic” description I…

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September 12, 2009 / DJM / Reviews

Review: The Informant!

If you’ve seen the trailer for this movie then you’ve only glimpsed act one of…

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September 12, 2009 / PN / Reviews

When she’s had enough

I like the main character in Beautiful Kate. It took me a while to figure…

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September 12, 2009 / DJM / Reviews

Review: Cleanflix

This documentary explores the entrepreneurial brilliance of a few guys from Utah who realized that…

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September 10, 2009 / PN / Reviews

First Cancon

When I watch the sex scenes in Year of the Carnivore I feel a bit…

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September 23, 2008 / PN / Reviews

You are what eats you

I picked Lymelife because of the Culkins. Say what you will about parents who insist…

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September 16, 2008 / PN / Reviews

Scan-tastic

Every year I end up picking at least one movie based entirely on the picture…

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September 12, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Suburban Roulette

Depending on your point of view, American culture either peaked or hit rock bottom in…

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September 12, 2008 / PN / Reviews

It was aiight

So Good had all the ingredients. Based on a successful stageplay, starring Viggo Mortensen and…

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September 12, 2008 / MC / Reviews

The Ties that Bind

I have to see at least one movie from New Zealand and Denmark at every…

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September 12, 2008 / PN / Reviews

Feels like making love

I try not to read too many reviews before seeing a movie at the festival,…

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September 12, 2008 / PN / Reviews

The really long con

The problem I have with some movies about con men is it’s difficult to get…

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September 12, 2008 / MC / Reviews

In Hot Water

It’s day 8 of TIFF. It’s 12:02 a.m. I’ve done 9 other posts today. Ocean…

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September 12, 2008 / MC / Reviews

Pretty Damn Large

Brian (Paul Dano) is a nice, quiet guy who works in a Manhattan mattress store.…

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September 12, 2008 / MC / Reviews