I’ve had a strange relationship with Woody Allen movies lately, which is really to say that i find myself enjoying them more and more. Now sure, I wasn’t terribly fussed about YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER. However, along with my love of his classics ANNIE HALL and MANHATTAN, I have also really dug…
While I will certainly be there with bells on for opening weekend, I must ask: Am I the only one leery of comedy sequels?
As mentioned about this time last week, this space will slowly but surely begin to lean itself towards the nonfictional brand of movies as we get closer to the Hot Docs Festival. With that in mind, what better place to start than with the opening night gala? Morgan Spurlock is a director who seems to…
I’m still very much on the fence about the use of 3-D in films, and of all the trillions of features playing in three dimensions soon, the only one I have any interest of ponying up the extra loot for is Scorsese’s HUGO CABRET. But then there’s Werner Herzog. The one thing I’ll always associate…
Sick of everyday people rising up to become heroes yet? Good, ’cause there’s another such story coming your way! This one is on the bleaker side of things, and I do know many who weren’t all that nuts about it. For me though, the film drew me in, made me laugh, and ultimately left me…
Not sure how many of y’all have listened to the latest Matineecast yet, but the second half focuses on foreign film. One foreign film that will stick with me for the rest of my days is I SAW THE DEVIL, which I caught last year at TIFF. The flick is unforgettable for how well constructed…
It seems as though over the past ten days we’ve been bombarded with trailers for the popcorn movies that next summer will offer us. Some look better than expected, others look to disappoint. If there’s one that looks right on the money though, it’s this one for me. Fair warning everyone: There’s gonna be a…
