Reviews

[TIFF Review] Hereafter

After the abominably banal Oscar-bait that was last year's Invictus, I was ready for Clint Eastwood to attempt something new. Enter Hereafter, a supernatura...

[TIFF Review] The Conspirator

Robert Redford's The Conspirator tells a story I never knew about. It's also a story that makes for a tedious, only mildly interesting film. Shot like a Histo...

[Review] Resident Evil: Afterlife

Resident Evil: Afterlife is mediocre. It's surprisingly not as awful as some have been claiming, but it just lazily rolls along without excitement or an inc...

[TIFF Review] Never Let Me Go

Having recently finished Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, I was eager to see how writer Alex Garland (Sunshine, 28 Days Later) and director Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo) would adapt the sober sci-fi drama, Never Let Me Go....

[TIFF Review] Black Swan

Fusing cerebral elements found in The Fountain with the disturbing comment on addiction in Requiem for a Dream, while continuing the raw character drama from The Wrestler, Aronofsky has crafted an arresting culmination of his work with Black Swan....

[Review] I’m Still Here

Most won't know what I'm Still Here is going in. Or going out, for that matter. Is it a mockumentry? Or a deep examination of a performer in a downward spir...

[TIFF Review] The Town

The broad title of Ben Affleck's sophomore directorial effort fits its generic plot. Adapted from Chuck Hogan's Prince of Thieves, the moral dilemmas and rich characters found in his take on Dennis Lehane's Gone Baby Gone aren't present....

[TIFF Video Review] I’m Still Here

Casey Affleck's mock/documentary I'm Still Here starring Oscar-nominated actor turned aspiring rapper Joaquin Phoenix was just screened here at Toronto International Film Festival....

[Review] Going The Distance

Coming off American Teen in 2008, documentarian Nanette Burstein delivers her first narrative feature with Going The Distance. Fusing her previous improv styl...