At first glance, any movie about talking cars sounds ridiculous. What challenges could there possibly be for them to overcome? But this is Pixar we’re dealing with, you can be sure that whatever they’re up to will be infused with a great deal of heart and that goes pretty far. It’s safe to say that […]
Maud and Everett Lewis’ story is one that may only be known to fans of Canadian folk art until the release of this latest depiction of their lives, Maudie. Maud’s style of painting would have been considered child-like and plain to many, but the profound detail of Maud’s work made her a sought after artist from the 1950’s […]
It’s been seven years since the original invasion of Gru (Steve Carell) and his Minions (Pierre Coffin) and the Illumination Studios have made a cottage industry of the villain and his adoptive family. The original film provided an endearing look into the life of a ‘bad guy’ and how these cute sisters could help him find […]
The Mummy starring Tom Cruise, not Brendan Fraser, is the first official entry into Universal’s new Dark Universe franchise. A franchise created by Universal Studios that was known as the “monsterverse”, that ruled the screens from the 1920s to 1950s. A franchise much like the model created by Marvel and now, DC, except the stars […]
Directed by Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles, Dina is a documentary that offers an intimate look at the relationship between two people on the autism spectrum. It’s well constructed and doesn’t patronize its characters or its audience. However, how worthwhile an experience it is as a movie depends on how invested you become in the […]
Beatriz at Dinner, directed by Miguel Arteta from a screenplay by Mike White, is a painfully unfunny and dull film with obnoxiously paper-thin social commentary. Beatriz (Salma Hayek) is a massage therapist who due to unfortunate and unforeseen circumstances, ends up being a guest at the dinner party of her wealthy clients Cathy (Connie Britton) […]
Crown Heights, written and directed by Matt Ruskin, is a flawed if well-meaning biographical drama that tackles the true story of Colin Warner, who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 21 years in prison. Colin’s story is the story of a man who fell through the cracks of the US justice system. Everything from […]
Bushwick, directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, is a fairly ridiculous, yet simultaneously rather dull action-thriller with a side order of limp social commentary. Lucy (Brittany Snow) and war veteran Stupe (Dave Bautista) find themselves in a middle of a military invasion of Brooklyn and must depend on each other to survive. It’s later […]
Marjorie Prime, directed by Michael Almereyda and based on Jordan Harrison’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated play of the same name, has a fascinating premise and doesn’t seem to quite know what to do with it. In the near future, a service exists that provides holographic recreations of deceased loved ones. These holograms are called Primes, and over […]
Icarus, winner of the inaugural Audience Favourite Award at this year’s Sundance London, offers a rare and fascinating perspective on one of the biggest doping scandals in sports history – you just have to sit through about an hour of a seemingly completely unrelated documentary first. Director Bryan Fogel set out to make a documentary […]
