A young chimpanzee tries to save his clan from a tyrannical ruler in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Many generations after the time of Caesar, Noa (Owen Teague) is a young member of the Eagle Clan, a tribe of chimpanzees, who breed and train eagles. While searching for eggs for an upcoming ceremony,…
A group of criminals discovers that the 12-year-old ballerina they kidnapped is a bloodthirsty vampire in Abigail. A gang of criminals consisting of Joey (Melissa Barrera), Frank (Dan Stevens), Sammy (Kathryn Newton), Peter (Kevin Durand), Rickles (William Catlett), and Dean (Angus Cloud) are hired by Lambert (Giancarlo Esposito) to kidnap 12-year-old ballerina Abigail (Alisha Weir)…
Two teenage BFFs take their obsession with serial killers to the next step in Tragedy Girls. Sadie Cunningham (Brianna Hildebrand) and McKayla Hooper (Alexandra Shipp) are two high school seniors, who post videos about local serial killings on their blog “Tragedy Girls.” However, it quickly turns out that Sadie and McKayla are just as sociopathic as the…
A young virgin gets more than he bargained for one New Year’s Eve in The Night of the Virgin. Nico (Javier Bódalo) was dragged to a New Year’s Eve party by friends and desperate to find a girl to take his virginity. Nico attracts the attention of Medea (Miriam Martín), who takes him home to her…
From director Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan) comes this epic, based on the biblical story of Noah‘s Ark. Noah (Russell Crowe) is a descendant of Seth, the third son of Adam and Eve, who lives a simple life with his family, while the descendants of Cain, lead by Tubal-Cain (Ray Winstone) sends the world into ruin. …
Outside of a New York City building (that looks remarkably like Toronto’s Union Station), 28-year-old billionaire Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson) decides that he wants to get a haircut on the other side of town. His bodyguard Torval (Kevin Durand, doing his best Christopher Walken impression) advises against this, because the visiting U.S. President will make traffic…
The second film I saw at Canada’s Top Ten also happened to be the film that won Best Canadian Film at the last film festival. Edwin Boyd is a film that tells the story of the notorious Canadian bank robber of the same name. The film tells how Edwin Boyd (played by Scott Speedman) got into…
Real Steel and its story about boxing robots has been frequently compared with the “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots” children’s game. While that may not be entirely false (I spotting what appears to be a brief allusion to the game in the film), however I would be more inclined to describe this film as Rocky with robots….
This film plays the classic religion-themed apocalyptic scenario by having angels rather than demons be the villains. However the effect is pretty much the same. I thought that the film was entertaining for the most part, even though there was some cheesy acting and campy villains (and I’m sure not all of it was intentional)….
Wolverine is the most popular of the X-Men character, so it was probably natural that they would make a movie about his origins. However, I do not think that the resulting film would succeed in revitalizing the X-Men series. It was an OK film, however about half the film is quite light on action and…
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