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List of posts tagged Japan :
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Team Sonic has to deal with a new vengeful Hedgehog and dual Eggmen in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Escaping from a Guardian Units of Nations (G.U.N.) prison facility off the coast of Japan, after being held in suspended animation for 50 years, Shadow the Hedgehog (Keanu Reeves) has a thirst for revenge for the loss […]
Wicked: Part One
The Tony Award-winning musical hits the big screen with Wicked: Part One. Due to being born with green skin, Elphaba Thropp (Cynthia Erivo) has been subjected to much prejudice, particularly from her father Governor Thropp (Andy Nyman) of Munchkinland, who gives preferential treatment to Elphaba’s wheelchair-bound sister Nessarose (Marissa Bode). While accompanying Nessarose to Shiv […]
The Wild Robot
A robot becomes a surrogate mother for a gosling on an uninhabited island in The Wild Robot. ROZZUM unit 7134 (Lupita Nyong’o), or Roz for short, is a helper robot that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. After learning to communicate with the local wildlife, Roz tries to find a task to complete, though most […]
The Gesuidouz – TIFF 2024
A horror-themed punk band are sent to a farm to record a hit song in The Gesuidouz. Hanako (Natsuko) is the leader of The Gesuidouz, a punk-rock band with lyrics using the titles of horror films. The band’s manager is frustrated that nobody knows that The Gesuidouz’s first album “Toxic Avengers Infinity War” exists and […]
House of Sayuri – Fantasia 2024
A family moves into their dream house only to discover it is haunted by a vengeful spirit in House of Sayuri. Kamiki Akio (Kajihara Zen) moves his large family, consisting of his wife Masako, children Norio (Minamide Ryoka), Keiko (Morita Kokoro), and Shun (Inomata Ray), and parents Shozo (Kitaro) and Harue (Negishi Toshie), into a […]
Baby Assassins: Nice Days
The teenage assassins are back for a third mission in Baby Assassins: Nice Days. Mahiro Fukagawa (Saori Izawa) and Chisato Sugimoto (Akari Takaishi) are on a working vacation in Miyazaki, with the plan being to celebrate Mahiro’s 20th birthday after killing their latest target. However, Mahiro and Chisato are beaten to the punch by highly […]
This Man – Fantasia 2024
A series of deaths are tied to those who dream of an unusual man in This Man. A series of gruesome deaths have been piling up, with the connection between them visiting psychiatrists with reports that they dreamt of a strange man with a unibrow. This affliction soon affects Hana (Arisa Deguchi) and her husband […]
Inside Out 2
More complex emotions are introduced as Riley hits puberty in Inside Out 2. Inside the mind of Riley (Kensington Tallman), the emotions of Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Fear (Tony Hale) and Disgust (Liza Lapira) have perfected their balance, with Joy using Riley’s best memories to create her sense of self. […]
Black Box Diaries – Hot Docs 2024
A Japanese journalist investigates her own sexual assault in Black Box Diaries. In May 2017, Shiori Ito goes public about how she was raped by Yamaguchi, the Washington cheif of the Tokyo Broadcast System. Shiori’s goal is to get a criminal case reopened after an arrest was halted, presumably due to Yamaguchi’s friendship with Japanese […]
Kung Fu Panda 4
The Dragon Warrior has to find a successor while trying to stop a shape-shifting sorcerous in Kung Fu Panda 4. Po (Jack Black) discovers from his master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) that the time has come for Po to ascend to the role of the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace and find a successor […]
Perfect Days
A Tokyo janitor goes through his daily routine of cleaning toilets with a smile on his face in Perfect Days. Hirayama (Koji Yakusho) goes through the same routine daily as he cleans the various public toilets around Tokyo. He is often joined by his slacker co-worker Takashi (Tokio Emoto), who is more concerned with his […]
Godzilla Minus One
The legendary kaiju franchise is rebooted for its 70th anniversary with Gozilla Minus One. In the dying days of World War II, kamikaze pilot Kōichi Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki) feigns technical issues and lands on Odo Island for repairs. However, the island is attacked by large dinosaur-like creatures described by the locals as “Godzilla,” with Shikishima […]
The Abyss: Special Edition
On the eve of the film’s 35th anniversary, a 4K restoration of the special edition of James Cameron’s The Abyss returned to theatres for one night. After the nuclear submarine USS Montana Cayman Trough, deepsea oil driller Bud Brigman (Ed Harris) and his experimental rig Deep Core are requisitioned by a team of Navy SEALS […]
The Boy and the Heron – TIFF 2023
A teenage boy is guided by a grey heron to search for his missing stepmother in The Boy and the Heron. After previously losing his mother to a fire, Mahito Maki (Soma Santoki) travels to the countryside with his father Shoichi (Takuya Kimura) to live with Shoichi’s pregnant fiance Natsuko (Yoshino Kimura). Mahito encounters a […]
Evil Does Not Exist – TIFF 2023
Life in a quiet farming village is disrupted by urban developers planning to build a “glamping” site in Evil Does Not Exist. Takumi (Hitoshi Omika) is a jack-of-all-trades living with his eight-year-old daughter Hana (Ryuji Kosaka) in a small village in a heavily forested village outside of Tokyo. The serenity of the village is disrupted […]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
The Ninja Turtles have to fight back against an army of mutants in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Leonardo (Nicolas Cantu), Donatello (Micah Abbey), Michelangelo (Shamon Brown Jr.), and Raphael (Brady Noon) have spent the last fifteen years living in the sewers with their father and master Splinter (Jackie Chan). After helping out aspiring […]
#Manhole – Fantasia 2023
A man who falls down a manhole on the night before his wedding seeks the help of social media to escape in #Manhole. Shunsuke Kawamura (Yûto Nakajima) is a successful real estate broker who attends a surprise bachelor’s party on the night before his wedding, orchestrated by his co-worker Etsurô Kase (Kento Nagayama). On this […]
Baby Assassins 2 Babies – Fantasia 2023
The teenage assassins are back and have met their match in Baby Assassins 2 Babies. Now full time assassins, Chisato (Takaishi Akari) and Mahiro (Izawa Saori) are surprised to find they have outstanding bills for a gym membership they only used once. While at the bank to pay these fees, the two teenage assassins ends […]
Insomniacs After School – Fantasia 2023
Two sleep-deprived high school students connect with each other in their school’s observatory in Insomniacs After School. Ganta Nakami (Daiken Okudaira) suffers from nightly insomnia, which causes him to take naps while attending school. When asked to acquire a stepladder from his school’s observatory-turned-storage room, Nakami finds his classmate Isaki Magari (Nana Mori), who also […]
Movies Index
This is the master movies index of all the films mentioned on Sean Kelly on Movies. The movies index is automatically generated from the movie tag added to reviews and posts. For an easier search experience, it is recommended that you instead use one of our review indexes, organized by year. Sean Kelly on Movies […]
Fast X
It is the beginning of the end of The Fast Saga with Fast X. While enjoying family life with Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez) and his son Little Brian (Leo Abelo Perry), Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) is visited by a bloody Cipher (Charlize Theron). The Cipher’s criminal organization was hostility taken over by Dante Reyes (Jason […]
Empress of Darkness
A lone warrior goes on a quest to save the world from darkness in Empress of Darkness. Once, there was a Kingdom of Light with an Empress whose powers controlled the cosmos. However, she was slain, and Lord Graxus and his Evil Horde plunged the world into darkness. However, a lone follower, Alpha, escapes from […]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
The Nintendo stars hit the big screen in a new animated adventure in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) are two Italian brothers running a plumbing business in Brooklyn. While trying to fix a broken water main, the Mario Bros. gets sucked into an old pipe in the sewers. […]
Knock at the Cabin
A family finds themselves terrorized by four individuals claiming to be trying to stop the apocalypse in Knock at the Cabin. Eric (Jonathan Groff) and Andrew (Ben Aldridge) are on vacation at a cabin in the woods with their adopted daughter Wen (Kristen Cui). However, their solitude is disrupted by the arrival of Leonard (Dave […]
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The legendary hero loses confidence when he finds himself down to his last life in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. After his latest adventure, Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) finds himself on the wrong side of a falling bell. Informed that he is now down to his last life, Puss decides it is time […]
Violent Night
Santa Claus digs into his dark side to save a family from a group of mercenaries in Violent Night. Jason Lightstone (Alex Hassell) is a man from a wealthy family who is accompanied by his daughter Trudy (Leah Brady) and estranged wife Linda (Alexis Louder) to a holiday gathering at the estate of Jason’s mother […]
Beast
A father and his daughters are trapped in the African Savanna by a vicious lion in Beast. Dr. Nate Samuels (Idris Elba) has travelled with his daughters Meredith (Iyana Halley) and Norah (Leah Jeffries) to a wildlife reserve in the African Savanna, near where Nate’s late wife grew up. While shown the reserve by friend […]
Baby Assassins
Teenage assassins run afoul of the Yakuza in Baby Assassins. Chisato (Takaishi Akari) and Mahiro (Izawa Saori) are a pair of high schoolers who work as highly trained assassins. Upon graduation, their handler tells Chisato and Mahiro that they have to move in together and get part-time jobs to better integrate with society. In addition […]
Bullet Train
A simple “snatch and grab” job becomes complicated in Bullet Train. Ladybug (Brad Pitt) is a former assassin plagued by bad luck who is asked by his handler Maria Beetle (Sandra Bullock) to come back to work for a simple “snatch and grab” job of stealing a briefcase from a Japanese Bullet Train travelling from […]
NOPE
The owners of a horse ranch try to capture proof of a UFO in the area in NOPE. OJ Haywood (Daniel Kaluuya) is the owner of the Haywood Hollywood Horse ranch, who has been struggling to make ends meets after the sudden unexplained death of his father Otis Haywood Sr. (Keith David) six months earlier. […]
Popran – Fantasia 2022
The owner of a popular manga app chases after his sentient appendage in Popran. Tagami Tatsuya (Yoji Minagawa) is the highly successful CEO of Japan’s top Manga-reading app, though he has reached the top at the cost of his personal connections. One morning, following a one night stand, Tagami awakens to find that his ”popran“ […]
Coupez! (Final Cut) – Fantasia 2022
Oscar-winning filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius directs a meta remake of the hit Japanese zombie-comedy One Cut of the Dead with Coupez! (Final Cut). Remi (Romain Duris) is a struggling filmmaker trying to support his wife Nadia (Bérénice Bejo) and daughter Romi (Simone Hazanavicius). Remi is given the opportunity to adapt a single-take zombie film that was […]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic teams with a new ally to face foes old and new in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Left on his own while Tom Wachowski (James Marsden) and his wife Maddie (Tika Sumpter) travel to Hawaii for the wedding of Maddie’s sister Rachel (Natasha Rothwell) to Randall (Shemar Moore), Sonic the Hedgehog (Ben Schwartz) is shocked […]
Ambulance
Two brothers hijack an ambulance after a bank heist goes awry in Ambulance. William James Sharp (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is a military veteran, who is desperate for money to pay for cancer surgery for his wife Amy (Moses Ingram). Desperate, Will goes to his adoptive brother Danny (Jake Gyllenhaal) for help and ends up being […]
Drive My Car
A renowned theatre actor opens up about his wife’s death as he is driven around Hiroshima in Drive My Car. Yusuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima) is a veteran actor who has a unique relationship with his screenwriter wife Oto (Reika Kirishima). One day Otto suddenly dies, leaving Yasuke without closure about the state of their marriage. […]
Sing 2
A reclusive rock star is needed for the opening of a new show in Sing 2. Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) and his musical stage company of Rosita Brown (Reese Witherspoon), Ash Spinosa (Scarlett Johansson), Johnny Serafinowicz (Taron Egerton), Meena Jones (Tori Kelly), and Gunter Schwartz (Nick Kroll) travel to Red Shore City to pitch a […]
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes – Reel Asian 2021
A cafe owner discovers he has the ability to communicate with himself two minutes into the future in Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes. Kato (Kazunori Tosa) is the owner of a cafe, who arrives home at his upstairs apartment to discover a version of himself communicating from the cafe’s computer monitor two minutes into the […]
Dear Evan Hansen
A weird, anxious, and depressed teenager gains notoriety after he’s mistaken as the best friend of a classmate who commits suicide in Dear Evan Hansen. Evan Hansen (Ben Platt) is a lonely teenager, whose mother Heidi (Julianne Moore) is never home due to work. Even is assigned by his psychiatrist to write letters to himself to […]
Prisoners of the Ghostland – Fantasia 2021
A criminal is tasked with recovering a girl from a dangerous wasteland in Prisoners of the Ghostland. Hero (Nicolas Cage) is an American criminal, who was caught after performing a botched bank robbery, with his trigger-happy partner Psycho (Nick Cassavetes), in the Japanese village of Samurai Town. Sometime later, Hero is brought in front of Samurai […]
Annette
Warning: This Review Will Contain Some Spoilers The torrid love affair between a comedian and opera singer leads to the birth of a very gifted child in Annette. Henry McHenry (Adam Driver) is a highly provocative stand-up comedian who is in a high-profile relationship with rising opera singer Ann Defrasnoux (Marion Cotillard). The couple quickly gets […]
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes – Fantasia 2021
A cafe owner discovers he has the ability to communicate with himself two minutes into the future in Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes. Kato (Kazunori Tosa) is the owner of a cafe, who arrives home at his upstairs apartment to discover a version of himself communicating from the cafe’s computer monitor two minutes into the […]
Old
A family discovers that they are rapidly aging on a secluded beach in Old. Guy (Gael García Bernal) and Prisca (Vicky Krieps) have traveled to the isolated Anamika Resort with their young children Maddox and Trent. After being impressed by the resort’s hospitality, the family is recommended that they visit a nearby isolated beach by the […]
F9: The Fast Saga
Justin Lin returns to direct the ninth entry of this long-running franchise with F9: The Fast Saga. Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) has been spending the last few years living a quiet and reclusive life with his wife Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez ) and young son Brian. However, Dom and Letty are visited by their old team […]
Special Actors
Two brothers join a special acting agency to take down a cult in Special Actors. Kazuto (Kazuto Osawa) has aspirations to become an actor but has a problem of frequently fainting while under stress. One day Kazuto is reunited with his younger brother Hiroki (Hiroki Kono), who introduces Kazuto to the “Special Actors” agency, which […]
The Internet of Everything
Documentarian Brett Gaylor examines out the increasingly connected world in The Internet of Everything. There was a time when the internet seemed like a fun and new way to connect together humanity. However, that all began to change when technology companies evolved into giant corporations, who are looking into new ways to connect the world […]
The Hunt
Twelve strangers awaken in an isolated area to find that they are being hunted for sport in The Hunt. A group of people awaken to find themselves bound in an open field. It isn’t long until shots begin firing and some of the group recognize their situation as the infamous “Manor-gate,” where “Liberal elites” kidnap and […]
Onward
Two Elvish brothers go on a quest to complete a spell that will bring back their father in Onward. Over the generations, fantastic creatures have forgotten about magic in exchange for the conveniences of the modern world. On his 16th birthday, Ian Lightfoot (Tom Holland) and his older brother Barley (Chris Pratt) receive a gift from […]
Sonic the Hedgehog
The Sega mascot heads to the big screen with Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic (Ben Schwartz) is a blue alien hedgehog, who is forced to leave his home planet since his superhuman ability to run at supersonic speeds makes him the target of those who want to take his power. Sonic has spent the last decade hiding […]
Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs & Shaw
The bitter rivals have to team together to save the world in Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs & Shaw. Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) is called in by the CIA and forced to reluctantly team with his hated rival Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) to recover a killer virus that was supposed stolen by a rogue MI6 […]
Sadako
Hideo Nakata returns to direct the latest entry of the Ringu series with Sadako. Mayu Akikawa (Elaiza Ikeda) is a young doctor in a hospital, who develops an attachment with a mysterious young girl (Himeka Himejima), who is admitted into her ward. Meanwhile, Mayu’s video blogger brother Kazuma (Hiroya Shimizu) decides to make his latest […]
Idol
A grieving father wants answers about the events that lead to his son’s death in Idol. Councilor Koo Myung-hui is a candidate for governor, who returns home one day to find out that his son Johan was involved in a hit and run and brought the bloody body home with him. Koo convinces his son […]
Yesterday
An aspiring musician wakes up into a world that has never heard of The Beatles in Yesterday. Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) is a struggling singer from the town of Clacton-on-Sea in the UK, who is ready to give up on his musical ambitions, despite the neverending support of his childhood friend and manager Ellie Appleton […]
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Humanity is threatened by the emergence of titans in Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Five years after the mythical beast Godzilla helped stop the threat of the MUTOs, the crypto-zoological organization Monarch is under government scrutiny for keeping the truth about titans secret from the world. However, when ecoterrorist Alan Jonah (Charles Dance) kidnaps paleobiologist […]
Ma
A group of friends befriend a middle-aged black woman with sinister intentions in Ma. Maggie (Diana Silvers) is a teenager, who has moved to small town, where her mother Erica (Juliette Lewis) grew up. At school, Maggie quickly befriends Haley (McKaley Miller), Andy (Corey Fogelmanis), Chaz (Gianni Paolo), and Darrell (Dante Brown), who invite Maggie […]
Pokemon Detective Pikachu
A young man enlists the help of a talking Pikachu to find out what happened to his father in Pokemon Detective Pikachu. Tim Goodman (Justice Smith) is an insurance salesman, with former dreams of being a Pokemon trainer, who learns that his estranged father Harry has apparently died in a car crash. Returning to his […]
The Magic Life of V
A young Finnish woman attends LARPing events to escape the traumatic events of her childhood in The Magic Life of V. Veera is a young woman from Finland, who is struggling to cope with childhood memories of her alcoholic father, while also caring for her mentally disabled brother Ville. As a means of escape, Veera […]
Missing Link
An explorer helps a Sasquatch try to find his brethren in Missing Link. Sir Lionel Frost (Hugh Jackman) is an explorer, who specializes in investigating mythical creatures, which results in him being scorned by a society of great men headed by Lord Piggot-Dunceby (Stephen Fry). Desperate to become accepted by the society, Lionel follows a […]
Us
A vacationing family finds themselves terrorized by their doppelgangers in Us. Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o) is a woman still affected by traumatic experience she went through as a child, where she came to face to face with someone who looked just like her. With her husband Gabe (Winston Duke) and kids Zora (Shahadi Wright Joseph) […]
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The adventures of Hiccup and his dragon Toothless conclude in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. A year after being made chieftain of Berk, Hiccup (Jay Baruchel), along with Astrid (America Ferrera), Snotlout (Jonah Hill), Fishlegs (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), Ruffnut (Kristen Wiig), and Tuffnut (Justin Rupple), have set it among themselves to rescue dragons from hunters and bring them back home […]
Alita: Battle Angel
Writer/producer James Cameron and director Robert Rodriguez brings the manga series to the big screen with Alita: Battle Angel. It is the year 2563 and an event known as “The Fall” has left Earth devastated, save for the wealthy sky city of Zalem, which floats above the desolate Iron City. While savaging parts is a scrapyard, Dr. […]
Happy Death Day 2U
A new loop of death begins in Happy Death Day 2U. After finally escaping a time loop that saw her repeatedly killed on her birthday, Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) discovers that the loop was the result was the result of a quantum device created by Tree’s boyfriend Carter’s (Israel Broussard) roommate Ryan (Phi Vu). When the machine malfunctions […]
Welcome to Marwen
An artist creates a fictional World War II town to help with his recovery from a brutal attack in Welcome to Marwen. Mark Hogancamp (Steve Carell) is an artist suffering from severe PTSD following a brutal attack outside a bar, where he was beaten within an inch of his life. As part of his recovery efforts, Mark […]
Mortal Engines
A vengeful assassin and a historian try to stop a war in Mortal Engines. It only took sixty minutes for humanity to be on the edge of extinction. In a world devastated by war, the remaining human population has been divided between those who live on mobile traction cities and those who choose to remain on […]
First Man
The journey to bring man to the moon is documented in First Man. Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) is an aeronautical engineer, who joins the NASA space program to bring a man to the moon. With his worried wife Janet (Claire Foy) home to care for his family, Armstrong joins fellow astronauts Ed White (Jason Clarke), Buzz Aldrin (Corey Stoll), and […]
LOUDER! Can’t Hear What You’re Singin’, Wimp!
A middle-aged rock star takes a soft-spoken street musician under his wing in LOUDER! Can’t Hear What You’re Singin’, Wimp!. Sin (Sadao Abe) is a middle-aged rock star, who has been injecting drugs into his vocal chords to help him maintain the primal screams he is known for. However, the toll has become too great and his […]
Laplace’s Witch
A geochemistry professor is asked to consult on a murder case in Laplace’s Witch. Within a short period of each other, two individuals are killed of hydrogen sulphide poisoning near a hot spring. This results in geochemistry professor Shusuke Aoe (Sho Sakurai) to be asked by police to consult on the cast. During the investigation, Aoe comes across Madoka Uhara […]
Bleach
A high school student who sees dead people finds himself recruited to a group of spirit-hunting warriors in Bleach. Ichigo Kurosaki (Sota Fukushi) is a teenager, who has had the power to see ghosts around him since he was a kid. One night, he encounters Rukia (Hana Sugisaki), who is a member of a group of warriors […]
Rokuroku: The Promise of the Witch
Multiple individuals are tormented by supernatural creatures emerging from a haunted hotel in Rokuroku: The Promise of the Witch. One day out of the blue, Izumi receives a call from her old friend Mika, who she arranges to meet-up with. Meanwhile, Izumi’s grandfather is disturbed by a supernatural force that no one else can see. Elsewhere, people from […]
Skyscraper
A man goes to great lengths to save his family from a state of the art high rise in Skyscraper. FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader Will Sawyer (Dwayne Johnson) gets a job as a security consultant at The Pearl, a 220 story state of the art skyscraper in Hong Kong, built by Zhao Long Ji (Chin Han). As […]
Incredibles 2
The family of superheroes return to action in Incredibles 2. After a battle with the Underminer (John Ratzenberger) leaves a lot of collateral damage, Bob Parr, aka Mr Incredible (Craig T. Nelson), Helen Parr, aka Elastigirl (Holly Hunter), and their kids Violet (Sarah Vowell), Dash (Huck Milner), and Jack-Jack (Eli Fucile) are informed by their handler […]
The Cleaners
Outsourced content moderators decide what content is appropriate for the major social networks in The Cleaners. Companies such as Google and Facebook outsource content moderation to foreign companies, who go through thousands of pictures and videos to weed out all sexual, violent, or terrorist content. One such company is located in Manila, where the anonymous […]
Ready Player One
A group of friends try to save a virtual world from an evil corporation in Ready Player One. In the year 2045, most of the world’s cities have degraded into slums and the population find escape in a virtual world known as the OASIS, created by James Halliday (Mark Rylance) and Ogden Morrow (Simon Pegg). On his […]
Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson returns with the stop motion Japanese adventure Isle of Dogs. 20 years in the future, all the dogs of Japan are afflicted by a virus and Mayor Kobayashi (Kunichi Nomura) of Megasaki City decrees that all dogs be deported to nearby trash island. One day, the five alpha dogs of Chief (Bryan Cranston), Rex […]
Pacific Rim: Uprising
The war between the Kaiju and Jaegers resumes in Pacific Rim: Uprising. A decade has passed since the end of the war and Jake Pentecost (John Boyega) lives in the shadow of his war hero father and has fallen into a life of crime. After being apprehended along with teenage genius Amara Namani (Cailee Spaeny) following a […]
American Made
A pilot turned CIA spy becomes a drug smuggler for the Columbia cartels in American Made. Barry Seal (Tom Cruise) is a TWA pilot, who is recruited by CIA agent Schafer (Domhnall Gleeson) to fly over Central America and photograph communist insurgents. However, after being detained in Columbia, Barry is subsequently recruited by Jorge Ochoa […]
Downrange
A group of friends are pinned down by a sniper in Downrange. After the tire blows on their car, Jodi (Kelly Connaire), Keren (Stephanie Pearson), Todd (Rod Hernandez-Farella), Eric (Anthony Kirlew), Sara (Alexa Yeames), and Jeff (Jason Tobias) find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere. It isn’t long before the friends realize that the […]
Vampire Clay
An art school is tormented by sentient killer clay in Vampire Clay. While preparing to open her new art prep school at a former sculpture’s studio, Ms Aina finds a buried box, containing a bag of very old clay. When class begins, latecomer Kaori finds that her clay was taken by newcomer Yuka, so she […]
The Night of the Virgin
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 […]
Your Name
Two teenagers find out they are swapping bodies with each other in Your Name. Mitsuha is a high school girl living in the town of Itomori in Japan’s Hida region, where she is preparing for a festival that coincides with a passing of a comet. Mitsuha soon finds out that she has been intermittently switching bodies with Taki, […]
Ukiyo-e Heroes
A Tokyo-based Canadian craftsman and an American designer team up to make Japanese woodblock prints depicting video game pop culture icons in Ukiyo-e Heroes. Ukiyo-e is the 400 year old art of Japanese woodblock printing. David Bull moved to Japan from Canada in the 1980s to learn this art and now he is one of the only 10 […]
Ramen Heads
Japan’s king of ramen prepares for the tenth anniversary of his restaurant in Ramen Heads. Since opening his restaurant a decade ago, Osamu Tomita has been repeatedly voted the number one ramen chef in Japan. As the date of his tenth anniversary approaches, Tomita provides full access to his process of making thick broth and slurpable […]
Living the Game
Professional gamers play for the title of best Street Fighter player in the world in Living the Game. Players from around the world participate in tournaments to determine who is the best, with the winners receiving large cash prizes and admiration from the gaming community. Japan’s Daigo “The Beast” Umehara is considered to be the best […]
The Fate of the Furious
Dominic Toretto seemingly turns his back on family in The Fate of the Furious. While on honeymoon in Cuba with Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez), Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) is approached by cyberterrorist Cipher (Charlize Theron), who blackmails Dom into betraying his family, which he does while performing a job for Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson). After the […]
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
The cult classic manga and anime series is adapted into live action with Ghost in the Shell. Mira Killian (Scarlett Johansson) is a cyborg with a human brain in her cybernetic body, designed by Dr. Ouelet (Juliette Binoche). She is a Major of the anti-terrorist bureau Section 9, where she works alongside operatives Batou (Pilou […]
Get Out
A young African American man discovers that something is horribly off about the family of his girlfriend in Get Out. Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) leaves with her girlfriend Rose Armitage (Allison Williams) to meet her parents Missy (Catherine Keener) and Dean (Bradley Whitford). Initially concerned about Rose’s parents not knowing he is black, they appear to […]
The Red Turtle
A shipwrecked man develops an unlikely relationship with a giant sea turtle in The Red Turtle. After a shipwreck, a man washes up on an island, occupied only by seals, crabs, and turtles. The man gathers wood to build a raft, but every time he tries to leave the island, the raft is destroyed by […]
Sadako vs. Kayako
The two icons of J-Horror clash in Sadako vs. Kayako. Yuri (Mizuki Yamamoto) and Natsumi (Aimi Satsukawa) are two university students, who purchase an old secondhand VCR to transfer some old home movies to DVD. However, inside they find a strange tape, which they soon realize is the cursed video tape mentioned to them by their urban […]
Split
Three girls are kidnapped by a man with dissociative identity disorder in Split. As they are being driven home from a party, Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy), Claire (Haley Lu Richardson), and Marcia (Jessica Sula) are kidnapped by Kevin (James McAvoy) and locked in a basement in an unknown location. The girls quickly realize that Kevin has […]
Bugs
Chefs and researchers explore insects as a culinary option in Bugs. With the population of the world expected to surpass 9 billion by 2050, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has recommended that edible insects become an alternative to livestock as a sustainable source of protein. Josh Evans, Ben Reade and Roberto Flore are […]
Silence
Two 17th century Jesuit priests find their faith tested as they search for their mentor in Japan in Silence. Jesuit priest Alessandro Valignano (Ciarán Hinds) receives word that the long lost missionary Cristóvão Ferreira (Liam Neeson) has apostatized his faith after being tortured by the anti-Christian Japanese inquisitor Inoue Masashige (Issey Ogata). Ferreira’s pupils Father Sebastião Rodrigues (Andrew […]
Little Sister
A goth girl turned nun returns home to visit her disfigured older brother in Little Sister. Colleen Lunsford (Addison Timlin) is a young woman about to give her first vows to become a nun. Colleen receives an e-mail from her mother Joani (Ally Sheedy) stating that her older brother Jacob (Keith Poulson) has returned home after being […]
Sadako vs. Kayako
The two icons of J-Horror clash in Sadako vs. Kayako. Yuri (Mizuki Yamamoto) and Natsumi (Aimi Satsukawa) are two university students, who purchase an old secondhand VCR to transfer some old home movies to DVD. However, inside they find a strange tape, which they soon realize is the cursed video tape mentioned to them by their […]
Tower
This review was originally published as part of my coverage of Hot Docs 2016 The United State’s first mass school shooting is recounted in Tower. On August 1, 1966, a lone sniper climb atop the tower at the University of Texas and began to unleash a violent assault. Through the eyes of many of those present, […]
Jason Bourne
The amnesiac assassin returns in Jason Bourne. A decade after remembering who he is and exposing the CIA’s Blackbriar project, former assassin Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) has been keeping a low profile overseas. However, when former CIA tech Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) hacks into the agency’s database and finds some new information about Bourne, she travels to […]
The Phantom Detective
A private detective tries to solve a case, accompanied by the grandchildren of his rival in The Phantom Detective. Hong Gil-dong (Lee Je-Hoon) is a private detective, who has spent years tracking down Kim Byeong-Duk (Park Geun-Hyung), the man who killed his mother. However, Hong arrives to find the Kim has been kidnapped, leaving behind his two […]
Nova Seed
This review was originally published as part of my coverage of WTFilm Fest 2016 A reluctant hero sets out to stop the plans of a mad doctor in Nova Seed. Underneath the ruins of a dying planet, the evil Doctor Mindskull has created the ultimate weapon in the form of a girl named Nova Seed, who […]
Kaijyu Mono
A nerdy lap assistant is given a super-serum to fight a monster terrorizing Tokyo in Kaijyu Mono. A prehistoric monster known a Mono arises from its slumber and begins to terrorize Tokyo. Researching the monster’s DNA, Professor Saigo has created a serum known as SetupX to grant a human superpowers to fight the monster. Saigo’s assistant […]
As the Gods Will
A group of teenagers have to survive a series of deadly trials in As the Gods Will. Shun Takahata (Sôta Fukushi) is a teenager fed up with his boring life. However, he quickly regrets his wish for more excitement when a deadly daruma doll appears in his classroom and begins a deadly game of Red Light, Green […]
Terraformars
A group of desperate individuals fly to Mars to rid the planet of mutant cockroaches in Terraformars. In the year 2599, scientists have succeeded in terraforming Mars to make it fit for human emigration. However, the planet must first be rid of cockroaches, who have evolved into human-like form and are known as Terraformars. Eccentric […]
Demon
The review was originally published as part of my coverage of TIFF 2015 A groom gets possessed during his wedding day in Demon. Peter (Itay Tiran) is preparing to marry his fiance Zaneta (Agnieszka Zulewska) at her family’s country home in Poland. The night before the wedding, Peter finds skeletal remains on the property, after which he […]
Warcraft
The orchish Horde goes to war against the human Alliance in Warcraft. With their homeworld Draenor dying, the many orc clans, including the Frostwolves lead by Durotan (Toby Kebbell), seek the help of the shaman Gul’dan (Daniel Wu), who uses the dark magic fel to open the Dark Portal and travel to the world of Azeroth. […]
Thank You Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
An improv troupe puts an an annual comedy event in honour of their mentor in Thank You Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon. When he died in 1999, Del Close was a mostly unknown figure in comedy, even though he influenced and mentored multiple comedy superstars, such as Bill Murray, Amy Poehler, Robin Williams, Tina […]
Tower
The United State’s first mass school shooting is recounted in Tower. On August 1, 1966, a lone sniper climb atop the tower at the University of Texas and began to unleash a violent assault. Through the eyes of many of those present, the events of these terrible day are recreated through rotoscoped reenactments. Tower is a […]
Hail, Caesar!
The Coen Brothers play homage to classic Hollywood in the kidnapping comedy Hail, Caesar!. Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) is the head of production at Capital Pictures, who is supervising the production of multiple motion pictures, the highest profile of which being the biblical epic Hail, Caesar! A Story of The Christ. When the film’s star Baird Whitlock […]
Steve Jobs
The story of Apple’s co-founder is told through behind-the-scenes interactions before three production launches in Steve Jobs. Under the backdrop of the launches for the Macintosh in 1984, NeXT Computer in 1988, and iMac in 1988, Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) has repeated behind-the-scenes interactions with various individuals. Thiss includes stressed out marketing executive Joanna Hoffman […]
The Visit
M. Night Shyamalan directs this found-footage thriller about two kid’s visit to their grandparent house in The Visit. Becca (Olivia DeJonge) and Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) travel to a small town in Pennsylvania to stay with their grandparents John (Peter McRobbie) and Doris (Deanna Dunagan), while their mother Paula (Kathryn Hahn) goes on a cruise with her new boyfriend. Becca […]
Demon
A groom gets possessed during his wedding day in Demon. Peter (Itay Tiran) is preparing to marry his fiance Zaneta (Agnieszka Zulewska) at her family’s country home in Poland. The night before the wedding, Peter finds skeletal remains on the property, after which he begins acting strangely during the wedding reception. It quickly becomes apparent that […]
Yakuza Apocalypse
Takashi Miike gets foolish in the action-comedy Yakuza Apocalypse. When vampire Yakuza boss Kamiura (Lily Franky) is taken out by an unusual syndicate, his young protegé Kagayama (Hayato Ichihara) inherits his boss’ vampire powers. Creating a gang of vampire Yakuza out of the local citizens, Kagayama prepares to battle the evil syndicate, which includes a […]
The Whispering Star
Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play in Hell?) directs the minimalist science fiction film The Whispering Star. Sometime in the future, artificially intelligent machines make up 80% of the population. Yoko Suzuki, No 722 (Megumi Kagurazaka) is an android, whose job it is to fly in a spaceship to different planets and deliver packages to a the few […]
The Idol
A young refugee from Gaza goes on to win Arab Idol in The Idol. Mohamad Assaf grew up in the the troubled Palestinian region of Gaza. As a ten year old, he formed a band with his older sister Nour, who recognized Mohamad’s immense singing talent. Many years later, Mohamad Assaf would sneak out of Gaza on a fake […]
Ju-On: The Final Curse
The classic J-horror series returns for a final scare in Ju-On: The Final Curse. After her sister Yui Shono (Nozomi Sasaki) goes missing, Mai (Airi Taira) begins to investigate her disappearance. The investigation leads Mai to Yui’s student Toshio (Kai Kobayashi). As the investigation continues, the curse surrounding Toshio and his mother Kayoko reveals itself, affecting all who come […]
Deadman Inferno
It’s Yakuza against a zombie horde in Deadman Inferno. Former Yakuza boss Hiroya Munakata (Shô Aikawa) is a shell of his former self after surviving an assassination attempt ten years prior. Munakata’s friend and blood brother Takashi (Shingo Tsurumi) is released from prison and is ready to be reunited with his daughter Hinata (Maika Yamamoto), though he […]
Inside Out
Pixar brings us inside the head of a pre-pubescent girl in Inside Out. The emotions of Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), and Disgust (Mindy Kaling) control the personality of 11 year old Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) from the master control inside of her head. When Riley and her parents […]
When Marnie Was There
A shy and introverted girl makes a mysterious new friend in When Marnie Was There. Anna Sasaki is a 12-year-old asthmatic girl, who is sent by her foster parents to live with friends for the summer. Despite not being very good a socializing, Anna meets and befriends a mysterious blonde girl named Marnie, who lives […]
The Nightmare
Rodney Ascher (Room 237) explores the terrors of sleep paralysis in The Nightmare. There are people who suffer from a mysterious sleeping condition, where they feel like they are awake, yet they find that they cannot move. Many of those suffering from sleep paralysis have visions of shadowy figures coming at them in the darkness. […]
Doglegs
An underground Japanese wrestling league, where the disabled fight the able-bodied, is the subject of Doglegs. Doglegs is a an underground wrestling league in Tokyo, where disabled wrestlers fight against the able-bodied. A number of the wrestlers in the league are profiled, including retiring veteran “Sambo” Shintaro, cerebral palsy-diagnosed alcoholic L’Amant, and clinically depressed caregiver […]
The Nightmare
Rodney Ascher (Room 237) explores the terrors of sleep paralysis in The Nightmare. There are people who suffer from a mysterious sleeping condition, where they feel like they are awake, yet they find that they cannot move. Many of those suffering from sleep paralysis have visions of shadowy figures coming at them in the darkness. […]
The Theory of Everything
The life of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and his relationship with his wife Jane is at the centre of biopic The Theory of Everything. Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) is an astrophysics student, who meets Jane Wilde while studying at Cambridge University. The two quickly hit it off and begin a romantic relationship, but things get […]
Why Don’t You Play in Hell?
From Japanese auteur Sion Sono (Suicide Club, Cold Fish) comes the bloody action-comedy Why Don’t You Play in Hell? Yakuza boss Muto (Jun Kunimura) is at the beginnings of a war with rival Yazuka Ikegami (Shin’ichi Tsutsumi), which stemmed from an assault ten year’s prior, in which Muto’s wife was sent to prison for murdering […]
The 50 Year Argument
Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi directs this look back at the 50 year history of the New York Review of Books. In 1963, founders Robert B. Silvers and Barbara Epstein, along with publisher A. Whitney Ellsworth and writer Elizabeth Hardwick, took advantage of the New York printers’ strike to establish the New York Review of […]
Violent
A young Norwegian girl tries to make a life for herself in this debut feature film by Andrew Huculiak of the Vancouver-based rock band We Are The City. Dagny (Dagny Backer Johnsen) is a young Norwegian woman, who is trying to escape her small town life. As she adapts to this independent lifestyle, Dagny has […]
Wild
From director Jean-Marc Vallée (Café de Flore, Dallas Buyers Club) comes this drama based on the memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed. Cheryl (Reese Witherspoon) is a young woman desperate to escape her troubled life of drug use and promiscuous sex. As her way to find herself, […]
Cutaway
Last night saw the Toronto premiere of Cutaway, the new short film by Kazik Radwanski (Tower, Princess Margaret Blvd). Cutaway is the story of a momentous development of a man’s life, told entirely through close-ups of his hands. Those familiar with Radwanski’s previous films would know that he has the tendency of shooting quite close […]
Dumb and Dumber To
Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reunite with the Farrelly Brothers for this sequel to the 1994 hit comedy Dumb and Dumber. Lloyd (Carrey) reunites with Harry (Daniels) after spending two decades in a care home, as part of an extended gag. Harry tells Lloyd that he needs to have a kidney transplant and that they […]
ABCs of Death 2
Once again, 26 filmmakers present 26 ways to die in the horror anthology ABCs of Death 2. As with the first film, each of the filmmakers were given creative freedom to create a short segment corresponding to the letter of the alphabet they were assigned, with each ending in a highly creative and often gory […]
Over Your Dead Body
From Japanese auteur Takashi Miike (13 Assassins) comes this multi-reality ghost story. A theatre troupe are in rehearsals for a production of the 200 year old play Yotsuya Kaidan. The play is a story of betrayal and revenge, centring on a samurai named Tamiya Iemon and his spurred lover Oiwa. As rehearsals of the play […]
Godzilla (2014)
Following his 2010 debut feature Monsters, director Gareth Edwards moves on to the greatest monster of all, with this new reboot of Godzilla. Following the meltdown of the Janjira Nuclear Plant near Tokyo, plant supervisor Joe Brody (Bryan Cranston) becomes paranoid that the meltdown was created by something other than an earthquake, as claimed by […]
Love Hotel
Throughout Japan, there are over 37,000 love hotels, where couples can find an escape from the realities of the outside world. Love Hotel follows the staff and patrons of the Angelo Love Hotel in Osaka. The clientele of the hotel include a middle aged couple trying reignite their passions, a dominatrix pleasuring S&M clients, and […]
AKP: Job 27
Indie Spotlight is a series focusing on reviews of independent films From director Michael L. Suan comes this modern silent noir, which portrays a gangster romance entirely without dialogue. AKP: Job 27 focuses on a Yakuza hitman (Tyce Philip Phangsoa), who travels to Toronto for his 27th job. While in the city, the hitman encounters […]
The Wind Rises
Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki returns with a new film that is poised to be the director’s final feature before retirement. For the first time in his career, Miyazaki focuses on a character who existed in real life, in this case being aeronautical engineer Jiro Horikoshi. The Wind Rises follows Jiro from childhood straight through […]
The World’s End
Director Edgar Wright reteams with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost for the final entry of their “Cornetto Trilogy,” which began with Shaun of the Dead in 2004 and continued with Hot Fuzz in 2007. In The World’s End, Gary King (Pegg) is a man pushing middle age, who can’t escape the glory days of his […]
Kick-Ass 2
The teenager who decided to become as superhero is back in Kick-Ass 2. Two years have passed since the events of the first film and Dave Lizewski (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) has vowed to retire his alterego of Kick-Ass, especially since others have now started hitting the streets as superheroes. However, Dave quickly becomes bored of the […]
Monsters University
In this prequel to 2001’s Monsters Inc., the latest Disney/Pixar film Monsters University looks at the college years of Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) and James P. Sullivan (John Goodman) as they learned to become scarers. Even though they eventually become best buddies, Mike and Sulley begin as bitter academic rivals, with Mike being an over-eager […]
Teenage
It has only been within the last century when the second stage of life, known as adolescence, began to be defined. Before then, you were either known as a child or an adult and it was not uncommon to see children as young as 12 working in factories. When child labour laws were introduced in […]
From Up on Poppy Hill
From Up on Poppy Hill is the latest film released by Japan’s Studio Ghibli. This is the second film by Goro Miyazaki, who is the son of famed anime director Hayao Miyazaki, who co-wrote the film. The film focuses on Umi and Shun, who are students in 1964 Yokohama. Their school’s historic “Latin Quarter” clubhouse […]
REPOST: Tower
The film TOWER opens this evening at the Royal Cinema in Toronto. In anticipation of this event, I thought that I would repost my review for the film, which was originally posted as part of my coverage of the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. Enjoy. According to the Q&A after the screening, the film Tower […]
Samsara
Samsara is not an easy film to describe. I guess you can call Samsara a documentary, even though it isn’t really about anything. I suppose my best description of the film would be “Avant Garde meets National Geographic.” It’s a film that you watch for the experience of watching it. There is nothing in the […]
Ace Attorney
Last night, I attended a special screening of Takashi Miike’s adaptation of the popular Capcom video game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (you can read my overview of the games over on my Tumblr blog). The film has been described as the best video game adaption ever and I have to be compelled to agree with […]
Tower
According to the Q&A after the screening, the film Tower was not intentionally meant to be about Asperger’s Syndrome. However, as someone who has Asperger’s and was able to greatly relate with the main character of the film, I will say that I believe that Tower is probably the most genuine and unbiased cinematic portrayal of […]
The Bourne Legacy
While most would automatically assume The Bourne Legacy is a reboot of the Bourne franchise, it is more a side-story that takes place during and after the events of The Bourne Ultimatum. It turns out that Jason Bourne and the Treadstone and Blackbriar programs that created him were just a small peace of a larger network of […]
Brave
After seeing the latest Disney/Pixar collaboration Brave, I realized how difficult a film it is to market without giving away some major plot details. Indeed, the film I saw today was quite different than the film that was advertised in the trailers. That said, I still enjoyed the film that I saw. Without giving away […]
Piranha 3DD
Two years ago we saw the release of the 3D remake of Piranha. Back then I liked the film because it was exactly what I expected it to be – a fun and campy gorefest. Piranha 3D was a bit of a surprise horror hit in 2010 and of course that means that they just had […]
Take This Waltz
For my final film of Canada’s Top Ten, I saw this quirky romantic comedy directed by Sarah Polley. One thing that stands out for this film right away is that even though it’s a Canadian film that takes place in Toronto, it features a very well-known cast of both Canadian and American actors, including Michelle […]
The Muppets
I’m am a bit of a weird age when it comes to my fandom of The Muppets. When I was born in 1982, The Muppet Show had already finished its run and two of the three original Muppet films were already released. However, the Muppets were still a big part of my childhood, with me watching everything from […]
Puss in Boots
As you know know Puss in Boots is the spin-off of the character from the Shrek films. It is also the name of a popular fairy tale and part of me somewhat wishes they made the film a loose adaptation of the story. That said, I still thought the film was quite decent in its spoofing of […]
Tower Heist
Tower Heist is one of those films where you don’t have to think too much about what it is about. Essentially it’s about a group of people who rob a tower. There not really that much more to say about the film other than the fact that I thought it was quite funny. You can also […]
TIFF11: Day 1 Round-Up
Werner Herzog on Stage My first day of TIFF11 considered of two back-to-back screening at the Ryerson Theatre (one of my favourite TIFF venues). It didn’t have the glitz and glamour of the galas, but it was probably more enjoyable. Here are my thoughts on the films. Into the Abyss One news-making item of this […]
Cars 2
If the main critical consensus is to be believed, Cars 2 is by and large the worst animated film Pixar has made in their entire (25 year) career. However, I didn’t really see anything wrong with the movie. I believe that critics are so used to films from Pixar that resonate with adults just as much of kids, […]
Fast Five
If it wasn’t for the fact that it was the debut feature of the reopened Humber Cinema, I would have likely skipped this fifth entry in the Fast and the Furious series, like I did with the previous four films. That said, I can at least say that I was at least able to understand who […]
TRON: Legacy
I will start off by saying that, after a year of studios attempting to cash-in, this is by far the best 3D film to come out since Avatar. I guess it really shows what a difference filming in the format does. The film also has scenes shot in IMAX and it is definitely advised that […]
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
I had to wait a week and a half before I was finally able to see Scott Pilgrim vs the World, however the wait has been worth it. This is a film for everyone that loves videogames, Toronto, and everything in between. I don’t think that the film does too much to change peoples opinion […]
Piranha 3D
It’s been ages since there was a truly gimmicky 3D film was released. Piranha 3D may not have perfect 3D effects, but it was 1000x better than the post-converted afterthoughts studios have been releasing since Avatar hit it big. The film is pretty much what you except it to be: a fairly campy, really gory […]
Get Him to the Greek
You get many movie sequels, but you don’t often get spin-offs. In this case it is Russell Brand returning to his Aldous Snow character from Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It can be a bit risky featuring too much of a funny character, however I thought that the this film was quite funny. The also marks Jonah […]
Alice in Wonderland
It is unmistakable that this film is Alice in Wonderland through the eyes of Tim Burton. The director’s touches are all over the film, especially with its gothic imagery. This film was also the first major 3D film, since Avatar hit it big last year. I do have to say that it was a slightly […]
The Wolfman
As you may know, this film is a remake of the classic 1941 film, which was part of the the golden age of Universal horror films. A lot has changed since then and this is definitely a very dark and violent tale (as such, I was a bit disturbed when I saw a young boy […]
Public Enemies
I do have to say that story of John Dillinger is quite an interesting one. I thought that Johnny Depp’s performance as Dillinger was a good one and I also thought that Christian Bale did an OK job as the FBI agent pursuing him. My major complaint with the film is that the story progressed […]
Valkyrie
It is a shame that there is poor public opinion on Tom Cruise, since I thought Valkyrie was quite a good movie. It would be stretching it to say that it is a film that would receive Oscar recognition, but I thought that the film was a great return to thrillers for director Bryan Singer, […]
W.
Oliver Stone did an interesting thing with this biopic of president George W. Bush. While he could have have took the opportunity to trash than man for his many bad decisions in the White House, the film instead takes a sympathetic view at Bush’s life. The main plot involves the actions leading into and directly […]
Wall-E
Even though I missed the film when it came out a couple weeks ago, I finally managed to see Wall-E today. I would probably compare this film to The Incredibles in the fact that even though it is animated, it stands on its own as a sci-fi adventure in the same way The Incredibles stood […]
The Incredible Hulk
It’s a bit of a risk rebooting a franchise in only it’s second film, but since they retained a few of the plot elements from Ang Lee’s 2003 original, it wasn’t that noticeable. One thing about this film that it was hard for me not to talk about was recognizing the Toronto locals the film […]
Speed Racer
The latest film from the Wachowski Brothers started out looking it was case of style instead of substance. The film looked neat (with a very green-screened world that made the film look like a live-action cartoon), however the first half hour of the film was a huge jumble of flashback interspersed with a single race. […]
Shooter
This weekend I was deciding between seeing this action thriller or checking out the big screen return of, my childhood favourites, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Well, I decided go for the more “grown up” of the two (though I still will still see that Ninja Turtles movie one way or the other). So, what […]