Silent House is a horror film that is presented as one continuous shot. I’ll say now that this was probably one of the most effective elements of the film. The film flows seamlessly and you almost forget at times that it’s a non-stop shot (though I managed to spot a couple of the invisible cuts). […]
The directorial duo of Neveldine/Taylor had a somewhat entertaining start to their career with the original Crank. However, in every film they made since (Crank 2, Gamer, and now Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance), they have steadily become my least favourite filmmakers. Through their direction, Neveldine/Taylor took the sequel to 2007’s Ghost Rider (a film
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Last week when it opened, Man on a Ledge was overshadowed by The Grey and barely registered in the top five with an opening gross of only $8M. However, after finally getting around to seeing the film today (I chose it instead of Woman in Black, which I already saw or Chronicle, which I feared would make
Steven Soderbergh isn’t often known for directing action films and, as it turns out, Haywire isn’t your usual action film. Storywise, this type of film, about a black ops agent who has been betrayed, has been told many time before and film is actually bit stylistically similar to the Bourne films. The film stars former MMA fighter
TIFF’s annual celebration of Canadian Cinema is now well underway and today I saw the first of five films I plan on seeing in the Canada’s Top Ten series – Guy Maddin’s Keyhole. This was only the second of Maddin’s films that I have seen, the other being 2008’s My Winnipeg. However, it’s definitely obvious
Roman Polanski‘s latest film, based on the play God of Carnage, is a very simple and hilarious film about how a simple conversation can quickly blow out of proportion. The whole film is one giant coversation between two couples. The son of Nancy and Alan (Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz) hit the son of Penelope
I delayed my list of my favourite films of 2011 as I went out to see some last-minute possible contenders. I saw War Horse on Sunday and I now I went to see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy today. The film is an old school Cold War spy thriller in which a British spy named George Smiley (Gary
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In a bit of a unique move, the fourth entry of the Mission: Impossible series was released in IMAX a full five days before it goes into wide release. This is, in my opinion, a good way to get people into IMAX theatres to see the film (there are so many IMAX alternates these days), since
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For most of his career Roland Emmerich became well known for his knack of blowing up the world real good. He is also one of the most critically loathed directors, with all but two of films receiving a Rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. I personally didn’t mind his disaster films and even used his films The Day After
I know I said in my last post that I was going to wait until the film’s official opening on Friday to post my thoughts on Paranormal Activity 3, but I feel like I want to talk about the film now. The film is an origin story of sorts and tells the story of the
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