There isn’t really too much to the story of The Ides of March, which is very by-the-book political drama. Essentially the film follows an idealist staff member (Ryan Gosling) of a potential presidential candidate (George Clooney), who is slowly corrupted by all the backroom backstabbing that happens in the political world. The cast of the…
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….
1911 is a film released to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Chinese revolution and it is also advertised as the hundredth film starring Jackie Chan, who has been taking more dramatic roles as he gets older. The film is now playing at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. The film is advertised as being a war epic, but I would be more inclined…
I initially missed Contagion when it was released a month ago, since it conflicted with the Toronto Film Festival. However, I managed have some free time today, so I finally checked it out. In this film, an American woman (Gwyneth Paltrow) is infected with a new type of virus while on a trip to Hong Kong….
You wouldn’t really expect cancer to be something that you can laugh at, however 50/50 does manage to find humour in a possibly dire situation – for the first half of the film at least. The film is about the attempts of a young man (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to cope with his diagnosis of a…
Drive is an action/crime/drama that seems to be hearkening back to crime thrillers of the 1980s, with a little of Martin Scorsese‘s Taxi Driver thrown in for good measure. The film stars Ryan Gosling as a nameless stunt driver/mechanic, who moonlights as a getaway driver for robberies. He takes one such job to help out the husband of his…
Q&A for i am a good person/i am a bad person and Hidden Driveway The final weekend of the Toronto International Film Festival is typically a slow one. Most of the red carpet premieres are over, many of the guests have gone home, and all that is left is the films. One of my favourite aspects…
The Day Q&A The last two days of the Toronto International Film Festival were probably my busiest of the entire week. Within a 48 hour people, I saw about seven films, including my second Midnight Madness screening – the world premiere of The Day. There’s a lot of films to cover, so I should move straight…
Hard Core Logo II Q&A Day 6 marks the beginning of the second half of the Toronto International Film Festival. It also marks the beginning of my busiest time at the festival, with me seeing no less than three films, including the film I pegged as my top pick for the festival – Hard Core Logo…
Bruce Sinofsky and Joe Berlinger during the Paradise Lost 3 Q&A The last couple of days were probably my slowest of the entire festival. Since my volunteer shifts over the weekend limited my free time, I only saw one film each over the last two days. However, I can confidently say that one of those films…
