We Need to Talk About Kevin Q&A It was a very busy couple of days, as my festival experience officially took off. I saw four films since my last report, including my first of two Midnight Madness screenings last night (which I am still recovering from). Without further ado, here is my thoughts on the films […]
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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
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Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark is remake of the 1973 TV film of the same name. This new version is co-written and produced by Guillermo del Toro, whose influence is definitely seen throughout the film. The film follows a girl named Sally (Bailee Madison), who moves in with her father (Guy Pearce) and his girlfriend (Katie Holmes). Sally
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Fright Night is the latest in a long line of 1980s horror film to receive a remake. I was able to check out the original (on the big screen) at the Toronto Underground Cinema a little over a month ago and I couldn’t help but compare the two, as I was watching the film. I can
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The original 1982 Conan the Barbarian is best known as the film as the film that launched Arnold Schwarzenegger’s film career, though the character himself dates back to a series of stories written in the 1930s. I personally had my first experience with character in the 1992 animated series Conan the Adventurer, which was an after-school favourite
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Tucker & Dale vs Evil is a horror/comedy that initially debuted at 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Tonight I saw the film during a screening at the Toronto Underground Cinema (though it’s also supposed to get a limited release next month). The film can be best described as a reverse horror movie, since most of the events
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Last night, I went to see a screening of Red State at the Toronto Underground cinema, which was followed by a lengthy Q&A by director Kevin Smith. The film is much different that Kevin Smith’s other films in how it is definitely not a comedy (even though there are still funny lines in the film). The
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30 Minutes or Less is an action-comedy from the director of Zombieland. It can easily be said that this film doesn’t have as original a premise as the previous, but I still found it to be quite hilarious. It’s a very simple plot: a looser of a pizza delivery boy (Jesse Eisenberg) gets strapped with a
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It’s easy to use the reboot buzzword when describing this film, but the film can also be seen as a loose remake of 1972’s Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (which was the fourth film of the original series). The film is actually pretty decent and features a much more realistic depiction of apes, than
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Attack the Block is a British sci-fi/horror/comedy that has been getting a lot of buzz for the past few month and it finally received a limited North American release. The film has simple enough plot – a group of alien creatures attack a group of hoodlums within a south-London apartment block. However, there is something with
