It was the final day of the festival and I squeezed in another four films. Here we go. Solitary ManThis was a comedy/drama staring Michael Douglas as a man that gets into a bit too much trouble do to is womanizing ways. It was a decent enough film and it was a good way to […]
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This film opens tomorrow, so this can also be considered a normal review. The big thing that is apparent about this film is that it is more dark comedy than horror. There were a lot of parts in the film that caused people to laugh, but I considered them more bad puns than anything. The
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It was a busy day for me at the Toronto Film Festival and I saw four films within the day. Here are some brief thoughts on the films. Leslie, My Name is EvilStarting off day was this dark comedy about a boy that becomes infatuated with one of the members of the Manson Family, while
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For my first day of film viewing I checked out George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead, as well as a presentation called Origins of Factum. Survival of the Dead is, of course, the latest zombie film my Romero and loose follow-up to Diary of the Dead. The film centers around two feuding families on
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Earlier this year, I was quite disappointed by Crank: High Voltage. As such, I was understandedly skeptical of NeveldineTaylor’s follow-up Gamer. Well, it was a little better. The film, especially in the early scenes, still had the ugly cinematography and gratuitous content that was present in Crank 2. In fact, I even noticed a few
As you may remember, I quickly fell out of favour with Rob Zombie’s original remake of Halloween when he seemed intent having the focus more on Michael Myers than Laurie Strode. Thankfully that is remedied in this sequel, which also features an original story instead of the film being a remake of the original Halloween
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It took more than a decade for Inglourious Basterds to get made and I have to say that it is quite possibly the best film Quentin Tarantino has directed since Pulp Fiction. While the marketing for the film focuses on Brad Pitt and his band of Nazi-killing soldiers, the film is really an ensemble piece
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I remember reading about Trick ‘r Treat on Ain’t it Cool News way back in 2007 and I was disappointed when the film, which looked very intriguing, was pushed back before it’s October 2007 release. Now, nearly two years later, I finally saw the film as part of the Toronto After Dark film festival and
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This film, which is a expansion of director Neill Blomkamp’s 2005 short film Alive in Joburg, was essentially consolation by producer Peter Jackson for the Halo film (which Blomkamp was supposed to direct) falling through. I think a lot has been said about how this is supposed to reference apartheid in South Africa, so I
Adam is a film about a man with Asperger’s syndrome that develops a relationship with his neighbour. This film features a personal subject for me, since I was diagnosed with Asperger’s last year. As a result, while I was watching the film I kept comparing the character of Adam to my own experieces and found
