Film Review: Honeymoon (2014)
After getting its premier at this year’s South by South-West, Honeymoon is brought to us by first time director Leigh Janiak, who was also…
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Film Review: Kill the Messenger (2014)
It’s just about that time of the year when all the films that see themselves competing in the upcoming Oscar season start turning up…
Film Review: Hector and the Search For Happiness (2014)
Happiness is what we all strive to find and keep, yet its source will always remain somewhat elusive. Sure, possessions and status count for something…
Film Review: This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
Quite reminiscent of last year’s August: Osage County, Shawn Levy’s This Is Where I Leave You is your run of the mill, part black…
Film Review: Obvious Child (2014)
Abortions are probably not the most ideal subject matter for comedy films. But Obvious Child, directed and with a screenplay written by Gillian Robespierre,…
Film Review: Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013)
The world of cinema is full of tales of moves that almost got made: Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon? Sergio Leone’s Stalingrad? Tim Burton’s Superman Lives?…
Film Review: Boyhood (2014)
Boyhood is writer/director Richard Linklater’s testament film. A masterpiece, destined to be remembered as one of the best films of the decade (if not…
Film Review: The Grandmaster (2013)
The new film from perhaps the most celebrated auteur from all of Asia, maybe even world cinema in general, should be met with celebration;…
Film Review: What We Do In The Shadows (2014)
Hollywood’s obsession with the undead has become an international epidemic, with New Zealand the latest to have caught the bug. But there’s nothing Twilight…
Film Review – Locke (2014)
Constructing a building. Dismantling a life. These are the dual organizing principles of Steven Knight’s absorbing film Locke. Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) is a…