Film Review: Instant Family (2018)
byWriter-director Sean Anders may have been responsible for the visionary Hot Tub Time Machine, but don’t let that taint your anticipation of his newest…
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Film Review: Gifted (2017)
byIt all looks fairly formulaic on paper. Captain America + cute kid + schmaltz = Gifted. The title alone may provoke groans, because it…
Film Review: Hidden Figures (2016)
byThe current fascination with American race relations continues like never before in Oscar season 2017. The pallid white-fest of the previous years climaxed famously…
Film Review: Allegiant (2016)
byBack in the Chicago compound, Allegiant returns The Divergent Series to the journey of Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) and her boyfriend Four (Theo James). …
Film Review: Snowpiercer (2013)
byPart action-thriller, part environmentalist critique, part political commentary: Snowpiercer is a rarity. It offers both exhilarating entertainment and intriguing ideas – and is all…
MIFF 2013: Fruitvale Station (2013)
byFruitvale Station begins with some blurry footage. Taken with a camera phone it’s difficult to make out faces, but what’s clear is that there’s…
Film Review: The Help (2011)
byFifty-five years after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus, and forty-five years after the Civil…