The Crow

The Crow

A murdered man comes back to right the wrongs that were committed in The Crow. While serving time in a rehab facility, Eric Draven (Bill Skarsgård) meets and falls for Shelly Webster (FKA Twigs), who he helps escape from Marion (Laura Birn), a woman working for Vincent Roeg (Danny Huston), a crime lord who made…

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I Told You So – TIFF 2023

The interconnected stories of multiple people in Rome during a heatwave are told in I Told You So. It is January, yet Rome is engulfed in an unseasonal heatwave. During this blistering hot day, Gianna (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) reignites her obsession with her ex-best friend Pupa (Valeria Golino), an aging porn star. Gianna is dependent…

The Wrath

The Wrath

A wealthy Korean family is tormented by a vengeful spirit in The Wrath. The heirs of the family of Madame Shin are being killed off on their wedding way by the vengeful spirit of a woman. Ok-bun is a young beggar, who is married off to Shin’s youngest son, in a last-ditch effort to break…

Hurt

Hurt

A woman spends Halloween night with her PTSD-suffering husband in Hurt. It is Halloween night in the small town of New Caney, Texas and Rose (Emily Van Raay) is reunited with her husband Tommy (Andrew Creer), who has just returned from the war. After spending some time with Rose’s sister Lily (Stephanie Moran) and her husband Mark…

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

The best known female superhero finally hits the big screen in Wonder Woman. Diana (Gal Gadot) is princess of the island of Themyscira, home to the Amazons. Diana’s mother Queen Hippolyta (Connie Nielsen) forbids Diana to train to become a warrior, though she ends up practicing in secret with her Aunt General Antiope (Robin Wright). One day,…

Big Eyes

Big Eyes

From Tim Burton comes this biopic about artist Margaret Keane.  Margaret (Amy Adams) is a divorced single mother and aspiring artist, who paints portraits of big eyed girls inspired by her daughter.  Margaret meets another artist named Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz) and the two end up quickly getting married.  As a much more charismatic person,…

Wrath of the Titans

Wrath of the Titans

I don’t know where to begin when it comes to Wrath of the Titans.  I actually somewhat enjoyed the previous film Clash of the Titans (even though I decided to give it half a point less in my rating).  That film still ended up being somewhat watchable, despite being one of the first (of many) victims of…

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Ridley Scott’s new film version of Robin Hood received fairly poor reviews from most critics.  However, I feel that it might have fared better if it didn’t have the stigma of being attached to the classic story. Let it be said that this is not the traditional Robin Hood story that has been told in…

Edge of Darkness

Edge of Darkness

One thing I can definitely say about this film is that it was nice to see Mel Gibson in front of the camera again. It it wasn’t for the novelty of his involvement, I would have considered this film to be a very average thriller.  However, everything that happens in this film is pure joy…

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Wolverine is the most popular of the X-Men character, so it was probably natural that they would make a movie about his origins. However, I do not think that the resulting film would succeed in revitalizing the X-Men series. It was an OK film, however about half the film is quite light on action and…