This Review Was Originally Published As Part of Our Coverage of Fantasia 2024 Two strangers on a prison planet discover that they may have a tragic connection in The Silent Planet. Theodore (Elias Koteas) is a terminally ill convict, serving an isolated sentence on a silent mining planet, whose memory of life on Earth has…
Two strangers on a prison planet discover that they may have a tragic connection in The Silent Planet. Theodore (Elias Koteas) is a terminally ill convict, serving an isolated sentence on a silent mining planet, whose memory of life on Earth has been steadily fading. Theodore’s isolated existence is disrupted by the arrival of a…
A single mother tries to turn her life around, while dealing with her addict ex-husband in Luba. Luba (Nicole Maroon) is a single mother struggling to make ends meet, while raising her six year old son Matty (Porter Schaefer). At the same time, Luba has to deal with her ex-husband Donnie (Vladimir Jon Cubrt), who…
The heroes in a half shell are reintroduced for a new generation in this Michael Bay-produced reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. New York City is being terrorized by a criminal organization known as the Foot Clan, which are lead by the armoured warrior The Shredder (Tohoru Masamune). Young reporter April O’Neil (Megan Fox) is…
It has only been within the last century when the second stage of life, known as adolescence, began to be defined. Before then, you were either known as a child or an adult and it was not uncommon to see children as young as 12 working in factories. When child labour laws were introduced in…
That haunted house film is probably one of the hardest subgenre of horror to do. How do you portray ghosts on film without it being cheesy? This film was a mixed bag for me. I found that I was very passive for most of the film, with scenes that were supposed to be scary getting…
As we enter the new year, I am doing some catching up a few remaining 2008 films, mostly the ones that look to do well come awards season. One of the most notable of these films is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It’s interesting that this romantic fantasy was directed by David Fincher, who…
This weekend I was deciding between seeing this action thriller or checking out the big screen return of, my childhood favourites, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Well, I decided go for the more “grown up” of the two (though I still will still see that Ninja Turtles movie one way or the other). So, what…
