Humane

Humane

An estranged family has to choose which one of them has to enlist in a government Euthanasia program in Humane. A catastrophic global ecological collapse has given humanity one year to reduce the Earth’s population. Retired newsman Charles York (Peter Gallagher) invites his children Jared (Jay Baruchel), Noah (Sebastian Chacon), Ashley (Alanna Bale), and Rachel…

The End of Sex

The End of Sex – TIFF 2022

A married couple tries everything to reignite their sexual chemistry in The End of Sex. With their kids having gone away to camp for a week, Emma (Emily Hampshire) and Josh (Jonas Chernick) decide to “make some sex” but find that their decade-long marriage has resulted in them becoming stagnant in the bedroom. As the…

Borealis

Borealis

A gambling addict goes on the lam with his teenage daughter in Borealis. Jonah (Jonas Chernick) is a Winnipeg man, who owes a nearly $100,000 poker debt to Jewish mafia accountant Tubby Finkelman (Kevin Pollak). Around the same time, Jonah finds out that his teenage daughter Aurora’s (Joey King) eyesight is deteriorating to the point…

My Awkward Sexual Adventure

My Awkward Sexual Adventure

This was definitely an interesting film for me to finish off Canada’s Top Ten with… As you may have guessed from the title, My Awkward Sexual Adventure is a comedy about an accountant in Winnipeg named Jordon (Jonas Chernick), who is dumped by his, somewhat shallow, girlfriend for not being that exciting in bed.  Jordon…

Cosmopolis

Cosmopolis

Outside of a New York City building (that looks remarkably like Toronto’s Union Station), 28-year-old billionaire Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson) decides that he wants to get a haircut on the other side of town. His bodyguard Torval (Kevin Durand, doing his best Christopher Walken impression) advises against this, because the visiting U.S. President will make traffic…