Megalopolis TIFF 2024

Megalopolis – TIFF 2024

An architect uses a powerful building material to create a Utopian city in Megalopolis. Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver) is the head of the design authority in the city of New Rome, who won a Nobel Prize for developing the infinitely malleable and miraculously strong building material megalon, which he has been using to reshape sections…

John Wick: Chapter 4

John Wick: Chapter 4

The assassin’s hunt for revenge climaxes in John Wick: Chapter 4. After being betrayed by his friend Winston (Ian McShane) and left for dead in the care of the Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne), John Wick (Keanu Reeves) recovers and continues his quest for vengeance against the High Table. The Marquis Vincent de Gramont (Bill Skarsg?rd)…

Transformer

Transformer

A world champion powerlifter’s transition from male to female is documented in Transformer. Matt “Kroc” Kroczaleski was a world record holding bodybuilder and marine veteran, who was outed as transgender by a 2015 YouTube video. The outing effectively ends Kroc’s powerlifting career, though she begins the process to transition into Janae Marie Kroczaleski. However, with Janae sporting…

John Wick: Chapter 2

John Wick: Chapter 2

Lethal assassin John Wick is once again forced out of retirement in John Wick: Chapter 2. After tying up loose ends by recovering his stolen car from Russian gangster Abram Tarasov (Peter Stormare), John Wick (Keanu Reeves) prepares to once again retire from the life of an assassin. However, Wick is approached by Italian crime…

Contagion

Contagion

I initially missed Contagion when it was released a month ago, since it conflicted with the Toronto Film Festival.  However, I managed have some free time today, so I finally checked it out. In this film, an American woman (Gwyneth Paltrow) is infected with a new type of virus while on a trip to Hong Kong….

Predators

Predators

After twenty years (and two Alien vs. Predator films), the Predator series finally returns with a stand-alone installment.  While film critics are quick to add the “reboot” buzzword to most new films from classic franchises, it is obvious that this film is meant to be a modern day sequel to the original 1987 film (and there’s even…