Deadpoool & Wolverine

Deadpool & Wolverine

The merc with the mouth recruits a variant of Logan to help save his universe in Deadpool & Wolverine. Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) has given up life as the mercenary Deadpool and now works as a used car salesman with Peter (Rob Delaney). A surprise birthday party for Wade is interrupted when he is taken…

TIFF 2023 Review American Fiction

American Fiction – TIFF 2023

An African-American author’s satirical novel becomes a sudden and unexpected hit in American Fiction. Thelonious “Monk” Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) is an author and English professor, who is placed on a leave of absence after a confrontation with an overtly politically correct student. In addition, Monk is informed by his literary agent Arthur (John Ortiz) that…

Nanny

Nanny – TIFF 2022

A Senegalese caregiver has water-bound nightmares involving her child in Nanny. Aisha (Anna Diop) is a recent immigrant from Senegal who takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy New York couple, Amy (Michelle Monaghan) and Adam (Morgan Spector). Taking care of the couple’s young daughter Rose (Rose Decker), Aisha hopes to earn enough…

Deadpool 2

Deadpool 2

The merc with the mouth returns to the big screen in Deadpool 2. Following the loss of his love Vanessa (Morena Baccarin), Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds), fall into a suicidal funk, until he is brought on by Colossus (Stefan Kapicic) as a trainee member of the X-Men. On his first mission, he encounters troubled…

Deadpool

Deadpool

The “merc with a mouth” receives the big screen treatment in Deadpool. Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) is a wise cracking mercenary, who finds love with the beautiful prostitute Vanessa (Morena Baccarin). However, Wade finds out that he has late-stage cancer, which results in him enrolling in a program headed by Ajax (Ed Skrein), who ends…

The Wolverine

The Wolverine

The most famous member of the X-Men returns for this Japan-set solo adventure.  The Wolverine takes place a number of years after the events of X-Men: The Last Stand and begins with Wolverine (High Jackman) having long since left the X-Men and is now living in seclusion, haunted by visions of the late Jean Grey…