Die Alone

Die Alone

An amnesiac man is assisted by a survivalist woman to find his girlfriend in a post-apocalyptic world in Die Alone. Ethan (Douglas Smith) wakes up after a car accident with no memory, other than he was travelling with his girlfriend Emma (Kimberly-Sue Murray) to lay low at their cabin as a viral pandemic turns the…

The Watchers

The Watchers

An American woman finds herself trapped in supernatural woods in the Irish countryside in The Watchers. Mina (Dakota Fanning) is an American woman living in Ireland, plagued by guilt over the accidental death of her mother she was responsible for as a child. Mina is tasked by her boss at the pet shop she works…

Perfect Days

Perfect Days

A Tokyo janitor goes through his daily routine of cleaning toilets with a smile on his face in Perfect Days. Hirayama (Koji Yakusho) goes through the same routine daily as he cleans the various public toilets around Tokyo. He is often joined by his slacker co-worker Takashi (Tokio Emoto), who is more concerned with his…

The French Dispatch

The French Dispatch

Wes Anderson presents us with an obituary, travel guide, and 3 featured articles from a fiction magazine in The French Dispatch. Arthur Howitzer, Jr. (Bill Murray) was found dead of an apparent heart attack while preparing the final issue of his magazine “The French Dispatch,” a supplement of the Liberty Kansas Evening Sun, detailing life…

Honey Bee

Honey Bee

A teenage prostitute has to adjust to life with a new foster family in Honey Bee. Natalie (Julia Sarah Stone) is young woman working as a truck stop prostitute for her boyfriend/pimp Ryan (Steven Love), who has given her the nickname “Honey Bee.” One night, Natalie is arrested by undercover detective Walker (Maurice Dean Wint)…

Porcupine Lake

Porcupine Lake

Two teenage girls strike up a summer friendship in Porcupine Lake. Bea (Charlotte Salisbury) is a 13 year old girl, who travels with her mother Ally (Delphine Roussel) to Port Severn, ON, where Bea’s father Scotty (Christopher Bolton) is running the family diner. With her parents embroiled in marital issues, Bea strikes up a friendship…

Rich Hill

Rich Hill

Rich Hill, Missouri is a small town with a population of only 1393.  Andrew is a 14 year old, whose family is frequently moving; Appachey is a violent and foul-mouthed 13 year old, who’s always getting into trouble; Harley is a 15 year old with anger issues, living with his grandmother, while his mother serves…

Rhymes for Young Ghouls

Rhymes for Young Ghouls

Set during a time in Canadian history when aboriginal kids were routinely sent to residential schools, Rhymes for Young Ghouls tells the story of a young girl named Aila (Kawennahere Devery Jacobs).  Aila’s life was shaken by tragedy at a very young age when her mother accidently ran over her younger brother, and subsequently committed…

Premium Rush

Premium Rush

Living in a big city like Toronto, I have a love/hate relationship cyclists.  I have no issues with people that treat bicycles like the vehicles that they are and obey the rules of the road.  However, it annoys the hell out of me when I come across cyclists that seem to believe they can bike…

The Watch

The Watch

If there is a word I could use to describe The Watch it would be “uneven.” If you take Old School, 21 Jump Street, The I.T. Crowd, and Attack the Block and mash them all together, you might come up with something that looks like this film.  The film is advertised as a sci-fi comedy, though this…