I should probably preface by saying that I have a love/hate relationship with avant garde/experimental films. Some types of experimental films I find compelling, while others I find excruciating. Sadly, I have to say that the highly experimental documentary Leviathan falls into the latter category. Leviathan is a cinéma vérité documentary about a group of…
It’s definitely been a busy holiday season for Steven Speilberg, with War Horse being the second film of two simultaneous films directed by him to be released this season. The film is adaptation of the novel and stage play (which actually opens in Toronto next month). The film tells the story of a horse named…
Darren Aronofsky is known for being a bit of a visionary, so it would have been obvious that a film about ballet would turn out to be more than meets the eye. It would be hard to talk about this film without going into spoiler-territory, however I can say that the film is about a…
The entire Harry Potter series so far had more or less the same formula with most of the action happening in and around Hogwarts. As such, it is a bit jarring that the first film the two-part finale doesn’t feature Hogwarts on screen at all. The decision was made to split the final book of…
Since I was away during the weekend, I quickly went to go see this film today. I would have to say that was definitely a very suspenseful film. It was also chilling that this is more realistic film (probably to support its, slightly exaggerated, tag that the film was “inspired by true events”). I also…
