Plane
A relatively generic yet entertaining action-thriller.
Plane
M3GAN
A darkly humorous mix of Child’s Play and The Terminator with some pop songs and dancing thrown in.
The Loneliest Boy in the World
A recently orphaned teenager creates a replacement family consisting of recently deceased corpses in The Loneliest Boy in the World. Oliver (Max Harwood) grew up under the incredibly sheltered care of his mother (Carol Anne Watts), who died in a freak accident the previous year. While psychiatrist Julius (Evan Ross) wants to commit Oliver to…
Violent Night
Santa Claus digs into his dark side to save a family from a group of mercenaries in Violent Night. Jason Lightstone (Alex Hassell) is a man from a wealthy family who is accompanied by his daughter Trudy (Leah Brady) and estranged wife Linda (Alexis Louder) to a holiday gathering at the estate of Jason’s mother…
The Banshees of Inisherin – TIFF 2022
Two lifelong friends inexplicably begin feuding in The Banshees of Inisherin. In 1923, on the island of Inisherin, just off Ireland’s west coast, Pádraic (Collin Farrell) visits the home of his best friend Colm (Brendan Gleeson) for their daily trip to the pub. However, Pádraic is shocked to find Colm ignoring him and is later…
Thanatomorphose – Blood in the Snow 2013
The body horror film Thanatomorphose focuses on a girl (Kayden Rose), who lives on her own in an apartment. One day she notices that bruises have appeared over her body and that her hair is starting to fall out. As the days go by, more injuries appear and the girl’s boyfriend (David Tousignant) comments on…
Revisiting Donnie Darko – Ten Years Later
It’s a very special revisiting post for you today. Ten years ago today, I finally saw Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko for the first time after months of trying. The film was a victim somewhat of 9/11, in which it was essentially buried during its original theatrical release in October 2001. It wasn’t until it was…
Trailer Thoughts: Year One
Today we are going to look at the trailer for this biblical comedy by Judd Apatow and Harold Ramis. Year One By the looks of this trailer (and the funny spots that played during the Superbowl) one of the main jokes of this film is that it features modern humour in a biblical setting. Jack…