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…

BlackBerry

BlackBerry

The story of the rise and fall of the world’s first smartphone is told in BlackBerry. Mike Lazaridis (Jay Baruchel) and Douglas Fregin (Matt Johnson) are business partners in the upstart Waterloo, Ontario, technology company Research In Motion. The two make a pitch to Harvard-educated businessman Jim Balsillie (Glenn Howerton) of Sutherland-Schultz Ltd for their…

Closet Monster

Closet Monster

A closeted homosexual teenager struggles with his identity and relationship with his father in Closet Monster. Oscar Madly (Connor Jessup) is an aspiring make-up artist living alone with his overbearing father (Aaron Abrams). After witnessing a brutal hate crime as a kid, Oscar fears the repercussions of people finding out he is homosexual, even though he begins…

Trailer Thoughts: Watchmen

Trailer Thoughts: Watchmen

This week we will be taking a look at the first trailer for the graphic novel adaptation Watchmen, which debuted in front of The Dark Knight. Watchmen The film adaptation of Alan Moore’s Watchmen has been in development hell since the graphic novel came out over 20 years ago. The film finally got going a…