21 February 2012
This Means Giggles, Despite Myself
By Rachael Nisenkier // Cinema
There are many, many things that do not work about This Means War; check out Rotten Tomatoes, where the film is currently getting a 26% fresh rating. The movie is …
20 February 2012
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
The Oscar-nominated third installment of HBO’s Paradise Lost documentary series is provocatively unsettling to watch. The crippling poverty, widespread ignorance, self-righteous rage and incomprehensible hatred that mark the Arkansas town …
18 February 2012
On the Topic of Channing Tatum
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
Girls are crazy for Channing Tatum. Seriously, there was a row of girls behind me at The Vow who literally squealed when he appeared shirtless for 15 seconds (they also …
16 February 2012
Singing Along with Grease
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
Chicago is the best movie-musical ever made, Singing in the Rain is my favourite classic and I will always have a special place in my heart for the underrated gem …
13 February 2012
What to Expect from The Vow
By Rachael Nisenkier // Cinema
The Vow is exactly what you expect from watching the trailer. This is a good thing, generally, because it means that you can watch those three minutes and know, absolutely, …
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10 February 2012
Rom-Com Defense: What’s Your Number?
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
I am the first one to admit that I flipflop on this issue. I am a massive Rom-Com fan. It’s probably my favourite genre. When I was little and we …
09 February 2012
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
This was a tricky movie to make, no one’s going to argue that. There’s never been more sensitive ground for modern American filmmakers to tread than the memory of 9/11. …
07 February 2012
The Woman in Black
By Rachael Nisenkier // Cinema
When I was little, I went to see The Secret Garden in theaters with my mom. During one scene, as young Mary Lennox is creeping towards the garden, I started …
05 February 2012
Cody and Reitman Grow Up with Young Adult
By Jason Hellerman // Cinema
Recent films rely on one convention. It’s sad but almost every Hollywood film is about character redemption. We love seeing someone with a problem they must overcome. We love going …
31 January 2012
Why Grownups Suck (or, Polanski’s “Carnage”)
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
It would be very easy to hate Carnage, Roman Polanski’s simple but searing adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s Tony-winning play The God of Carnage (or, Le Dieu du Carnage, really). The …
29 January 2012
Liam Neeson in The Grey
By Rachael Nisenkier // Cinema
The biggest problem with The Grey, Liam Neeson’s new movie about fighting wolves in the Alaskan wilderness, is simple, really. It’s the fact that you just walked into a movie …
28 January 2012
Jason’s Own Oscars
By Jason Hellerman // Cinema
The Academy Awards are always a hotly debated item. Nominees are frequently the result of campaigning, elbow rubbing, and politicking. That being said, I decided to go against the grain …
26 January 2012
What is it? Coriolanus must I call thee?
By Borah Coburn // Cinema
I recently saw Ralph Fiennes’s labor of love—his adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus—and I fully loved it. The movie is beautiful, gritty, unadorned, and truly unique in its interpretations of …
24 January 2012
That Touch of Madness
By Rachael Nisenkier // Cinema
Haywire, the recently released directorial effort by Steven Soderbergh which Jason nicely reviewed here, also marks the first starring role for Mixed Martial Arts fighter, Gina Carano. As anyone who’s …
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