|
2/4
|
75%
|
Fast & Furious 6 (2013) |
"
It pretty much goes without saying that the script by Chris Morgan, who penned most of the previous installments, is achingly stupid and beyond ludicrous."
—
Toronto Star
Posted May 24, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
54%
|
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) |
"
Nair has found a real gem in Riz Ahmed, who anchors the film with a charismatically watchable performance. He's in virtually every frame and you hang on his every word."
—
Toronto Star
Posted May 16, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
33%
|
Tai Chi Hero (2013) |
"
Purist fans of martial arts cinema probably won't embrace this film any more than its predecessor."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
——
|
Molly Maxwell () |
"
It draws the audience into an ethical quandary that instills an uncomfortable sense of complicity. As a result, we never end up sympathizing for the main characters or investing in the romance."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Apr 18, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
77%
|
42 (2013) |
"
Well-paced and often riveting, and manages to inspire while remaining true to the sport and to the player who changed it and all of professional sport forever."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
66%
|
Spring Breakers (2013) |
"
Korine's story is a searing indictment of today's hedonistic, nihilistic youth, and his script is loaded with sharp, telling dialogue that exposes the rotten moral cores of its characters."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
81%
|
From Up On Poppy Hill (2013) |
"
Likely to appeal to young audiences - especially teenagers - and possibly even to jaded adults, who may look back on their own first yearnings of puppy love with nostalgia and affection."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
——
|
Home Again () |
"
All three actors acquit themselves well, particularly Bent as Dunston, a soulful man trying to leave his violent past behind."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
41%
|
The Call (2013) |
"
Thinking about seeing The Call? You may want to put that on hold."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
——
|
Blood Pressure () |
"
Despite its misleadingly weak title, Blood Pressure is an engaging thriller, thanks to Giroux, who makes believable and measured changes in Nicole's personality and temperament as she finds her backbone while on her mysterious journey."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
30%
|
Reincarnated (2013) |
"
The whole thing does feel like a self-indulgent exercise on the part of Snoop, though he remains an artist of undeniable substance. In this case, a controlled substance."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
71%
|
Greedy Lying Bastards (2013) |
"
As much as it hopes to incite outrage and to stir a complacent body politic into action, [it] never quite rises to the level of urgency the subject requires."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
——
|
Shepard & Dark () |
"
It's actually a fascinating journey, unfolding - just like real life - in ways that are honest and unexpected and not always pleasant."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
——
|
Charlie Zone (2013) |
"
Charlie Zone, with its dark vision, intricate plot and noir-ish style, suggests Melski is a Canadian filmmaker to watch."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Feb 28, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
57%
|
Kai Po Che! (2013) |
"
It's a sprawling tale of friendship during a tumultuous time of sectarian strife in India."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Feb 21, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
28%
|
Knife Fight (2013) |
"
U.S. politics provides more than ample fodder for sharply observed satire. Someone needs to tell Guttentag that requires a scalpel, not a dull-edged butter knife."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Jan 24, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
100%
|
Tatsumi (2013) |
"
Singaporean director Eric Khoo's stylishly impressive homage to the mangaka, converting his memoir, A Drifting Life, into a cinematic work employing animation that is true to Tatsumi's original work."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Jan 24, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
——
|
Italy: Love It, Or Leave It () |
"
"Love it and lampoon it" might be a better description for the latest pseudo-documentary effort from Italian wags Luca Ragazzi and Gustav Hofer."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Jan 24, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
100%
|
The Waiting Room (2012) |
"
Both a depressing indictment of a system that prioritizes health care based on insurance coverage and, at the same time, uplifting, if only because of the extraordinary professionals who keep it going - barely."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Jan 17, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
40%
|
Back to 1942 (2012) |
"
A chronicle of unrelenting misery, sorrow and human degradation that has powerful moments but is hardly uplifting."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Nov 29, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
79%
|
A Late Quartet (2012) |
"
[It] may not sound like a scintillatingly good time at the movies, but actually it is."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Nov 29, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
77%
|
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography (2012) |
"
An exhaustive - no, make that exhausting - look at a team of young skateboarders ..."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Nov 29, 2012
|
|
0.5/4
|
13%
|
Red Dawn (2012) |
"
Just really, really lame, right down to the Communist symbols that adorn the revised Stars and Stripes."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Nov 21, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
53%
|
Citadel (2012) |
"
While Foy's efforts to create his own distinct modern urban mythos are ambitious, the result isn't entirely satisfying."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Nov 15, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
67%
|
Dangerous Liaisons (2012) |
"
[A] lusty and sumptuous retelling of the classic pre-French Revolution novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Nov 8, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
100%
|
How to Survive a Plague (2012) |
"
Presents a valuable template for how grassroots activism can temper societal prejudice and challenge governmental indifference in the face of a mysterious and remorseless killer."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Nov 1, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
67%
|
Hellbound? (2012) |
"
As filled with good intentions as it clearly is, Hellbound? feels painfully earnest throughout as well as cluttered and only occasionally illuminating."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Oct 25, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
77%
|
Samsara (2012) |
"
A continuous flow of images of the natural world and the human tide that dominates it."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
32%
|
Won't Back Down (2012) |
"
Won't Back Down doesn't wholly make the grade."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Sep 28, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
43%
|
Hotel Transylvania (2012) |
"
A fast, funny and wildly inventive animated tale with enough laughs and heart to appeal to audiences of all ages."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Sep 28, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
11%
|
House at the End of the Street (2012) |
"
A thriller with a twisted ending that feels clumsy, laboured and unconvincing throughout."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Sep 21, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
92%
|
Farewell, My Queen (2012) |
"
Jacquot has chosen wisely in casting Léa Seydoux in the key role of Sidonie, whose luminous but watchful eyes suggest a soul wise beyond her years."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Aug 24, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
48%
|
Hit & Run (2012) |
"
Like the classic 1967 Cadillac that transports our protagonists for much of the journey, Hit & Run is a road-worthy romance-comedy."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Aug 23, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
29%
|
Red Lights (2012) |
"
A clever thriller, bolstered by three great performances."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Aug 10, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
77%
|
Killer Joe (2012) |
"
If y'all like your comedy with a Lone Star drawl and as black as Texas tea, then by all means tuck right into Killer Joe."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Aug 10, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
89%
|
Compliance (2012) |
"
Zobel has created a tale that will leave audiences angry if not downright nauseated by journey's end."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Aug 10, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
65%
|
The Campaign (2012) |
"
It's loud and profane and relentlessly vulgar. It's also occasionally funny."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Aug 9, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
50%
|
Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance (2012) |
"
Talk about a slow dance."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Jul 26, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
——
|
Vito (2013) |
"
Vito Russo is a real-life hero. Vito, the documentary, tells us why."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Jul 19, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
——
|
The Redemption Of General Butt Naked () |
"
Directors Daniele Anastasion and Eric Strauss pose complex questions that defy simple resolution."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Jul 19, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
77%
|
Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012) |
"
There's nothing new or radical in those ideals - learning to accept yourself, not taking life too seriously - but they are messages that resonate with her young fans, female and male, and that's not at all a bad thing."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Jul 4, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
92%
|
Town Of Runners () |
"
This isn't a new story, young people having to rely on their athletic prowess to escape lives of poverty while navigating the adversities that life throws in their path. What Rothwell demonstrates is how universal that struggle is."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Jun 28, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
35%
|
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) |
"
This film should be campy fun, but in Bekmambetov's unsteady hands, it feels laboured and unsatisfying."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Jun 22, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
95%
|
5 Broken Cameras (2012) |
"
Israeli filmmaker Guy Davidi helps shape all of the footage into a compelling and very personal documentary, helping to craft the eloquent commentary in Burnat's voice that knits it all together."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Jun 21, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
34%
|
Lola Versus (2012) |
"
It's funny, sweet, wise and even a little life-affirming."
—
Toronto Star
Posted Jun 14, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
96%
|
In the Family (2012) |
"
Wang chooses gentle storytelling as a tool of persuasion rather than soap-box hectoring to make his point: that love - in all its forms - can transcend the greatest obstacles."
—
Toronto Star
Posted May 31, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
13%
|
Piranha 3DD (2012) |
"
As one character notes, "there's something in the water" all right, and apparently it's making movies (and audiences) progressively more stupid."
—
Toronto Star
Posted May 31, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
41%
|
Lovely Molly (2012) |
"
Sanchez ratchets up the tension incrementally - things heard and not quite seen - creating a mood of unease that graduates in stages into full-blown horror."
—
Toronto Star
Posted May 31, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
90%
|
Bernie (2012) |
"
Bernie isn't a particularly likeable guy and Black's opaque performance never lets us get beneath the surface to find a character we might actually care about."
—
Toronto Star
Posted May 17, 2012
|
75%
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