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Katherine Monk

Katherine Monk

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

Publications:
Canada.com , Canwest News Service , CBC Infoculture , Edmonton Journal , Montreal Gazette , National Post , Ottawa Citizen , Vancouver Sun
Critics' Group:
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
Total Reviews:
103

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
2/5 46% Parkland (2013) " This movie never finds a groove." — Canada.com
Posted Oct 4, 2013
3.5/5 98% Gravity (2013) " Cuaron's real victory in the film and his use of 3D is the way he lets it acquire an important role in the storytelling, because it allows the viewer to really get a sense of the unfathomable emptiness and isolation just above the clouds." — Canada.com
Posted Oct 4, 2013
3/5 93% Muscle Shoals (2013) " It all makes for a pretty glossy package and a treasure trove for music geeks, but there's a human angle to this story that will appeal to just about everyone." — Canada.com
Posted Oct 3, 2013
3.5/5 95% Enough Said (2013) " Eva is in turn lovable and loathsome, but thanks to a delicate blend of comic lightness and everyday drama, Louis-Dreyfus's performance lands in just the right place to meet Gandolfini's sparkling yet solid gaze." — Canada.com
Posted Sep 27, 2013
3.5/5 83% Don Jon (2013) " Brave, bold and bone rattling, Gordon-Levitt's Don Jon makes for a bumpy -- but undeniably satisfying -- cinematic ride to the dark side, and back." — Canada.com
Posted Sep 27, 2013
3.5/5 —— Unclaimed () " Even by the final frames, you can't be sure. But you really want to believe the man claiming to be a U.S. Special Forces agent shot down in Laos during the Vietnam War is telling the truth." — Canada.com
Posted Sep 19, 2013
3.5/5 80% Prisoners (2013) " This movie pushes us into the tight corners of law enforcement, as well as parenthood, where black and white simply does not exist. You can only do your best, which means everything is the muted grey of 'good enough.'" — Canada.com
Posted Sep 19, 2013
2/5 54% Lovelace (2013) " Seyfried does her best to animate the limited content and lines, but the there's a male frame around the action that suffocates the denouement and handily obliterates any sense of personhood." — Canada.com
Posted Aug 9, 2013
3/5 68% Elysium (2013) " Blomkamp's crazy style and depth of dystopian vision makes Elysium worth watching." — Canada.com
Posted Aug 9, 2013
3.5/5 90% The Attack (2013) " Drenched in the sweat of spontaneous revelations, and the blood of deep betrayal, this story of an assimilated Arab living in Tel Aviv forces the viewer to ask deeper questions about the very nature of "terror" -- as well as its adjacent "ism."" — Canada.com
Posted Aug 8, 2013
3/5 47% We're The Millers (2013) " We're the Millers offers an interesting commentary on the endangered middle class by saying it may be little more than an illusion, a practical joke that's become the punch-line of the American Dream." — Canada.com
Posted Aug 7, 2013
2.5/5 94% Moonrise Kingdom (2012) " Wes Anderson remains trapped in the aquarium of his own imagination." — Canada.com
Posted Aug 3, 2013
3.5/5 92% Marvel's The Avengers (2012) " The bigger and goofier it gets, the more fun it becomes." — Canada.com
Posted Aug 2, 2013
3/5 63% 2 Guns (2013) " [Though] most of 2 Guns resembles any other action comedy with big stars and a good budget, there's something deeper going on beneath this story of two heat-packers who end up collaborating outside the law." — Canada.com
Posted Aug 1, 2013
3.5/4 90% The Lion King (2011) " It's the stuff of classics, and every shred of this movie matches the intent and soulful message of personal growth and evolution, which is why it remains the emotional triumph it is." — Canada.com
Posted Jul 31, 2013
4/5 94% Fruitvale Station (2013) " Beautifully human at every level, and visually poetic without a hint of pretense, Fruitvale Station isn't just one of the best films of the year, it may well be the most important." — Canada.com
Posted Jul 25, 2013
3.5/5 52% The To Do List (2013) " It's... got more insight and honesty behind its use of expletives than any other piece of writing to hit the screen this summer, and as a result, the humour finds different layers to bounce through." — Canada.com
Posted Jul 25, 2013
3/5 85% Sightseers (2013) " It's definitely not for everyone, but if you can stand the stink of the human condition, Sightseers will linger in the lobes of your imagination long enough to make you laugh." — Canada.com
Posted Jul 19, 2013
4/5 95% The Hunt (2013) " A subtle piece of moral drama crowned by a truly beautiful performance from Mikkelsen, The Hunt puts every one of us in the crosshairs." — Canada.com
Posted Jul 19, 2013
3.5/5 99% 20 Feet From Stardom (2013) " 20 Feet From Stardom will be highly entertaining to anyone who ever let a needle drop into a '70s-era groove." — Canada.com
Posted Jul 19, 2013
4/5 40% Only God Forgives (2013) " Only God Forgives often looks silly and sad, but in Refn's surreal universe, silly, sad and selfishly stupid is synonymous with artistic success." — Canada.com
Posted Jul 19, 2013
3.5/5 65% Turbo (2013) " An underdog story with a slime trail all its own." — Canada.com
Posted Jul 18, 2013
3.5/5 72% Pacific Rim (2013) " It's a clunky piece of irony, but Pacific Rim is a celebration of analog made possible by digital technology." — Canada.com
Posted Jul 12, 2013
4/5 98% Blackfish (2013) " What makes Gabriela Cowperthwaite's documentary about this particular tragedy so compelling is the way it forces us to re-evaluate our initial perception of the whole narrative, as well as our relationship to the natural world as a whole." — Canada.com
Posted Jul 12, 2013
3/5 64% Unfinished Song (2013) " Unfinished Song is easy to swallow and entirely void of awkward lumps. It even nourishes the soul at some base level thanks to the superlative performances from the highly laurelled cast." — Canada.com
Posted Jul 11, 2013
2.5/5 85% The Way Way Back (2013) " All they needed to do was give Rockwell and James a couple of tender moments together that didn't feel like a Big Brothers training video, or a Dane Cook monologue." — Canada.com
Posted Jul 11, 2013
1/5 47% I'm So Excited! (2013) " A sex comedy set on a mechanically challenged airliner, this movie featuring an ensemble of Spanish heavyweights pushes the envelope of good taste on the premise alone because it's hard to make a doomed plane funny, especially without Leslie Nielsen." — Canada.com
Posted Jul 11, 2013
3.5/5 54% Some Girl(s) (2013) " Neil LaBute may be the bravest writer currently working in motion pictures because he writes male characters who are undeniably loathsome." — Canada.com
Posted Jun 28, 2013
3/5 90% Storm Surfers 3D (2013) " It's dramatic, visually arresting and features two pretty interesting guys who love life, but it always feels safe and just a little predictable." — Canada.com
Posted Jun 28, 2013
3.5/5 88% Hannah Arendt (2013) " Hannah Arendt succeeds at articulating the complex ideas that defined the subject's life, which makes the movie a lingering intellectual exercise as well as an eye-opening examination of 20th century thought." — Canada.com
Posted Jun 21, 2013
1/5 84% Fill the Void (2013) " Like suffocating beneath a thick layer of protective plastic, Fill the Void feels like slow death." — Canada.com
Posted Jun 21, 2013
3/5 93% Frances Ha (2013) " As long as you remember to laugh, Frances Ha is a tolerable experience. Forget the "ha ha" and Frances Ha is beyond unbearable. I found this an odd and often frustrating truth, but it's what makes Noah Baumbach's new movie a success." — Canada.com
Posted Jun 21, 2013
3/5 67% World War Z (2013) " It's not too scary. It's not too gory, and it's not too sad. It's entirely satisfactory summer entertainment without much on its mind except distraction." — Canada.com
Posted Jun 20, 2013
3/5 84% Much Ado About Nothing (2013) " Even in black and white, there is little contrast, no edge, no dagger of meaning, it's just a bunch of great actors getting all dressed up and putting on a show for those seeking romantic solace, and an earful of old words with a hint of wisdom." — Canada.com
Posted Jun 14, 2013
3/5 75% The East (2013) " It just sits there looking sexy as it gives the viewer a crash course in civil disobedience and anti-corporate rhetoric -- as delivered by self-righteous 20-somethings. That's actually not as painful as it sounds." — Canada.com
Posted Jun 14, 2013
4/5 82% Dirty Wars (2013) " His [Scahill] betrayal at the overall ambivalence of an entire population is what gives this movie teeth." — Canada.com
Posted Jun 14, 2013
4/5 98% Before Midnight (2013) " Not since the 1950s, and movies such as The Best Years of Our Lives, have we seen such an adult treatment of long-term relationships in American cinema, all of which makes Before Midnight as refreshing as it is smart, and as bold as love itself." — Canada.com
Posted Jun 6, 2013
3/5 38% The Purge (2013) " It's the morality play beneath it all that makes us care about the Sandins -- and about The Purge -- because in the darkest corners of this survival story, we can see the monster. And it looks like us." — Canada.com
Posted Jun 6, 2013
3/5 35% The Internship (2013) " These are not the smarmy frat-boys who've dominated the comic marquee for the past two decades with jiggle jokes and genital gags: These are two grown men who are capable of love, commitment and humility." — Canada.com
Posted Jun 6, 2013
3.5/5 90% Beyond The Hills (2013) " Like Cristian Mungiu's previous efforts, Beyond the Hills is an impressive piece of dramatic work that bravely addresses the bigger blank spots on the human canvas. And like his previous efforts, Beyond the Hills is practically impossible to recommend." — Canada.com
Posted May 31, 2013
3/5 —— The Resurrection Of Tony Gitone () " Though this movie seems to ramble like an old lush and has a habit of walking into the corner, Ciccoritti is actually pulling off a subtle -- if purposefully clumsy -- ballet." — Canada.com
Posted May 31, 2013
3/5 44% The English Teacher (2013) " In short, The English Teacher is nothing fancy. It's a compromise made in the interest of good taste, and while that may not stand the test of time, it proves easy in the moment." — Canada.com
Posted May 31, 2013
3.5/5 75% Pieta (2013) " A gangster story with a latent conscience." — Canada.com
Posted May 31, 2013
2.5/5 50% The Lesser Blessed (2013) " It's an undeniably noble effort from all involved, but the dreary denouement makes viewer feel lesser than blessed." — Canada.com
Posted May 31, 2013
3/5 27% Erased (2013) " Eckhart's cold blue eyes, sturdy, unsuspecting frame and his chiselled, pointy Doberman features stir a sense of murky mystery that fit the role particularly well and add extra juice to some rather overcooked scenes." — Canada.com
Posted May 30, 2013
7% All About Steve (2009) " A head-scratcher of a comedy starring the increasingly enigmatic Sandra Bullock." — Canada.com
Posted May 28, 2013
3/5 74% Love Is All You Need (2013) " The movie seems to drift instead of sail. But when you're a grown-up, you realize it's not about the destination, but the journey." — Canada.com
Posted May 24, 2013
3.5/5 64% Epic (2013) " Thanks to some sweet vocal contributions from Seyfried and Farrell, as well as Chris O'Dowd, who alongside Pitbull brings magic to his slimy-but-noble character, the movie finds great comic touches that will keep the grown-ups amused and the kids rapt." — Canada.com
Posted May 24, 2013
2/5 19% The Hangover Part III (2013) " Not even the elaborate stunt sequences offer much suspense because it all feels contrived and computer-generated." — Canada.com
Posted May 24, 2013
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