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Bruce DeMara

Bruce DeMara's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Giant Little Ones (2018) 93% 3.5/4 EDIT “Finally, a film about teenage sexuality and its inherent fluidity that has something authentic and intelligent to say.” – Toronto Star Mar 28, 2019 Full Review Captain Marvel (2019) 79% 3/4 EDIT “The film looks great on an IMAX screen, Larson is sublime and the fantastical plot is buoyed throughout with lots of good-natured humour - reason enough to wish a return engagement for Captain Marvel.” – Toronto Star Mar 7, 2019 Full Review Birds of Passage (2018) 96% 3.5/4 EDIT “Its characters are driven by their beliefs in the power of dreams and in otherworldly spirits that rule their lives. Their hubris leads them to take actions that inevitably have fatal consequences. It really is quite a beguiling tale.” – Toronto Star Feb 28, 2019 Full Review Greta (2018) 61% 3/4 EDIT “Jordan does a fine job building the tension and dread throughout, never overreaching into melodrama, while allowing Huppert to morph in stages from elegant older woman into unhinged virago.” – Toronto Star Feb 28, 2019 Full Review Cold Pursuit (2019) 68% 3/4 EDIT “Cold Pursuit is the kind of film action fans will embrace, a decent antidote to cabin fever.” – Toronto Star Feb 7, 2019 Full Review Miss Bala (2019) 22% 2.5/4 EDIT “Hardwicke gets the mood and pace right... and handles the action scenes effectively, leading to a climax that is cathartically pleasing, while Rodriguez's nicely balanced performance has the audience rooting for her all the way.” – Toronto Star Jan 31, 2019 Full Review Wonders of the Sea (2017) 76% 3/4 EDIT “A film that displays the beauty and complexity of the world beneath the waves while issuing an urgent clarion call for action.” – Toronto Star Jan 31, 2019 Full Review Serenity (2019) 21% 2/4 EDIT “The film's maritime setting has a certain aptness because Serenity has all the hallmarks of a fish tale. Unfortunately, Knight lets this one get away.” – Toronto Star Jan 27, 2019 Full Review Destroyer (2018) 74% 3.5/4 EDIT “An astonishing and haunting performance by Nicole Kidman... demonstrates she is the peak of her skills as an actor.” – Toronto Star Jan 10, 2019 Full Review The Upside (2019) 43% 2.5/4 EDIT “Despite the plentitude of opera and Aretha, there just isn't much here that soars and thrills.” – Toronto Star Jan 10, 2019 Full Review On the Basis of Sex (2018) 72% 3/4 EDIT “Leder draws lovely performances across the board, bringing clarity and warmth to a complicated but important historical moment.” – Toronto Star Dec 21, 2018 Full Review Welcome to Marwen (2018) 33% 0.5/4 EDIT “Remarkably ham-fisted and tone deaf throughout.” – Toronto Star Dec 20, 2018 Full Review Mirai no Mirai (2018) 91% 2.5/4 EDIT “There's enough wisdom to be found in this engaging tale for a trip to the theatre. Whether to take the whole family is up to parents to decide.” – Toronto Star Dec 20, 2018 Full Review Mortal Engines (2018) 25% 2/4 EDIT “There is almost no character development, the dialogue is stilted and the story itself is rather absurd.” – Toronto Star Dec 13, 2018 Full Review Ben Is Back (2018) 81% 4/4 EDIT “Hedges' story brings it all together in a story that is urgent and unexpectedly suspenseful right down to the final frame.” – Toronto Star Dec 13, 2018 Full Review Commander Arian, a story of women, war and freedom (2018) 3.5/4 EDIT “Inspirational in all the right ways.” – Toronto Star Dec 4, 2018 Full Review Robin Hood (2018) 14% 2/4 EDIT “Sure, there are some decent action scenes and star Taron Egerton has loads of insouciant charm. But that's about it. The rest is sporadically engaging drivel.” – Toronto Star Nov 21, 2018 Full Review The Woman Who Loves Giraffes (2018) 100% 3.5/4 EDIT “Alison Reid deserves high praise for fine storytelling, combining ecology and social-justice issues while focusing on a woman ahead of her times, whose ambitions were thwarted by institutional sexism.” – Toronto Star Nov 15, 2018 Full Review Boy Erased (2018) 80% 3.5/4 EDIT “The film boasts a range of great performances by fine actors, including the up-and-coming and soon to be ubiquitous Lucas Hedges. It also offers a screenplay penned by Edgerton that treats the subject and its opposing views with care and consideration.” – Toronto Star Nov 8, 2018 Full Review Outlaw King (2018) 63% 3/4 EDIT “Mackenzie has assembled a very decent cast and has clearly taken great pains to get the period detail right.” – Toronto Star Nov 8, 2018 Full Review Transit (2018) 94% 3/4 EDIT “The dreamlike quality to the narrative just adds to the general state of confusion. It's a radical concept and it mostly works.” – Toronto Star Nov 8, 2018 Full Review The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) 32% 2.5/4 EDIT “There's no doubt it's a film that will delight very young audiences but one wonders how much that enchantment will extend to the older ones.” – Toronto Star Nov 1, 2018 Full Review What They Had (2018) 87% 3.5/4 EDIT “What sets the film apart is the literate and insightful script by Elizabeth Chomko, who also directs, and a cast of stellar performers.” – Toronto Star Oct 26, 2018 Full Review Bel Canto (2018) 47% 3/4 EDIT “The climax, almost lyrical in its brutality, packs an emotional punch that will leave audiences breathless.” – Toronto Star Oct 25, 2018 Full Review The New Romantic (2018) 63% 3/4 EDIT “The waif-like Barden is splendid in the central role, using her expressive eyes in the subtlest of ways to convey emotions.” – Toronto Star Oct 18, 2018 Full Review
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