I’m overjoyed to present our first review this week not just because it stars Alexandra Beaton, Kate Wheeler’s daughter but because the web series Spiral is really good! A group of college students share a house with a quirky history and find its influence may be bleeding into their lives, …
TIFF, a Classic Returns, a Wobbly Release and Some Other Stuff…
Scant offerings in the theatres this week and fewer films screened for critics. However, dear reader, I’m screening TIFF films for upcoming interviews during the annual crush on King St. And I’ll review, when allowed, as most films are under embargo until a later date. However got a gander at Colin …
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Interview: Richard Armitage Time Travels in Pilgrimage
Richard Armitage the versatile British actor who played Francis Dolarhyde in Hannibal and The Hobbit’s Thorin travels back to the time 700 years for his latest film, Brendan Muldowney’s Pilgrimage. He plays the cunning French warrior Raymond De Merville intent on stealing a sacred religious relic …
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Rapta$tic, a Confusing Queen, Is Love Better in Manhattan and The Sinner Revealed
Patti Cake$ is a sleeper, a fierce ensemble piece about three women and the men who respect them, a story about a blue collar girl aspiring to make it in rap. It’s a dramatic coming of age gem with heart, humour and reward. Relative newcomer, Australian dynamo Danielle Macdonald is intensely …
It’s Your Lucky Week at the Movies, the Social Sham, the Naked Truth About Princess Diana and Why Coral Matters
Logan Lucky’s awesome cast is a huge part of the comedy’s enormous appeal. Daniel Craig, Channing Tatum, Adam Driver and Hillary Swank headline this outrageously funny crime fable that’s ironic and witty, and elevates southern white trashers to philosophical intellectuals. Two brothers (Channing and …