Top Ten Films of 2009: Foreign Films Reign Supreme
This list is accurate as of post-date. So many films and not enough time to see them all, the potential for future change is inevitable, but as of today here are the best … Another year gone, another...
View ArticleTop 25 Films of 2009
(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 153 releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable) #25: Antichrist directed by Lars von...
View ArticleREVIEW: Surrogates [2009]
“Honey, I don’t know what you are” The first thing that came to my mind while watching Surrogates is how rushed it felt using technology that wasn’t quite ready to pull off what it was the filmmakers...
View ArticleREVIEW: Alice in Wonderland [2010]
“Off with your head!” With a knack for creating imaginative worlds that can be both dark and colorful simultaneously, director Tim Burton seems like a natural fit to adapt the Wonderland of Lewis...
View ArticleThe 82nd Oscars recap through tweets …
@jaredmobarak • NPH in sequins … i guess that’s something … The 82nd Annual Oscars ceremony begins, yet the hosts are nowhere to be found. Have we gotten to the point now where we need a lead-in for...
View ArticleREVIEW: TRON [1982]
“On the other side of the screen, it all looks so easy” How can the sheer fact that TRON was made not impress you? Three-quarters of the entire work takes place inside the construct of a super...
View ArticleREVIEW: Sanctum [2011]
“Ah … that’s not a wizard” Who knew the best way to connect an emotionally estranged father and son was to trap them inside an unmapped cave with few materials, an abundance of frenzied spelunkers, and...
View ArticleREVIEW: Mars Needs Moms [2011]
“A world of trash … it is awesome!” And the hippies shall inherit the world—said world being Mars, of course. Ours has already pushed that faction of humanity to the fringes in order to wallow in their...
View ArticleREVIEW: Alien [1979]
“What is Special Order 937?” When you hear the title Alien, images are conjured up of Bill Paxton having a mental breakdown, Lance Henriksen rapidly stabbing a knife through his fingers, and Sigourney...
View ArticleREVIEW: Aliens [1986]
“Game over, man. Game over!” Leave it to über action champion James Cameron to turn a darkly serious sci-fi thriller into a brutally fun romp successful enough to spawn two more sequels and a separate...
View ArticleREVIEW: Alien3 [1992]
“We’re on the honor system” After James Cameron reinvigorated the Alien franchise to huge success with his action-packed sequel Aliens, Twentieth Century Fox’s desire to keep going shouldn’t have...
View ArticleTIFF13 REVIEW: 2013 Short Cuts Canada Programmes
Programme 1 A far cry from the documentary short Joda—a visual letter to Jafar Panahi—that was included in the TIFF Short Cuts Canada Programme last year, graphic designer turned filmmaker Theodore...
View ArticleFILM MARATHON: 2014 Schrembs Movie Showcase #2: The Abyss [1989]
The 2014 Schrembs Movie Showcase: Film #2: If you have been around me for any a length of time, chances are you became immediately irritated for a number of reasons, especially if the topic of movies...
View ArticleREVIEW: X-Men [2000]
“What do they call you? Wheels?” It’s hard to believe-fourteen years gone-that X-Men was the comic book property used to usher in our current “golden age” of superhero movies. I guess I shouldn’t be...
View ArticleREVIEW: Ex Machina [2015]
“The history of man? That’s the history of Gods.” Artificial intelligence isn’t new. It’s in video games, toys, software platforms—most computer systems we interact with daily possess it in some...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Terminator [1984]
“It’s just him and me” Sometimes the road to success hinges on a series of happenstances and whom you know. Just ask James Cameron: on-set special effects director for Piranha II: The Spawning (former...
View ArticleREVIEW: Terminator 2: Judgment Day [1991]
“You’re really real” Oh what seven years can accomplish through cinematic technological achievement. While The Terminator still looks good today, Terminator 2: Judgment Day looks amazing. Director...
View ArticleREVIEW: Jurassic World [2015]
“This will give parents nightmares” As all good sequels must learn, the key to success is delivering on the promise set forth by the original while also providing something fresh and improved. Just ask...
View ArticleREVIEW: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines [2003]
“Anger is more useful than despair” There’s one great moment in Jonathan Mostow‘s Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines: its end. I’m not being snarky in some jokey “because it was finally over” kind of...
View ArticleREVIEW: Terminator Genisys [2015]
“If there was another way I would have taken it” Much of the success attributed to “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” stems from it using its time travel-centric mythology to erase the...
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