film reviews

'Relay' Drops the Baton Between Plot Twists
Directed by David Mackenzie
PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2024
'Relay' begins on a high note and rides that wave for at least a third of its runtime. Unfortunately any goodwill accumulated becomes ...
'Bring Them Down' Will Bring You Down — in the Best Way
Directed by Christopher Andrews
PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2024
Some people go to the movies to be whisked away by romance, others for laughter, many for an adrenaline rush. Me though, I like having my...
'Transformers One' Is Actually Good?!
Directed by Josh Cooley
PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2024
It's forgivable to be a little cynical about Transformers in the year 2024. The franchise is seven films deep — eight if we include 1986's...
'Speak No Evil' Is a Rare Remake That Improves on the Original
Directed by James Watkins
PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2024
The 2024 remake of Danish film 'Speak No Evil' does a lot more than the original, and leaves audiences much more fulfilled. It's a stylized...
'Friendship' Made Someone at My Screening Yell "Awful Movie!" at the Director
Directed by Andrew DeYoung
PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2024
Tim Robinson has become synonymous with his surreal Netflix series 'I Think You Should Leave,' which is maybe why 'Friendship' feels a bit...
'The Mother and the Bear' Warms a Winnipeg Winter
Directed by Johnny Ma
PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2024
On a cold Winnipeg evening, a rustling behind a dumpster in an alleyway startles a young woman, Sumi (Leere Park), who slips and falls on...
'Young Werther' Puts a Fresh Toronto Twist on a Classic
Directed by José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço
PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2024
Based on the 1774 novel 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 'Young Werther' follows the time-honoured tradition of...
'Riff Raff' Is a TIFF Laff
Directed by Dito Montiel
PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2024
'Riff Raff' is a masterwork of typecasting: there's Jennifer Coolidge as a sloppy drunk, Ed Harris as a gruff patriarch who balances caring...