The Capitol is in ruins. Its citizens
of higher standing have been evacuated. The rebellion led by
District 13 is winning. The city's once glistening streets are
now a grey, bomb-pitted maze guarded by hidden traps and blood-thirsty
killers reminiscent of those that Katniss fought to survive in
the cruel arena of The Hunger Games... MORE
Daniel Craig returns as James Bond
in the 24th official installment of the long-running movie franchise
loosely based on British author Ian Fleming's series of novels.
In Spectre - Craig's fourth kick at the starring role - Bond,
an MI6 field operative with a license to kill, continues his
hunt to uncover the enigmatic global criminal organization linked
to his previous missions that... MORE
Maggie (2015)
USA, 95 min, Rated 14A (ON) 13+ (QC)
Abigail Breslin and Arnold Schwarzenegger
star in this over-all refreshing, low-key zombie drama from debuting
feature director Henry Hobson and screenwriter John Scott 3.
Breslin plays slowly greying Mid-west American teen Maggie Vogel,
facing impending demise from the Necroambulist Virus ravaging
through her from the rotting bite in her vein-tangled chalky
arm... MORE
Being
Canadian (2015)
Canada, 90 min, Rated 14A (ON) NR (QC)
The stellar ignorance of apparent comedian
and Canadian-born American sitcom writer-director Robert Cohen
predominantly drives this cross-country back-handed national
salute burdened by lame gags and hammy on-screen whining in the
pursuit of defining Canadians and Canada to the wider world for
the price of admission. Why a definition is required at... MORE
Grace
of Monaco (2015)
France / USA, 103 min, Rated NR (ON) G (QC)
Nicole Kidman stars as Hollywood A-list
actress turned French Riviera royal Grace Kelly in director Olivier
Dahan's wildly superficial fictionalized historical drama. In
it, set during de Gaulle's actual power play embargo against
Monaco's sovereignty in 1962, Princess Grace struggles with the
constraining customs of her regal foreign role... MORE
Sam Worthington steals the spotlight
in acclaimed director Daniel Alfredson's marginally enjoyable
drama based on a true crime story, as one of five working class
friends who almost got away with kidnapping for ransom Dutch
brewery billionaire Alfred 'Freddy' Heineken in 1983. Worthington
portrays... MORE
The
Cobbler (2015)
USA, 98 min, Rated PG (ON) 13+ (QC)
Adam Sandler stars in director Thomas
McCarthy's mildly humorous yet fairly disjointed modern American
comedy-fantasy as mopey fourth generation cobbler Max Simkin,
resentfully keeping his estranged father Abraham's Lower East
Side Manhattan shoe repair shop going while still living in the
humble Brooklyn bungalow of his loving but senile mother (played...
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Run
All Night (2015)
USA, 114 min, Rated 14A (ON) 13+ (QC)
Unknown (2011) and Non-Stop (2014)
star Liam Neeson continues his reign of retro-style popcorn action
movies as retired and burnt out Brooklyn mob hitman Jimmy Conlon
in Unknown and Non-Stop director Jaume Collet-Serra's over-all
wonderfully compelling new crime drama. In it, a sudden act of
violence triggers Conlon to protect his estranged son Mike (played
by Joel Kinnaman... MORE
Ryan Reynolds stars in this upbeat
yet surprisingly dull serial killer comedy directed by Marjane
Satrapi, as affably chirpy American small town Milton Fixtures
& Faucets factory new guy Jerry Hickfang, secretly at odds
with the convincingly murderous advice of his Scottish-voiced
orange tabby, Mr. Whiskers. It's then not much of a surprise...
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A celebration of the trailblazing talent
and empowering enthusiasm of legendary Jazz musician and teacher
Clark Terry is the partial basis of debuting feature director
Alan Hicks' initially wonderful and insightful documentary. Filmed
over the course of a handful of years and released shortly before
Terry's death in February 2015... MORE
Josh Hutcherson stars as fictitious
Canadian surfer turned Colombian cartel stooge Nick Brady in
debuting feature writer-director Andrea Di Stefano's strangely
boring, romance-tinged crime drama. Sporadically set during the
1980s and early '90s, Escobar: Paradise Lost sees Hutcherson's...
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Still
Life (2013)
UK/Italy, 92 min, Rated NR (ON) NR (QC)
British character actor Eddie Marsan
steps into the methodical, quietly dignified lead role as modern
London's Kennington Borough Council client services clerk John
May, tasked with the unenviably grim government job of processing
local residents who have died alone. After having transformed
his profession over two decades into a series of compassionate...
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