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Fantasia 2012 – Citadel Review (Matt Hodgson)

Fantasia Film Festival 2012 Citadel (2012) Starring Aneurin Barnard, James Cosmo, Wunmi Mosaku, Jake Wilson, and Amy Shiels Directed by Ciaran Foy Citadel is one of the few true horror movies being screened at Fantasia 2012. This doesn’t say anything negative about the programming at Fantasia, but rather draws attention to the crop of horrorContinue reading “Fantasia 2012 – Citadel Review (Matt Hodgson)”

Fantasia 2012 – Black’s Game Review (Matt Hodgson)

Fantasia Film Festival 2012 Black’s Game (2012) Starring Thor Kristjansson, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, and Damon Younger Directed by Óskar Thór Axelsson The focus for my Fantasia festival has been horror, animation, and Asian cinema. Therefore, I’m utterly clueless how an Icelandic drug dealing movie worked it’s way into my schedule, but I’m glad it did.Continue reading “Fantasia 2012 – Black’s Game Review (Matt Hodgson)”

Fantasia 2012 – Replicas Review (Matt Hodgson)

Fantasia Film Festival 2012 Replicas (2012) Starring Selma Blair, Josh Close, Rachel Miner, and James D’Arcy Directed by Jeremy Power Regimbal After a brief reviewing hiatus at Fantasia to try and keep my sanity intact, I’m back. For the past few days it has seemed like I’ve been picking the wrong screenings. I’ve seen someContinue reading “Fantasia 2012 – Replicas Review (Matt Hodgson)”

Ruby Sparks Review (Kirk Haviland)

Ruby Sparks (2012) Starring Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas, Elliot Gould and Steve Coogan Written by Zoe Kazan Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Actress Zoe Kazan may become a bit of a renaissance woman because of Ruby Sparks. Not only is she the female lead of the film,Continue reading “Ruby Sparks Review (Kirk Haviland)”

Mumbai gets the spotlight at TIFF 2012 (Nadia Sandhu)

I’m a Bollywood kid. As a Canadian of Indian descent whose family is no stranger to the film industry there, I have been a fascinated witness to the journey that “Bollywood” has taken here in the West. I’ve seen these films go from a source of ridicule for my classmates to being considered an actualContinue reading “Mumbai gets the spotlight at TIFF 2012 (Nadia Sandhu)”