Category Archives: Reviews

Gun Hill Road Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

Gun Hill Road was in the selection for last year’s Inside Out LGBT Film Festival. It was screened at the Revue Cinema in Toronto last Sunday night as a preview of the diverse, complex and cinematic perspectives to come in this year’s program. Gun Hill Road is overcast, beginning by showing the last days ofContinue reading “Gun Hill Road Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”

The Woman in Black Review (Matt Hodgson)

The Woman in Black (2012) Based on The Woman in Black (1989) Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer and Ciarán Hinds Written by Susan Hill (novel), Jane Goldman (screenplay) Directed by James Watkins MINOR SPOILERS The Woman in Black was on my radar for a number of reasons. Firstly, it’s a throwback to the days ofContinue reading “The Woman in Black Review (Matt Hodgson)”

Blind Spot Series – Stalag 17 Review

Stalag 17 (1953) Starring William Holden, Don Taylor and Otto Preminger Co-written & Directed by Billy Wilder During the calendar year of 2012 a variety of film bloggers and writers across the city of Toronto, including those at The Matinee, Toronto Screenshots and Eternal Sunshine of the Logical Mind, have been taking part in aContinue reading “Blind Spot Series – Stalag 17 Review”

Headhunters (Hodejegerne) Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

Headhunters/Hodejegerne (2011) Starring Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Directed by Morten Tyldum MINOR PLOT SPOILERS The protagonist of the movie adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s novel Headhunters doesn’t have a name, for now. He’s simply a man wearing a ninja outfit, instructing us on how to steal a painting. It shows the audienceContinue reading “Headhunters (Hodejegerne) Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”

The Avengers Review (Matt Hodgson)

Three months in France and 10 days in Italy; I can’t even remember the last time I had an opportunity to see a new release in a movie theatre that wasn’t the victim of a coldly indifferent dub job. Luckily, Rome seems to be a little more conscious of preserving film experience, and this pastContinue reading “The Avengers Review (Matt Hodgson)”