The Journey, 2016 Directed by Nick Hamm Starring Colm Meaney, Timothy Spall, Freddie Highmore, Toby Stephens, John Hurt A fictional account of the extraordinary story of two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland – firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness Small character pieces can be hard to pull off sometimes, […]
TIFF 2016 Review – American Pastoral (2016)
American Pastoral, 2016. Directed by Ewan McGregor. Starring Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connolly, Dakota Fanning, Rupert Evans, Uzo Aduba, Molly Parker, David Strathairn, Valerie Curry, Peter Riegert. SYNOPSIS: In 1968, a hardworking man, who’s been a staple in his quaint community for years, watches his seemingly perfect middle class life fall apart as his daughter’s new […]
TIFF 2016 Review – The Magnificent Seven (2016)
The Magnificent Seven, 2016. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Haley Bennett, Byung-Hun Lee, Vincent D’Onofrio, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Peter Sarsgaard. SYNOPSIS: Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. Antoine Fuqua directs an all-star cast in his remake […]
TIFF 2015: Heat 20th Anniversary with Michael Mann
Ricky Church reports on the Heat 20th anniversary screening and Michael Mann Q&A at Toronto International Film Festival… One of the most groundbreaking crime dramas of its time, Heat celebrated its 20th anniversary at the Toronto International Film Festival with a screening of the film in a new 35mm print followed by a Q&A session […]
Toronto International Film Festival Review – The Shape of Water (2017)
The Shape of Water, 2017. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Starring Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer. SYNOPSIS: An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Eliza (Sally Hawkins) is trapped […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 5
- 6
- 7
