The historical drama Hidden Figures takes great liberties with its admittedly uplifting subject matter, but it’s still an admirable film that isn’t any better or worse for it.
Partly a profane, raunchy comedy full of embarrassing moments for its characters and partly an earnest “getting to know the in-laws” picture, the holiday release Why Him?, starring Bryan Cranston …
In honor of TIFF Bell Lightbox bringing the films of Studio Ghibli back to Toronto for a holiday season retrospective – running December 24 to January 10 – let’s look …
Julieta, from lately hit-or-miss Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar, comes with a curious amount of restraint from the normally flamboyant filmmaker, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t idiosyncratic in many ways. …
Somewhere between an above average re-run of C.S.I. and a somewhat forgettable Tales from the Crypt entry lies The Autopsy of Jane Doe, a standard, but well executed chiller that …
Passengers is the worst sci-fi romantic adventure to be released by a major studio around the holidays since Heartbeeps. It’s a baffling disaster where one wonders why so many talented …
Documentary filmmaker and anthropologist Simon Stadler attempts to look at Namibian bushpeople interacting with European culture in Ghostland: The View of the Ju/’Hoansi, but the film often frustratingly settles for …
The behind-the-scenes performing arts documentary Reset, from filmmakers Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai, never reinvents the template set forth by the countless films about dance troupes that preceded it, but …
A harmless, well meaning, toe tapping animated romp, Sing isn’t a new family movie classic by any stretch of the imagination, but it will do fine for both kids and …
We got a chance to talk to award winning author Katherine Paterson (Bridge to Terabithia) about her career and the latest adaptation of one of her works, The Great Gilly …