It’s been a week since I saw this remake of A Star Is Born, and I’m still processing all the feelings I have about it. It’s the type of film that will stay with you, no matter how much time has passed. Luckily, the music sticks around as well. This is the best-composed, best-acted film…

This tale of two people in a marriage past its’ peak is most powerful when examining the things characters won’t say to one another. Glenn Close is a revelation as Joan, the once-talented writing student who married her college professor. Her hopes and dreams took a backseat to Joe, her husband, who is about to…

This film about the grandfathers of bodybuilding is, above all, a showcase for Tyler Hoechlin’s talent. The handsome actor has been a bit pigeon-hold on television in roles on shows Teen Wolf and 7th Heaven. However, this interesting film evokes memories of his child-actor debut in Tom Hanks mob drama Road To Perdition. He carries…

Comic book fans have been waiting years for a film that does Spider-Man villain Venom justice. After a poor appearance in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 in 2007, this standalone reboot has been a long time coming. But I bet fans wish they got a little better than this flick. It’s not that the film, starring…

A Simple Favor is one of the most devilishly inviting films of the year, chalk full of quotable lines and incredible twists. It dares you to laugh at the pitch-black nature of it all, and director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids) infuses the film with the humour he’s known for, while letting the lead actresses grab the…

There is no better class of film than one that takes you back and fills you with nostalgia and happiness. The House With A Clock In Its Walls has all the visual effects of a modern film, but all the sensibilities of an old-time adventure film, the the vein of the fantastical Wizard of Oz.…

The Invisible Heart is a story of what happens when investment meets charity. Canadian Director/Producer Nadine Pequeneza explores the idea of Social Impact Bonds, and targeting literacy and childhood development through private money resources. It’s an idea I won’t explain in detail, because the documentary unfolds an incredible story. But as the Nova Scotia government discusses…

The film White Boy Rick is about a young drug hustler who became a 15-year-old FBI informant. And yet, it’s Matthew McConaughey, playing the father, who is truly arresting in the picture. The young actor playing Ricky Jr., reportedly found in a principal’s ofiice in Baltimore, is good-not-great in his first performance. Richie Merritt’s shortcomings —…

Night School is one of those movies bound to make it to cable television, stuck between Will Ferrell comedies on the Sundays of holiday weekends. But for a leading man like Kevin Hart, it’s a glowing example of the type of film that banks on chemistry hiding a clunky script. Kevin Hart has been making…

So, I get it. Nobody asked for another sequel to the failed reboot from 2010, but the Predator franchise is one of the most beloved in the action universe. With Shane Black, writer and director of films like Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang and Iron Man, this one crackles and pops with interesting characters,…