Anne Brodie So does Alejandro Jodorowsky’s unreleased film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune deserve its reputation as the best unreleased film of all time? Documentarian Frank Pavich attempts to set the record straight in Jodorowsky’s Dune, a riveting look at the man’s life from childhood to his cinematic grand folly. “Jodo” had arranged for some of the
Three Days in Havana is a terrific crime thriller set in exotic Havana, where a Canadian businessman finds himself in life threatening danger. Gil Bellows (Parkland, Vegas, Ally McBeal, and The Shawshank Redemption) befriends a drugged out British expat (Greg Wise) who has a knack for drawing trouble. Together they attempt to navigate the dangerous
Shailene Woodley is woman of the hour about now. She stars in Divergent one of the most anticipated youth market film franchises since The Hunger Games which is resembles and she’s in all three films of the trilogy. Woodley is the charismatic lead in this book based tween sci-fi extravaganza, so she’s sitting in cream.
The Muppets are irresistible, no matter if you’re a film snob, part of the young male demographic, a grandparent or a genre fan. The films are that good. The talented people behind the films, the guest stars and scripts and Muppet touches are magical, consistently and fulsomely. But there is another thing that keeps them
Inflammatory subject matter, big Hollywood stars and a controversial director collide to create Nymphomaniac, a detailed character study of a sex addict from birth to age 50 that will challenge movie goers as few films have in recent years. It screened at Cannes and word on unsimulated sex and violence precedes it. Do not take
Monsters and Critics chats to actress Natasha Henstridge about her role in the movie Against the Wild. The weather’s wild so if the family’s staying indoors this March Break week, there’s a movie out Tuesday that will inspire and entertain. Against the Wild finds a brother and sister (CJ Adams and Erin Pitt) enroute to their
I love Wes Anderson’s light touch and unique sense of style. Extreme sophistication and childlike wonder co-exist in beautiful, intriguing, delicious harmony, joys to watch and hear. Anderson’s writing is informed by things of great arcane weight, classical education, art and design through the ages, arts and letters of the past, reverence for his characters
This is an odd one to quantify. It takes place at the same time as the King Leonidas and a force of 300 men tale on the Persians at Thermopylae, around 480 B.C. So it’s not a pre/sequel to the Gerard Butler hit that took comic book nerds by storm in 2006. Leonidas is killed
Missed Sherlock Season Three and Blaming Your Olympic Obsession? He’s Baaaack – Again …. In Praise of Sherlock Sherlock Season 3 – Showcase Mondays at 10 pm starting March 3. If you were watching the Olympics and missed Season Three of the beloved Sherlock on BBC Canada, not to worry. Canada’s Showcase has picked it
Kevin Costner’s grizzled secret service agent finds himself in Eastern Europe with a suitcase full of blues, existential and practical. His marriage is over, his teenaged daughter doesn’t spare the sarcasm and he’s got a nagging cough. His weakened state just adds to his desire to get out of the spy game and as fast