PLOT: Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire. REVIEW: I need to get it right out of the way that I’m not the biggest fan of the original 1979 Tobe … Read more
This long-shelved new adaptation of the Stephen King classic fails to impress with an overabundance of CGI and silly jump scares. PLOT: Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire. REVIEW: … Read more
The Toronto International Film Festival gets underway this week with over 200 feature films and dozens of special events. We will have multiple people on the ground in Canada to report on the best, the worst, and everything in between. Now, a lot of what people see in Toronto, and some of what we’ll cover, … Read more
2024 was the year the world finally got a remake of The Crow. This update of the 1990s’ most extravagantly goth superhero stars Bill Skarsgård as Eric Draven, a bad tattoo enthusiast who is murdered along with his fiancé Shelly, and then returns to life to “put the wrong things right.” The new Crow was directed by Rupert … Read more
Euphoria alum Sydney Sweeney enters the squared circle to play the trailblazing boxer Christy Martin in an upcoming biopic. Anyone But You and Madame Web star Sydney Sweeney is eager to enter the squared circle to portray pioneering boxer Christy Martin for director David Michôd’s upcoming biopic. The project, which will fetch a pretty penny at the Cannes … Read more
“All the Long Nights” A smaller title in this year’s lineup, “All the Long Nights” is writer/director Sho Miyake’s return to Berlinale. I didn’t catch his previous film “Slow, Small but Steady” when it premiered at the festival in 2022. Rather it was at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where I fell for the story … Read more
“Exhibiting Forgiveness” Utilizing his paintings to find freedom from his past, a Black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a recovering addict desperate to reconcile. Together, they learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving. This soulful, sophisticated, and beautifully crafted debut feature … Read more
According to a viral TikTok, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes shares nearly the same plot as the Star Wars prequels. In a video uploaded back in November, TikTok user and musician @the_moonrocks explains how the Hunger Games prequel film focusing on Coriolanus Snow (AKA the future President Snow) follows story beats … Read more
“Finestkind” Ben Foster, Toby Wallace, and Tommy Lee Jones pull you onto their crew in this rousing crime drama by writer-director Brian Helgeland (“Legend,” TIFF ’15) about a group of fishermen who make a habit out of pushing the line. Charlie (Wallace) is looking to get away from his dull college education when he begs … Read more
The new Mattel movie starring Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken is arriving in theaters. Audiences may be wondering if there is a Barbie post-credits scene or anything after the credits at all. Is there a Barbie post-credits scene? No, there is no Barbie post-credits scene, and there is nothing after the … Read more