By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) After premiering at TIFF, Al Purdy Was Here is starting a limited run at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema tonight, tickets and showtimes can be found right here. A “Sensitive Man” beneath an ultra masculine persona, who rose from his humble working class origins to leave behind a lasting legacy… Read More Bloor Cinema Release: Al Purdy Was Here
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The music documentary All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records is opening at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema this weekend, tickets and showtimes can be found right here. Founded by Russ Solomon in the back of his father’s convenience store, Tower Records blossomed into the premiere place for music… Read More Blood Cinema Release: All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records
By John Corrado ★★ (out of 4) Back in the 1960s, the Kray Brothers owned the crime-riddled streets of London, and these notorious gangster twins are given the glossy and often overlong biopic treatment in Legend. The only real twist here is that they are both portrayed by Tom Hardy, in an admittedly impressive dual role.… Read More Review: Legend
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