Hot Docs Reviews: Exit Music, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Love, Gilda, Gurrumul, The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid

By John Corrado The 25th edition of the Hot Docs Film Festival is on until May 6th in Toronto.  More information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles.  Enjoy! Exit Music –★★★ (out of 4) Formerly titled How Do You Feel About Dying, Exit Music follows Ethan Rice, a… Read More Hot Docs Reviews: Exit Music, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Love, Gilda, Gurrumul, The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid

Hot Docs Reviews: Three Identical Strangers, I Used to Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story, Bisbee ’17, The Game Changers, Shirkers

By John Corrado The 25th edition of the Hot Docs Film Festival is on until May 6th in Toronto.  More information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles.  Enjoy! Three Identical Strangers – ★★★½ (out of 4) When the 19-year-old Bobby arrived at college in 1980, he was treated… Read More Hot Docs Reviews: Three Identical Strangers, I Used to Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story, Bisbee ’17, The Game Changers, Shirkers

Hot Docs Reviews: Transformer, The Night of All Nights, Bernie Langille Wants to Know Who Killed Bernie Langille, Golden Dawn Girls, Playing Hard

By John Corrado The 25th edition of the Hot Docs Film Festival is on until May 6th in Toronto.  More information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles.  Enjoy! Transformer – ★★★ (out of 4) Gaining fame as a champion weightlifter and bodybuilder, and also serving in the US Marines,… Read More Hot Docs Reviews: Transformer, The Night of All Nights, Bernie Langille Wants to Know Who Killed Bernie Langille, Golden Dawn Girls, Playing Hard

Hot Docs Reviews: The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution, Take Light, The Artist and the Pervert, The Accountant of Auschwitz, Chef Flynn, Anote’s Ark

By John Corrado The 25th edition of the Hot Docs Film Festival kicks off tonight and will be running until May 6th in Toronto.  This is the first set of many reviews that I will be posting throughout the festival, and more information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the… Read More Hot Docs Reviews: The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution, Take Light, The Artist and the Pervert, The Accountant of Auschwitz, Chef Flynn, Anote’s Ark

#TIFF17 Reviews: Molly’s Game, Brad’s Status, Battle of the Sexes, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and 55 Steps

By John Corrado The 2017 Toronto International Film Festival has come to a close, with Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri taking home the People’s Choice Award.  Before we officially close the books on this year’s festival, below are my thoughts on the five final films I saw over the weekend.  More information on these movies can be… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: Molly’s Game, Brad’s Status, Battle of the Sexes, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and 55 Steps

#TIFF17 Reviews: The Lodgers, Valley of Shadows, Our People Will Be Healed and There is a House Here

By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is on until September 17th, more information on these movies can be found through the links in the film titles.  Enjoy! The Lodgers – ★★½ (out of 4) Taking place in rural Ireland in the 1920s, The Lodgers is a ghost story that follows orphaned teenaged twins Rachel (Charlotte… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: The Lodgers, Valley of Shadows, Our People Will Be Healed and There is a House Here

#TIFF17 Reviews: Bodied, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, Faces Places, Three Christs and Indian Horse

By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is on until September 17th, more information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles.  Enjoy! Bodied – ★★★½ (out of 4) Adam (Calum Worthy) is a nerdy white graduate student at Berkeley who is fascinated by battle rap, writing his thesis paper… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: Bodied, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, Faces Places, Three Christs and Indian Horse

#TIFF17 Reviews: Unicorn Store, Downsizing, The Shape of Water and A Fantastic Woman

By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is on until September 17th, more information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles.  Enjoy! Unicorn Store – ★½ (out of 4) Kit (Brie Larson) is a young millennial who still lives with her overbearing New Age parents (Bradley Whitford and Joan… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: Unicorn Store, Downsizing, The Shape of Water and A Fantastic Woman

#TIFF17 Reviews: The Square, Novitiate, mother! and Breathe

By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is on until September 17th, more information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles.  Enjoy! The Square – ★★★ (out of 4) Christian (Claes Bang) is the curator of a modern art museum in Sweden, and when we first meet him in… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: The Square, Novitiate, mother! and Breathe

#TIFF17 Reviews: Lady Bird, I Kill Giants, The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales and The Breadwinner

By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is on until September 17th, more information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles.  Enjoy! Lady Bird – ★★★★ (out of 4) Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) is a teenager living in the suburbs of Sacramento, California who dreams of going… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: Lady Bird, I Kill Giants, The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales and The Breadwinner

#TIFF17 Reviews: Outside In, Stronger and Thelma

By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is on until September 17th, more information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles.  Enjoy! Outside In – ★★★ (out of 4) Chris (Jay Duplass) is 38-years-old and has just gotten out of prison after serving a twenty year sentence, thanks… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: Outside In, Stronger and Thelma

#TIFF17 Reviews: On Chesil Beach, Call Me By Your Name, High Fantasy and Porcupine Lake

By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is on until September 17th, more information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles.  Enjoy! On Chesil Beach – ★★★½ (out of 4) Adapted from Ian McEwan’s bestselling novella, and beautifully brought to the screen by first time director Dominic Cooke, On Chesil… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: On Chesil Beach, Call Me By Your Name, High Fantasy and Porcupine Lake

#TIFF17 Reviews: Suburbicon, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Florida Project and The Disaster Artist

By John Corrado The Toronto International Film Festival is running from September 7th to 17th.  To kick things off, below are my thoughts on four films that will be playing over the next ten days.  More information on tickets and showtimes can be found through the links in the film titles.  Enjoy! Suburbicon – ★★ (out… Read More #TIFF17 Reviews: Suburbicon, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Florida Project and The Disaster Artist