How To Train Your Dragon – A DreamWorks Animation Release http://www.howtotrainyourdragon.com/ Release Date: March 26th Rated PG for sequences of intense action and some scary images Running time: 98 minutes Dean DeBlois (dir.) Chris Sanders (dir.) William Davies (screenplay) Dean DeBlois (screenplay) Chris Sanders (screenplay) Based on the books by Cressida Cowell Christopher Beck (music)… Read More Movie Review: How To Train Your Dragon
Hot Tub Time Machine – An MGM Pictures’ Release http://hottubtimemachinemovie.com/ Release Date: March 26th Rated 18A for coarse language, sexual content, and substance abuse Running time: 98 minutes Steve Pink (dir.) Josh Heald (screenplay & story) Sean Anders (screenplay) John Morris (screenplay) Christophe Beck (music) John Cusack as Adam Clark Duke as Jacob Craig Robinson… Read More Movie Review: Hot Tub Time Machine
Alice in Wonderland – A Walt Disney Pictures’ Release http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/aliceinwonderland/ Release Date: March 5th Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and a smoking caterpillar Running time: 108 minutes Tim Burton (dir.) Linda Voolverton (writer) Lewis Carroll (books) Danny Elfman (music) Johnny Depp as Mad Hatter Mia Wasikowska as Alice Helena Bonham… Read More Movie Review: Alice in Wonderland
A Town Called Panic – A Films We Like Release http://www.atowncalledpanic.com/ Release Date: February 5th, 2009 at AMC Yonge & Dundas Rated G for mild language Running time: 73 minutes Stéphane Aubier (dir.) Vincent Patar (dir.) Stéphane Aubier (writer) Vincent Patar (writer) Stéphane Aubier as Cowboy (voice) Bruce Ellison as Indian (voice) Vincent Patar as… Read More Movie Review: A Town Called Panic
Soundtrack for a Revolution http://www.soundtrackforarevolutionfilm.com/Home.html Release Date: Special Screening on February 17th, 2009 Rated PG for violence Running time: 82 minutes Bill Guttenberg (dir.) Dan Sturman (dir.) Bill Guttenberg (writer) Dan Sturman (writer) Phil Marshall (music) John Legend – performer Wyclef Jean – performer The Roots – performers Joss Stone – Performer The Blind Boys… Read More Movie Review: Soundtrack for a Revolution
Valentine’s Day – A Warner Bros. Release http://www.valentinesdaymovie.com/ Release Date: February 12th, 2010 Rated PG-13 for some sexual material and brief partial nudity. Running time: 105 minutes Garry Marshall (dir.) Katherine Fugate (screenwriter) John Debney (music) Jessica Alba as Morley Clarkson Kathy Bates as Susan Jessica Biel as Kara Monahan Bradley Cooper as Holden Eric… Read More Movie Review: Valentine’s Day
Today at the Scotiabank Theatre, as part of The Great Digital Film Festival, they played an HD print of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The festival runs until Thursday, so if you haven’t caught a film already, you’ve still got time. Single tickets are only $5, so it’s an offer you can’t refuse. Below are our… Read More Thoughts on Close Encounters of the Third Kind at The Great Digital Film Festival in Toronto
Today at the Scotiabank Theatre, as part of The Great Digital Film Festival, they played an HD print of The Wizard of Oz. All in all, The Great Digital Film Festival is a great event, bringing back older movies for new generations. It runs until Thursday, February 11th. Below are our thoughts on the special screening of The Wizard of… Read More Thoughts on The Wizard of Oz at the Great Digital Film Festival in Toronto
Dear John http://www.dearjohn-movie.com/ Release Date: February 5th, 2010 Rated PG-13 some sensuality and violence. Running time: 102 minutes Lasse Hallström (dir.) Jamie Linden (screenwriter) Based on the book Dear John by Nicholas Sparks Deborah Lurie (music) Channing Tatum as John Tyree Amanda Seyfried as Savannah Lynn Curtis Henry Thomas as Tim Wheddon Scott Porter as… Read More Movie Review: Dear John
St. John of Las Vegas – A KinoSmith Release http://saintjohnmovie.com/ Release Date: February 5th, 2009 Rated 14A for coarse language, nudity and mild sexual references Running time: 85 minutes Hue Rhodes (dir.) Hue Rhodes (writer) Dante Alighieri (based on a story, Dante’s Inferno) David Torn (music) Steve Buscemi as John Romany Malco as Virgil Sarah… Read More Movie Review: St. John of Las Vegas
From February 5th to February 11th, the Scotiabank theatre in Toronto will be hosting The Great Digital Film Festival. There will be 20 classic films presented in new digital prints. Tickets are just $5, and you can stay for a double-bill for $9. It’s a great deal. The films range from The Wizard of Oz toThe… Read More Great Digital Film Festival: February 5th-11th, 2010
By John C. It’s been an incredibly exciting and historical morning. So both The Blind Side and District 9 got nominated for Best Picture, instead of Invictus which was the one everyone was predicting. All in all, it’s a brilliant line-up. Invictus was a very good film, but you know what? I actually liked The Blind Side a… Read More Thoughts on the Oscar Nominees
Watch live streaming of the announcement here. (Starts at 5:38 PST/8:38 EST AM) In Best Picture, both District 9 and The Blind Side made it through, so the only one of “the 9” that didn’t get through was Invictus. This is a brilliant line-up! You can re-watch the streaming of the announcement here. You can… Read More Nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards
By John C. While half the world will be watching come Tuesday morning to see if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, the other half will be watching as the nominee’s for the 82nd Academy Awards are announced. The moments leading up to the announcement for the nominees, are almost more nerve-wracking than watching… Read More Best Picture Nominations Predictions
When in Rome – A Touchstone Pictures Release http://touchstone.movies.go.com/wheninrome/ Release Date: January 29th, 2009 Rated PG language may offend Running time: 85 minutes Mark Steven Johnson (dir.) David Diamond (writer) David Weissman (novel) Christopher Young (music) Kristen Bell as Beth Josh Duhamel as Nick Anjelica Huston as Celeste Will Arnett as Antonio Jon Heder as… Read More Movie Review: When in Rome
Crazy Heart – A Fox Searchlight Release http://www.foxsearchlight.com/crazyheart/ Release Date: January 15th, 2009 Rated 14A for coarse language and substance abuse Running time: 111 minutes Scott Cooper (dir.) Scott Cooper (writer) Thomas Cobb (novel) Stephen Bruton (music) T-Bone Burnett (music) Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake James Kean as Manager Ryan Bingham as Tony Maggie Gyllenhaal… Read More Movie Review: Crazy Heart
By John C. Though I avoided a Sandra Bullock “romantic-comedy” (All About Steve), that was advertised by cringe-inducing trailers, and Roland Emerich’s latest disastrous disaster-pic, (need I say what it is?), I still managed to see enough lousy films to make up a ten-worst list, that goes to eleven. Though I didn’t see every bad… Read More Top 11 Worst Movies I saw in 2009
By John C. It’s been a great decade for film. Plain and simple, the 2000’s have seen many great movies, and the dawning of new technologies that have advanced the film making and film going experiences. It would be near-impossible for me to create an official decade’s best-list, so I am assembling a different kind… Read More Perspectives on the Decade (2000-2009) in Film
One of the most anticipated movies of the year, James Cameron’s Avatar, finally hits theatres everywhere today. We have not forgotten about the film’s release, we were unable to attend the screening, and that’s why our reviews were not published last week. After attending Avatar Day in Toronto, after hours of trying to get tickets, and witnessing… Read More Avatar Opens Today
The Princess and the Frog – A Walt Disney Pictures Release http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/princessandthefrog/ Release Date: December 11th, 2009 Rated G Running time: 97 minutes Ron Clements (dir.) John Musker (dir.) Ron Clements (original story & screenplay) John Musker (original story & screenplay) Greg Erb (original story) Jason Oremland (original story) Rob Edwards (screenplay) Don Hall (story… Read More Movie Review: The Princess and the Frog
