Didn’t Reese Witherspoon recently win an Oscar? How come I can remember that and it seems as if she has forgotten it? Examples of the films she has done since her winning turn in Walk the Line inclu [ ... ]

Despite the fact that the two male leads add much to the film it ends up being an action film that follows along the usual twists and turns.  It was almost like watching director Daniel Espinosa (Swe [ ... ]

Going into this film I prepared myself for the inevitable.  It is a film about animals and worse than that, animals in trouble.  This had “I’m gonna cry” written all over it.  I battened down [ ... ]

Marilyn Monroe is such an iconic figure in the history of movies that it almost seems an impossible task to play her.  While there are some shaky moments, Michelle Williams comes as close as anyone I [ ... ]

We all know how great and revered an actress Meryl Streep is. Whatever she touches usually turns to gold. Streep’s performance as Britain’s first female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is gold th [ ... ]

Uncompromising is a word that can be used to describe the films of director Steve McQueen.  His first film Hunger was about Irish republican Bobby Sands who led inmates on a hunger strike in Northern [ ... ]

I’m a Kate Beckinsale fan. It’s been slim pickings over the past three years, though. It seems like she has just disappeared over the past couple of years without any film releases in the theatre. [ ... ]

Harry Potter and Twilight step aside as you are not the o­nly game in town.  All it takes is the return of Beauty and the Beast - this time in 3D for o­ne to realize that Disney reigns supreme in c [ ... ]

In the financial world 24 little hours can make a big difference.  Though this is fiction it is based on the most recent economic collapse the U.S. went through.  If this is in anyway close to the t [ ... ]

Why reinvent the wheel is what director Mike Mitchell (Shrek Forever After, Sky High) must have been telling himself going into the making of Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked.  The previous two  [ ... ]

Some films have that old fashioned (and I don’t mean that in a bad way) feel to them.  They are like the films that the Disney would present and the whole family used to huddle around the televisio [ ... ]

Local filmmaker Anne Émond selected a very typical situation of a random hookup at a rave, which leads to a one-night stand as the set-up for her debut feature “Nuit #1.” But what makes this film [ ... ]

Light and frothy this is not.  Complex and dense is more accurate.  Political intrigue done in an unusual way.  Weird is the word that best sums up Pierre Schoeller’s film.  Weird, but absorbing [ ... ]

Making a documentary about a court case has become popular over the past couple of years.  It almost is like an extension of reality television.  Unless something is based on real-life drama then we [ ... ]

Kinder is German for children and the children in this stark, but striking black and white documentary are young boys who are spending their formative years in a group home for boys.  Director Bettin [ ... ]

The much anticipated continuation of the Twilight series has finally arrived. Fans have been waiting to see Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) get married. But for those of you who  [ ... ]

At certain points while watching this film I wondered to myself if there were many other directors who could make the grotesque look so beautiful as Pedro Almodovar (Women on the Verge of Nervous Brea [ ... ]

Every hero has a back story even when that hero is an orange cat in leather boots.  It makes sense that Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) didn’t just appear when the story of his green ogre friend S [ ... ]

Light and frothy this is not.  Complex and dense is more accurate.  Political intrigue done in an unusual way.  Weird is the word that best sums up Pierre Schoeller’s film.  Weird, but absorbing [ ... ]

We have all lost someone we cared about.  What we can console ourselves with is the fact that we know what happened to them.  Can you imagine what you would feel if someone you loved, shared your li [ ... ]

Lars von Trier (Dancer in the Dark, Breaking the Waves) is one of the more consistently creative directors today.  You will never be bored watching one of his films.  Whether it is because you are e [ ... ]

We already knew that the French could do comedic films.  From Le Dîner de Cons to La Cage aux Folles to Le Placard, they have done them well for decades.  We already knew that the French could do r [ ... ]

What better way to have your works introduced in an award winning film than by someone who actually knew you? This special film screening at the Montreal Greek Film Festival was introduced by distingu [ ... ]

I went into this one with quite low expectations.  Dodgy director. Dodgy cast. Hmmm…not sure about this film. Ben Stiller seems to make the same film over and over and I have grown quite bored with [ ... ]

Many countries around the world have experienced the devastating effects of earthquakes. In 1953, Greece went through such a tragedy when one of the world’s most powerful series of earthquakes destr [ ... ]

This year's film festival would not have been complete without a tribute to beloved Greek comic actor Thanassis Vengos. His appeal to people of all ages young and old was universal because he played r [ ... ]

This film takes place amidst the Greek Civil War, which was fought between the Greek government army backed by the United Kingdom with the United States versus the military branch of the Greek Communi [ ... ]

Local filmmaker Anne Émond selected a very typical situation of a random hookup at a rave, which leads to a one-night stand as the set-up for her debut feature “Nuit #1.” But what makes this film [ ... ]

Canadian actress and director Sarah Polley has achieved much success over the years in her career, even having her film “Away From Her,” nominated for an Oscar. She returns as a director and write [ ... ]

At certain points while watching this film I wondered to myself if there were many other directors who could make the grotesque look so beautiful as Pedro Almodovar (Women on the Verge of Nervous Brea [ ... ]

Lars von Trier (Dancer in the Dark, Breaking the Waves) is one of the more consistently creative directors today.  You will never be bored watching one of his films.  Whether it is because you are e [ ... ]

The Hip Hop culture in not just a North American phenomenon, it is a worldwide one. This engaging form of expression is a powerful tool that can give the opportunity to artists to have their voice hea [ ... ]

Trying to overcome drug addiction is in no way an easy thing to deal with. The Norwegian film “Oslo, August 31st” takes an up close and personal look at the life of one particular addict who finds [ ... ]

In 1982 director John Carpenter made a horror film that involved aliens that were able to change their form.  Basically shape-shifters causing a lot of death and mayhem. As is often the situation wit [ ... ]

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar was present at the last winter Olympics in Vancouver. Canada’s love for…or should I say “obsession” with hockey must have surely inspired him as he produced a  [ ... ]

Julien Temple (Earth Girls Are Easy, Absolute Beginners) brings his music film trilogy to a close with Oil City Confidential.  All three are about the important music people in the 1970s in the UK. T [ ... ]

More cerebral than your usual spy thriller is the latest John Madden (Shakespeare in Love, Proof) film. A story that flip flops between the 1960s and the 1990s.  Madden knows what the strength of his [ ... ]

Maybe it was all that fur and shirtlessness…I don’t know how I was fooled so badly.  In the Twilight film series while he was no Marlon Brando, werewolf Taylor Lautner did a decent job.  After s [ ... ]

A heist/action film does not at first glance seem like the type that Ryan Gosling (though he does have the abs to be an action star), Bryan Cranston (of Breaking Bad fame) and Carey Mulligan would be  [ ... ]

Contagion is a scary and compelling film.  Coming out of it I began to wonder if we should be putting our energies toward rooting out and stopping terrorists or towards contagious disease research. I [ ... ]