By John H. Foote (***) Streaming on Apple Justin Timberlake is a massive talent. Massive. The man can dance, sing, is confident, good looking, and an exceptional actor as he has proven in supporting roles in Alpha Dog (2011) and The Social Network (2010) as Sean Parker. He is so good in Palmer his performance…
By Marie-Renee Goulet I can’t imagine a more daunting task for an actor than to portray someone as well known as Jim Morrison. He is surrounded by myths he created himself; he lied about his life before joining The Doors declaring his parents dead (they weren’t) and two siblings nonexistent. Morrison acted a lot and…
By John H. Foote And back to the greatest of the eighties. We start at number nine … a huge box office smash directed by Robert Zemeckis. 9. BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) Pure cinematic fun, like a big bowl of candy that cannot be emptied, made with impeccable craft and beautifully acted with giddy…
By Alan Hurst The is the first in a series where I’ll attempt a very subjective selection of the best film comedy of each year – from the thirties up to present day. I’m starting with the thirties and the advent of both sophisticated and screwball comedies, as opposed to the dizzying physical and slapstick…
By John H. Foote (Bomb!) Why revisit a terrible film? Why rescreen the worst film of the 2000’s? A film widely known as an abomination? I will reveal that later. Every actor and director, every artist in fact has their dream project. Mine as a stage director was directing a Canadian play Can You See…
By John H. Foote (****) Streaming / On Demand Talk about a scorched earth film! Talk about an unexpected, scorching performance from Carey Mulligan, who gives what I believe to be the years very best performance! Mulligan has been very busy since her stunning work in An Education (2009) which earned her an Academy Award nomination…
By Marie-Renee Goulet (***) Sunny Daze is a redemption story about a formerly famous musician who was given talent, success, and love in spades but whose demons are slowly but surely taking all away. It is about friendship, family, loss and our individual need for accountability and responsibility. Sunny’s (Jason Wiles) days are reduced to heavy…
By John H. Foote (**) In limited theatres / Streaming on HBO and Apple Despite my disdain for the glut of superhero films I confess to admiring a handful. The Dark Knight (2008) stands as the greatest of the genre and was by far, the finest film of 2008, a masterpiece bolstered by the superb…
By John H. Foote As Bob Dylan prophetically sung in the mournful, timely song “The Times They Are A-Changin’” and indeed 2020 brought many changes that will be felt for years to come. The movie going experience, a collective experience since its creation over 100 years ago, might never be the same as COVID-19 shook…
By Marie-Renee Goulet (***) Rarely can we study a global disaster movie for its accuracy by having the “opportunity” to live through the said global disaster. Contagion (2011) is a movie about the spread of a deadly virus that rapidly becomes a worldwide pandemic. I revisited the film back in March during the first shut…