We live in a very dire time for the box office. It’s almost a miracle nowadays to see a big blockbuster become an unambiguous commercial hit. And I’ll say right now that if Dune: Part 2 isn’t enough to lure people to theaters, I’m officially convinced the theatrical model is in its final years. This was probably my most anticipated film of 2024, and a film that has pained me to watch get pushed back after its predecessor was also…
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Boy Kills World 2023
Have you been wanting to see The Raid, Kill Bill, John Wick, Deadpool, a good R-rated Mortal Kombat film, and every classic kung fu movie, but just couldn’t find the time? Well, luckily for you, director Moritz Mohr has made Boy Kills World so you can watch all of those within a single film. But please don’t mistake that as anything other than the biggest compliment possible, because Boy Kills World is easily my favorite film I’ve seen at TIFF…
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Stopmotion 2023
It's been slim pickings in the past couple of years for really strong psychological horror, which makes me all the more appreciative for how viscerally disturbing Stopmotion is. This film got under my skin to a degree that few films have. It's is centered around a woman (Aisling Franciosi) who works on a stop-motion animated horror movie after a strange little girl (Caoilinn Springall) gives her inspiration and assistance, only for the events and monster of her film to gradually…
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Madame Web 2024
I was in a funk. I had to get out of the apartment. I was morbidly curious about the supposed disaster that is Madame Web. I have a theater membership that would let me see it without paying any extra money. In IMAX. These are the steps that led me here. But you know what? I was a good boy who saw Lisa Frankenstein, the movie everyone should have paid attention to this past Valentine’s Day. I earned this.
Madame…