Last week I thought (rather foolishly) that when this title popped up on the Netflix recommended movies list it would be a good one to try. It fit all of what I was looking for; it was a black comedy, Canadian, a caper movie, and it had Donald Sutherland, Marlon Brando, and Charlie Sheen in…
In the absence of a more serious hockey movie to review; (Rocket Richard’s film wasn’t available, and it had been far too long since I’d seen Slap Shot) Goon presented itself as a goofy alternative to the normal, high energy serious hockey film. I will admit to having low expectations; I had heard the film…
Because I’ve spent the last week on vacation; and because I haven’t found a worthwhile Canadian Christmas movie to review this year, I decided to fall back on a classic cynical piece, the sort of mediocre movie which speaks to you personally in such a way that you love it, and no one else can…
I went into this movie really wanting to like it, and hoping that it lived up to the praise that my old Canadian Studies professors had heaped onto it when I was in college. Citizen Gangster ended up being just about the best you could hope for out of a relatively low budget independent film;…
Different films offer different things for the viewer to take away from their experience. Some are for purely entertainment purposes, some have greater messages to send. However some films, and Good Neighbors fall into this category, are more about teaching a variety of smaller life lessons to live by. I enjoyed this film, not because…
An original story of men of action versus men of contemplation, Ontario-made The Man on the Train strikes a chord with me and might well for many others appreciative of a slow-moving drama. The film stars Donald Sutherland and Larry Mullen Jr. Perhaps it is my love of movies that are 95% conversationally based, perhaps it…
Despite my inexplicable love for horror movies, now that this Halloween season has ended I may just be inclined to give them a break for a couple of weeks. This should provide me with the opportunity to write a deeper and more cohesive review than that of a low-budget violent thriller. This week’s swing-and-a-miss was…
Rooster Illusion 