★★★★ Troma's signature series, The Toxic Avenger, has been revived, keeping much of the same silly atmosphere that made the original so distinct. Emmy winner Peter Dinklage steps into the shoes of Toxie himself, though his performance mainly consists of the vocal variety since Luisa Guerreiro actually plays the physical Toxie under heavy prosthetics. There's … Continue reading Film Review: The Toxic Avenger
SBIFF 2024: Queen of Bones
★★ Collecting a cast of wonderful character actors including Martin Freeman, Jacob Tremblay, and Taylor Schilling, Queen of Bones instantly shot up to “must see” status. The stills gave a mysterious, alluring quality seeming to promise intrigue or, at the very least, eerie atmosphere to spare. Unfortunately, Queen of Bones lacks the skeletal structure to … Continue reading SBIFF 2024: Queen of Bones
Film Review: Orion and the Dark
★★★★★ The second Dreamworks animated feature film made exclusively for Netflix after 2021's Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans, Orion and the Dark is so exceptionally beautiful in both scripting and visuals that it would fit right in with the catalogue of Pixar. Adapting material from a picture book by Emma Yarlett, director Sean Charmatz makes … Continue reading Film Review: Orion and the Dark
Tribeca 2023: Cold Copy
★★★★★ Many a film has examined the unfortunate price of success and fame. How many likes and followers we accrue has become some kind of sick metric with which people are judged. In a society that values popularity and clickbait over proof and facts, being cutthroat certainly seems more appealing than trying things the old … Continue reading Tribeca 2023: Cold Copy
Film Review: The Little Mermaid
★★★ Love them or hate them, the live action Disney remake is here to stay. The newest, 2023’s reimagining of The Little Mermaid, seems to be one of the most divisive yet, judging by early online reactions. For me, the film was a long time coming—as a child, I would rewatch the 1989 original on … Continue reading Film Review: The Little Mermaid