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‘Peter Rabbit’ Is A Wildly Weird Take On A Beloved Classic [Review]

February 9, 2018 1:16 pm

It's hard to make sense of "Peter Rabbit." Based on Beatrix Potter's beloved, century-old British literary mainstay, this CG/live-action hybrid adaptation enlists Will Gluck, the American director/co-writer beh...

‘Sweet Country’ Trailer: Award Winning Aussie Western Tackles Racism

Kevin Jagernauth

January 19, 2018 10:56 am

News, Trailers

Sometimes deadlines get the best of us, and if we had a second crack at The Best Films Of 2018…We’ve Already Seen, "Sweet Country" would've certainly made the cut. The new film from Warwick Thornton picked up ...

‘The Commuter’ Trailer: Liam Neeson Can’t Stop The Train

Kevin Jagernauth

December 14, 2017 2:58 pm

News, Trailers

It's the time of year when we're all eating up prestige pictures, and getting healthy on the best that cinema has to offer. But sometimes you just want to dive face first into a movie that's high on calories an...

‘The Commuter’ Trailer: Liam Neeson Needs His Special Skills Once Again

Kevin Jagernauth

October 23, 2017 12:06 pm

News, Trailers

Liam Neeson, cinematically speaking, is just trying to live his life when, lately, things have been getting very real. Three "Taken" movies, that one where he was supposed to fight wolves but mostly didn't, tha...

Superb Venice & TIFF-Winning Aussie Western ‘Sweet Country’ With Sam Neill [Review]

Jessica Kiang

September 20, 2017 5:01 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

There are few more charged, more disturbingly redolent images than that of a black man in shackles. And so when Australian director Warwick Thornton, winner of the Venice Special Jury Prize and the Toronto Plat...

A Secret Stands Between Geoffrey Rush & Paul Schneider In New Trailer For ‘The Daughter’

Kevin Jagernauth

November 16, 2016 1:59 pm

Trailers

It's unfair that some movies just slip through the cracks, and despite screening at both Venice and Toronto film festivals in 2015, Simon Stone's "The Daughter" — which we called "a quiet, immensely affecting t...

Taika Waititi’s ‘Hunt For The Wilderpeople’ Starring Sam Neill Is A Charming Wes Anderson-Style Comedy [Review]

Sam Fragoso

June 24, 2016 12:07 pm

Reviews

By all accounts, New Zealand director Taika Waititi seems to be a very pleasant individual who, in turn, makes very pleasant movies. Waititi continues to ride that wave of pleasantry with “Hunt For The Wilderpe...