AltWeeklies Wire
Dating, Drinking and Death in 'You Kill Me'new
Tea Leoni overlooks Ben Kingsley's alcohol problem and hit-man status in the illogical comedy.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
07-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: John Dahl, You Kill Me
Less Than Meets the Eyenew
Michael Bay's Transformers update is a predictable pile-up of trashy excess.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcom Fraser |
07-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Bay, Transformers
'Tekkonkinkreet': Marvellous Metropolisnew
American director Michael Arias on cult attacks, the urban experience and his Japanese animated hit.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
07-12-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Arias, Tekkonkinkreet
'Nitro': Standard-issue Action Flick With a Quebec Twistnew
Quebec is written all over this Hollywood-style film, but it is a changing, modernized Quebec.
Montreal Mirror |
Jeffrey Malecki |
07-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alain Desrochers, Nitro
'Eagle vs. Shark' is Relentlessly, Unbearably Quirkynew
This film doesn't even have the dubious benefit of originality.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
07-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Eagle vs. Shark, Taika Waititi
Harder, Better, Faster, Longernew
Daft Punk's Electroma is a gorgeous, glacially-paced film about heartbroken robots.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-03-2007 |
Reviews
Revolution, Toronto Stylenew
Pothead radicals and Godard stylings collide in Monkey Warfare.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
04-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Monkey Warfare, Reginald Harkema
'Grindhouse' a Double Whammynew
The flick recreates all the thrills and spills of an old-school sleazefest.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
04-05-2007 |
Reviews
'The Astronaut Farmer' Doesn't Get Off the Groundnew
It may be most self-consciously old-fashioned and straight-up corny motion picture to come out of Hollywood in years.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
02-22-2007 |
Reviews
Crying for Argentinanew
This documentary follows everyday people struggling through a country's financial crisis.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
02-08-2007 |
Reviews
Terminal Citynew
Mount Pleasant is a predictably grim Vancouver melodrama about drugs, prostitution and class.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
01-25-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mount Pleasant, Ross Weber
Harper's Bizarrenew
Lewis Lapham examines the elite in this strange musical documentary.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
12-08-2006 |
Reviews
Food for Thoughtnew
Compelling documentary meditation on food processing and preparation tells nothing, shows everything.
Montreal Mirror |
Nikolaus Geyrhalter |
11-09-2006 |
Reviews
Cut Offnew
This weird family drama lacks an emotional connection.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
10-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Running With Scissors, Ryan Murphy
Freaks in the Familynew
Incest and murder are the order of the day in this taboo-busting but ultimately confusing film.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Larry Kent, The Hamster Cage
