Genre Reviews

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The Line of Beauty (2006)

The Line of Beauty (2006)

Based on Alan Hollinghurst’s Booker Prize-winning novel, The Line of Beauty shows Margaret Thatcher’s 80s-England through the eyes of a wide-eyed young gay man. Nick Guest (pretty Dan Stevens...

Linda
Capote (2005)

Capote (2005)

I can only think that Philip Seymour Hoffman must have had a blast playing Truman Capote. In fact, had this movie come out when I was younger, I would...

Jennifer
All the King's Men (2006)

All the King’s Men (2006)

He’s like an angry little Tazmanian devil, whirling about, arms flailing, screaming at everyone and destroying everything in his path. Halfway through the movie, during one of his explosive...

Vickie
Snow Cake (2006)

Snow Cake (2006)

Snow Cake must have had my name written all over it, because I circled it in the SIFF guide more than once over the course of the festival, and...

Eric
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

OK, OK, let me say say it outright: I think Lucas Black is adorable. Call me surprised to be totally enamored of this actor’s thick-as-molasses Texas accent (especially since...

Linda
American Gun (2005)

American Gun (2005)

I loved the first 95 minutes of American Gun. The film examines (you guessed it) the role of guns in American society. Through three separate storylines, we see how...

Vickie
Accepted (2006)

Accepted (2006)

If someone was going to accept the premise of Accepted, it would have to be me. A bunch of kids have the noble idea of learning in college through...

Linda
The New World (2005)

The New World (2005)

Terrence Malick doesn’t know it, but he’s in the wrong business. He was born to be a nature photographer, yet something compels him to wrap actors and stories around...

Jennifer
Idlewild (2006)

Idlewild (2006)

It’s not that the movie is bad, because it isn’t. In fact, it’s quite ambitious and somewhat enjoyable. But it does try to cram in so many different genres...

Vickie
The Illusionist (2006)

The Illusionist (2006)

[PLEASE NOTE: This review has been hijacked by Vickie (writing in bold italics) who believes the presence of Jessica Biel in The Illusionist single-handedly redeems the movie. I tend...

Linda
Step Up (2006)

Step Up (2006)

I’m tempted to dismiss Step Up as a trite and predictable amalgam of every teenage dance movie ever made. The story goes something like this: Good girl meets bad...

Vickie
Must Love Dogs (2005)

Must Love Dogs (2005)

I should have known better than to get all excited about Must Love Dogs, but I always lose my wits when Christopher Plummer factors into the deal. He’s the...

Jennifer