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Film Review: The Skeleton Twins
Contrary to its confusing and misleading title, The Skeleton Twins starring Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader is NOT a horror film. As if the...
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Sep 26, 20144 min read


Fantastic Fest 2014: Waste Land
When a piece of art is a collection of many different inspirations, the outcome depends greatly on the quality of the source material and...
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Sep 25, 20144 min read


TIFF 2014: Time Out of Mind
In 2009, director Oren Moverman created one of the most relevant and moving post-9/11 war films of our generation with The...
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Sep 14, 20145 min read


TIFF 2014: Mirage
The Western genre is one that unofficially begins with the appearance of a hopeless wanderer. Engulfed by the depth of rugged terrain and...
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Sep 14, 20143 min read


TIFF 2014: The Lesson
Anything that can go wrong, WILL go wrong! An epigram for tragedy when it strikes on a seemingly constant basis, Murphy’s Law can be...
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Sep 5, 20143 min read


TIFF 2014
It’s the most exciting time of the year here at Night Film Reviews, as we kick off our second year of covering the Toronto International...
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Sep 4, 20141 min read


The 38th Annual Montreal World Film Festival
It’s hailed as the festival of films from all over the world, and with such an impressive arrangement of films, Montreal did not...
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Sep 1, 20149 min read


Film Review: Yves Saint Laurent
Becoming a trend-setter in the fashion industry can be quite the challenge, but making a fashion movie with some cinematic and historical...
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Aug 15, 20146 min read


Film Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Nostalgia will face-off against a once obscure set of oddball rebels this week in theaters when the Michael Bay produced Teenage Mutant...
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Aug 8, 20145 min read


Film Review: Guardians of the Galaxy
Who would have thought that Marvel’s next highly entertaining, multi-million (hopeful billion) dollar cinematic adventure would be set in...
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Aug 1, 20145 min read


Film Review: I Origins
“What would you do if something spiritual disproved your scientific beliefs?” Science and spirituality is at the forefront of Mike...
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Jul 24, 20144 min read


Film Review: ‘The Purge: Anarchy’
“Just remember all the good the purge does.” Some purge for money, some purge for revenge, and some just purge for the fun of it....
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Jul 18, 20146 min read


Film Review: Obvious Child
One of the many ingredients that so many romantic-comedies are missing today is the element of truth: truth in the dialogue, truth in its...
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Jun 27, 20145 min read


Film Review: Think Like A Man Too
Comedy films are a genre of film that unfortunately have a lot of liberties taken with it. The genre seems to be victim to studio...
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Jun 20, 20145 min read


Film Review: Chef
Chef is a film about a battle we all face to reconnect with our passions when the flame has burned out. Jon Favreau, a jack-of-all-trades...
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Jun 6, 20146 min read


Film Review: The Fault In Our Stars
I have never been surrounded by so many teenage girls before until I sat down to watch this film. During an early screening of the...
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Jun 6, 20145 min read


Film Review: A Million Ways To Die In The West
Death is undoubtedly the strongest motif in Seth MacFarlane’s newest live-action feature film A Million Ways To Die In the West. And like...
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May 30, 20145 min read


Film Review: Young & Beautiful
The topic of teenage sexuality has always been a fascination of French auteurs and French cinema in general. Exploring the many...
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May 23, 20144 min read


Film Review: Godzilla (2014)
In 2010, director Gareth Edwards made his way to the festival scene by ways of Monsters, a eco-centric, sci-fi hit that introduced...
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May 16, 20146 min read


Film Review: Locke
There comes a time, very rarely, where the term enlightened and delightful can be used in the context of a single film. Thankfully, Locke...
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May 9, 20144 min read
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