Films watched during their theatrical run are given a rating on a scale of Zero Stars to Four Stars. Films watched during a film festival or on dvd largely stay unranked.
Seldom is the occasion where I run to my keyboard immediately after the credits roll, as I try to allow my brain a chance to marinate on a film before completely forming an opinion.
That said, the score is the score. All of these films were rates based on my feeling after first watch, and I believe in keeping the integrity of that first reaction. Over time, my opinions of some of these films have swelled (THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON for instance), while my opinion of others has diminished (THE FIGHTER). Nevertheless, the original reviews don’t get revised.
Reviews are written to be relatively spoiler-free, but some details are inevitable. Please understand that any specifics I spoil are specifics I believe can be discussed without ruining the viewing experience.
Finally, a note about the format. The full cinematic reviews are posted with a pair of images from the film embedded into the post. After a short introduction, I spend a paragraph or two summarizing the plot. If you don’t care to read about the plot and instead just want to skip to my reactions, jump ahead to the text that follows the second image: Everything from there down is analysis.
Enjoy!
12 Years a Slave – ★ ★ ★ ★
127 Hours – ★ ★ ★ ★
20th Century Women – ★ ★ ★
3:10 To Yuma – ★ ★ ★
30 Minutes or Less – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
42 – ★ ★ ★
45 Years – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
50/50 – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
(500) Days of Summer – ★ ★ ★ ★
$9.99 (TIFF 2008)
The A-Team – ★ ★ ★
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – ★ ★
About Face: The Supermodels Then and Now (Hot Docs 2012)
Across the Universe – ★ ★ ★
The Adjustment Bureau – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Adventures of Tintin – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Adventureland – ★ ★
Agora – ★ ★ ★
Alien: Covenant – ★ ★ ★
Alois Nabel (TIFF 2011)
All is Lost – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (TIFF 2007)
The Amazing Spider-Man – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – ★ ★
The American – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
American Gangster – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
American Honey – ★ ★ ★ ★
American Hustle – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
American Sniper – ★ 1/2
Anna Karenina – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Angels & Demons – ★ ★ 1/2
Annie – 1/2 ★
Another Year – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Ant-Man – ★ ★ 1/2
Anpo (TIFF 2010)
Appaloosa – ★ ★ 1/2
Apron Strings (TIFF 2008)
Argo – ★ ★ ★ ★
Armadillo – ★ ★ ★ ★
Arrival – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Arthur (2011) – ★ ★ 1/2
The Artist – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford – ★ ★ ★
Atonement – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Attack the Block – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
August: Osage County – ★ ★ ★
Australia – ★ ★ ★
Avatar – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Avengers – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Avengers: Age of Ultron – ★ ★ 1/2
The Avengers: Infinity War – ★ ★ 1/2
Away We Go – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Baby Driver – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Bad Faith (TIFF 2010)
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
The Battle for Brooklyn (Hot Docs 2011)
Battle in Seattle (TIFF 2007)
Battle of The Sexes – ★ ★ 1/2
Be Kind, Rewind – ★ ★ 1/2
Beasts of The Southern Wild – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Beats, Rhymes & Life (Hot Docs 2011)
Beautiful Boy – ★ ★ ★ ★
Beauty and The Beast (2017) – ★
Beauty Day (Hot Docs 2011)
Beauty is Embarrassing (Hot Docs 2012)
Becoming Santa (Hot Docs 2011)
Before Midnight – ★ ★ ★ ★
Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead (TIFF 2007)
Beginners – ★ ★ ★
The Beguiled – ★ ★ ★ ★
Being Elmo (Hot Docs 2011)
Better Than Something: Jay Reatard (NXNE 2011)
Bernie – ★ ★ ★
Best of Enemies (Hot Docs 2015)
Beware of Mr. Baker (Hot Docs 2012)
The BFG – ★ ★ ★
Big Easy Express (Hot Docs 2012)
Big Hero 6 – ★ ★ ★
The Big Short – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Big Sick – ★ ★ ★ ★
Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – ★ ★ ★ ★
Biutiful – ★ 1/2
Blackhat – ★ ★ 1/2
Black Swan – ★ ★ ★ ★
Blair Witch – ★ ★ ★
Blancanieves – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Blind Side – ★ ★ 1/2
The Bling Ring – ★ ★ ★
Blue Jasmine – ★ ★ ★
Blindness – ★ ★ ★
Blue Valentine – ★ ★ ★ ★
Body of Lies – ★ ★ 1/2
Body of War (TIFF 2007)
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
Book of Eli – ★ ★ ★
The Bourne Legacy – ★ ★ 1/2
The Box – ★
The Boxtrolls – ★ ★ ★
Boyhood – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Boxing Girls of Kabul (Hot Docs 2012)
Boy Cheerleaders (Hot Docs 2011)
Brave – ★ ★ ★ ★
Bridesmaids – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Bridge of Spies – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Broken Circle Breakdown – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Bronze – ★ ★ ★
Brooklyn – ★ ★ ★
Brüno – ★ ★ 1/2
Burn After Reading – ★ ★ ★
Bury the Hatchet (Hot Docs 2011)
Byzantium (TIFF 2012)
The Cabin In The Woods – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Cafe de Flore – ★ ★ ★ ★
Call Me By Your Name – ★ ★ ★ ★
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (Hot Docs 2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Captain America: The Winter Soldier – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Captain America: Civil War – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Captain Phillips – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Carnage – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Carol – ★ ★ ★ ★
Cars 2 – ★ ★ 1/2
Catfish – ★ ★ ★
Celeste and Jesse Forever – ★ ★ ★
Cemetery of Splendour (TIFF 2015)
Centurion (After Dark 2010)
Certain Women – ★ ★ ★
Changeling – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Charles Bradley: Soul of America (Hot Docs 2012)
Che – ★ ★ ★
Chef – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Chi-Raq – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Chico and Rita (TIFF 2010)
Chloe – ★ ★ 1/2
Choke – ★ ★
Chuck Norris vs. Communism (Hot Docs 2015)
A Christmas Carol (2009) – ★ ★ ★
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian – ★ ★ 1/2
Cinderella (2015) – ★ ★ ★
Cloud Atlas – ★ ★ ★ ★
Clouds of Sils Maria – ★ ★ ★ ★
Coco – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Color Me Obsessed (NXNE 2011)
Come Out and Play (TIFF 2012)
Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop (Hot Docs 2011)
Contagion – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Control – ★ ★ ★ ★
Cooper’s Camera (TIFF 2008)
Cosmopolis – ★ ★
The Counselor – ★ ★ ★
Cowboys & Aliens – ★ 1/2
Crazy Heart – ★ ★ 1/2
Crazy Horse (TIFF 2011)
Crazy Rich Asians – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Crazy Stupid Love – ★ ★ ★ ★
Creed – ★ ★ ★ ★
Crimson Peak – ★ ★ ★
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – ★ ★ 1/2
Dallas Buyers Club – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Damsels in Distress (TIFF 2011)
A Dangerous Method (TIFF 2011)
The Danish Girl – ★ ★ ★
The Darjeeling Limited – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Dark Knight – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Dark Knight Rises – ★ ★ ★ ★
Dark Shadows – ★ ★
Dawn of The Planet of The Apes – ★ ★ ★
Deadpool – ★ ★ ★
Death Defying Acts (TIFF 2007)
Demolition (TIFF 2015)
The Descendants – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Detroit – ★ ★ ★ ★
Detropia (Hot Docs 2012)
Dheepan (TIFF 2015)
Dinner for Schmucks – ★ 1/2
The Disappearance of Alice Creed – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Disaster Artist – ★ ★ 1/2
District 9 – ★ ★ ★
Django Unchained – ★ ★ ★ ★
Dope – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Doubt – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Dressmaker – ★ ★ ★
Dr. Plonk (TIFF 2007)
Drive – ★ ★ 1/2
Due Date – ★ ★ ★
Eagle Eye – ★ 1/2
Eastern Promises – ★ ★ ★
Easy A – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Edge of Seventeen – ★ ★ ★
Edge of Tomorrow – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
An Education – ★ ★ ★ ★
Elysium – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The End (TIFF 2012)
Ender’s Game – ★
Enemy – ★ ★ ★
Enough Said – ★ ★ ★
The Equalizer – ★ ★
Escape From Tomorrow – ★ 1/2
Every Little Step (TIFF 2008)
Everybody Wants Some – ★ ★ ★ ★
Ex Libris – ★ ★ ★ ★
Ex Machina – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Exit Through the Gift Shop – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Extraterrestrial (TIFF 2011)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – ★ ★ 1/2
The F Word – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Fame (2009) – ★ ★
The Fantastic Mr. Fox – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Far Out Isn’t Far Enough (TIFF 2012)
Fifty Dead Men Walking (TIFF 2008)
The Fighter – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Final Member (Hot Docs 2012)
Finding Dory – ★ ★ ★
Fish Tank – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Five Nights in Maine (TIFF 2015)
Flight – ★ ★ ★
Foodies (Hot Docs 2015)
Footloose (2011) – ★ ★ 1/2
Forgetting Sarah Marshall – ★ ★ ★
Foxcatcher – ★ ★ ★
Frame by Frame (Hot Docs 2015)
Frances Ha (TIFF 2012)
Frankenweenie – ★ ★ ★
Fred Claus – ★ ★
Fright Night (2011) – ★ ★ 1/2
From Up on Poppy Hill (TIFF 2011)
Frost/Nixon – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Frozen – ★ ★ ★ ★
Fruitvale Station – ★ ★ ★ ★
Funny People – ★ ★
Fury – ★ ★ 1/2
Gayby Baby (Hot Docs 2015)
Get Him to The Greek – ★ ★
Get Low – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Get Out – ★ ★ ★ ★
Ghost Graduation (TIFF 2012)
A Ghost Story – ★ ★ ★ ★
Ghostbusters (2016) – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Ginger & Rosa – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009) – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011) – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Girl Who Played With Fire – ★ ★ ★
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest – ★ ★ 1/2
The Girlfriend Experience – ★ 1/2
Girlhood – ★ ★ ★ ★
Girls Lost (TIFF 2015)
Godzilla – ★ ★ ★
Gone Girl – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Goon – ★ ★ ★
The Grand Budapest Hotel – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Gravity – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Great Gatsby – ★ ★ ★
The Green Hornet – ★ ★ 1/2
Green Lantern – ★ ★
Green Room (TIFF 2015)
The Green Zone – ★ ★ ★
The Guard – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Guardians of The Galaxy – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Hail, Caesar! – ★ ★ ★
Halloween (2018) – ★ ★ ★
Hancock – ★ ★ ★
The Hangover – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Hangover 2 – ★ ★
Hanna – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Happening – ★ ★ 1/2
Happy-Go-Lucky – ★ ★ 1/2
Harry Brown – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows pt. 1 (Unrated)
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows pt. 2 – ★ ★ ★
The Hateful Eight – ★ ★
Haywire – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Headhunters (Hodejegerne) – ★ ★ ★
Hearts Beat Loud – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Heat – ★ ★ 1/2
Heleno (TIFF 2011)
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Her – ★ ★ ★ ★
Here Comes The Devil (TIFF 2012)
Here Is What Is (TIFF 2007)
Hereafter – ★ ★ 1/2
Hereditary – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
High on Hope (NXNE 2011)
High-Rise – ★ ★
Hitchcock – ★ ★ 1/2
Hitchcock/Truffaut (TIFF 2015)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – ★ ★ 1/2
The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies – ★ ★
Holy Motors – ★ ★ ★
Hot Coffee (Hot Docs 2011)
Hot Tub Time Machine – ★ ★
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People – ★ ★
How to Train Your Dragon – ★ ★ ★ ★
How to Train Your Dragon 2 – ★ ★ ★ ★
Hugo – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Hunger Games – ★ ★ ★
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – ★ ★ ★
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay pt. 1 (Unrated)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay pt. 2 – ★ 1/2
The Hurt Locker – ★ ★ ★ ★
I Am Legend – ★ ★ ★
I Feel Pretty – ★ ★ 1/2
I Love You, Man – ★ ★ ★
I Saw The Devil (TIFF 2010)
I’m Not There – ★ ★ 1/2
I’m Still Here – ★ ★ ★
The Ides of March – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Illusionist (TIFF 2010)
The Imitation Game – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Immigrant – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Immortals – ★ ★
The Impossible (TIFF 2012)
Incendies – ★ ★ ★ ★
Inception – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone – ★ ★ 1/2
The Incredible Hulk – ★ ★ ★
Indiana Jone and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – ★ ★ ★
Indie Game: The Movie (Hot Docs 2012)
Indignation – ★ ★ ★
The Informant! – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Inglourious Basterds – ★ ★ ★ ★
Inherent Vice – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Inocente (Hot Docs 2012)
Inside Llewyn Davis – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Inside Out – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Internship – ★ ★ 1/2
The Interrupters – ★ ★ ★ ★
Interstellar – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Into the Forest (TIFF 2015)
Into the Wild – ★ ★ ★ ★
Into the Woods – ★ ★ ★
Intruders (TIFF 2011)
Invictus – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Iron Lady – 1/2 ★
Iron Man – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Iron Man 2 – ★ ★ ★
Iron Man 3 – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Irrational Man – ★ ★ 1/2
It – ★ ★ ★
It Comes at Night – ★ ★ ★
It Might Get Loud (TIFF 2008)
It’s Complicated – ★ ★ 1/2
Ivory Tower (NXNE 2011)
J. Edgar – ★ ★
Jeff, Who Lives At Home (TIFF 2011)
Jackie – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Jersey Boys – ★ 1/2
Jesus Town (Hot Docs 2015)
Jig (Hot Docs 2011)
John Carter – ★ ★ 1/2
Joy – ★ ★
Joy Division (TIFF 2007)
Juan of The Dead (TIFF 2011)
Julie & Julia – ★ ★ ★
Julie & Juliet, Naked – ★ ★ 1/2
Jump (TIFF 2012)
The Jungle Book (2016) – ★ ★ ★
Juno – ★ ★ ★ ★
Jupiter Ascending – ★ ★ 1/2
Justice League
Keyhole (TIFF 2011)
Kick Ass – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Killer Joe – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Killing of a Sacred Deer – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Killing Them Softly – ★ 1/2
The King’s Speech – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Knuckleball – ★ ★ ★
Kubo and The Two Strings – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Kumiko the Treasure Hunter – ★ ★ ★
Kung-Fu Panda – ★ ★ ★
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (Hot Docs 2015)
Lady Bird – ★ ★ ★ ★
Lady Macbeth – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Lars and The Real Girl – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Last Circus (TIFF 2010)
The Last Station – ★ ★ ★
Lawless – ★ ★ 1/2
The Legend of The Fist (TIFF 2010)
The Lego Movie – ★ ★
Les Miserables – ★ ★
Let Me In – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Life of Pi – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Light Between Ocean’s – ★ ★ ★
Like Someone In Love (TIFF 2012)
Lincoln – ★ ★ ★ ★
Lion – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Listen to Me Marlon (Hot Docs 2015)
The Little Prince – ★ ★ ★ ★
Live From New York! (Hot Docs 2015)
Lolo – ★ ★ 1/2
Logan – ★ ★ ★ ★
Lola Versus – ★ ★ 1/2
The Lone Ranger – ★ 1/2
Lone Survivor – ★ ★
Looper – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Love (2011) (After Dark 2011)
Love (2015) (TIFF 2015)
Love Between the Covers (Hot Docs 2015)
A Lonely Place to Die (After Dark 2011)
The Losers – ★ ★
Lust, Caution – ★ ★
Mad Max: Fury Road – ★ ★ ★ ★
Magic Mike – ★ ★ ★
Mamma Mia! – ★ ★ 1/2
Man of Steel
Marley (Hot Docs 2012)
Martha Marcy May Marlene – ★ ★ ★
The Martian – ★ ★ ★
The Master – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
McCullin (Hot Docs 2012)
Me and Orson Welles (TIFF 2008)
The Meddler – ★ ★ ★
Meek’s Cutoff – ★ ★ ★
Melancholia – ★ ★ ★
Michael Clayton – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Michael Jackson: This Is It – ★ ★ ★
Micmacs – ★ ★ ★
Midnight In Paris – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Midnight Special – ★ ★ ★
Mighty Jerome (Hot Docs 2011)
Milk – ★ ★ ★ ★
Miral (TIFF 2010)
Mirror Mirror – ★ ★ ★
Mission:Impossible – Ghost Protocol ★ ★ ★
Mission:Impossible – Rogue Nation ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Mister Lonely (TIFF 2007)
Mistress America – ★ ★ ★
Money Monster – ★ ★ ★
Moneyball – ★ ★
Monsters – ★ ★ ★
Monsters University – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Monsters vs. Aliens – ★ ★ 1/2
Monuments Men – ★ ★ 1/2
Moonlight – ★ ★ ★ ★
Moonrise Kingdom – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
A Most Violent Year – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
A Most Wanted Man – ★ ★ ★
mother! – ★ ★ ★
Mr. Turner – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Mud – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Much Ado About Nothing (TIFF 2012)
The Muppets – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Muppets Most Wanted – ★ ★ ★
My Awkward Sexual Adventure (TIFF 2012)
My Week With Marilyn – ★ ★ ★
The National Parks Project (Hot Docs 2011)
Nebraska – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Neon Demon – ★ ★
Never Let Me Go – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
New York, I Love You (TIFF 2008)
The Nice Guys – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist – ★ ★ ★
Nightcrawler – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Nightmare (Hot Docs 2015)
Nine – ★ ★
No Country for Old Men – ★ ★ ★ ★
No Entry, No Exit (Hot Docs 2011)
Noah – ★ ★ ★
Nocturnal Animals – ★ ★ ★
Northern Soul (TIFF 2015)
Nymphomaniac vol. I – ★ ★ ★ ★
Nymphomaniac vol. II – ★ ★ ★ ★
Norwegian Wood (TIFF 2010)
Obvious Child – ★ ★ ★ ★
Oculus – ★ ★ ★
Ola Svensson Superstar (Hot Docs 2011)
Once Upon a Time In Rio (TIFF 2008)
Only God Forgives – ★ ★ 1/2
Only Lovers Left Alive – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Out to Win (Hot Docs 2015)
Oz the Great and Powerful – ★ ★
The Orphanage (TIFF 2007)
Pacific Rim – ★ ★ ★ ★
Painless (TIFF 2012)
Passchendaele – ★ ★ 1/2
Paul – ★ ★ ★
Paranormal Activity – ★ ★ ★ ★
Paterson – ★ ★ ★
Pearl Jam 20 (TIFF 2011)
Peep World (TIFF 2010)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Persepolis (TIFF 2007)
Pervert Park (Hot Docs 2015)
Personal Shopper – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Pete’s Dragon – ★ ★ ★ ★
Phantom Thread – ★ ★ ★ ★
Philomena – ★ ★ ★
Pineapple Express – ★ ★ ★
Pirates of The Caribbean : On Stranger Tides – ★ ★ ★
Pitch Perfect – ★ ★
Planet of Snail (Hot Docs 2012)
The Post – ★ ★ ★ ★
Precious – ★ ★ ★ ★
Premium Rush – ★ ★ ★
Pride and Glory – ★ ★
Prisoners – ★ ★ ★
Professor Marston and The Women – ★ ★ ★
Prometheus – ★ ★ ★ ★
Public Enemies – ★ ★ ★
Project Nim (Hot Docs 2011)
Quantum of Solace – ★ ★ ★
The Queen of Silence (Hot Docs 2015)
A Quiet Place – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Rabbit Hole – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Rachel Getting Married – ★ ★ ★ ★
Raiders! (Hot Docs 2015)
Rainman Goes To Rockwiz (NXNE 2011)
Rams (TIFF 2015)
Rango – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Ready Player One – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Reader – ★ ★ 1/2
Red State – ★ 1/2
Redacted (TIFF 2007)
Religulous – ★ ★ ★
Reservation Road – ★ ★ 1/2
Restrepo – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Resurrect Dead: The Secret of The Toynbee Tiles (Hot Docs 2011)
The Revenant – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Revolutionary Road – ★ ★ ★
Rise of The Guardians – ★ ★ ★
The Road – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Robin Hood – ★ ★ 1/2
Rocknrolla – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – ★ ★ ★
Ron Sexsmith: Love Shines (Hot Docs 2011)
Room – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Room 237 (TIFF 2012)
Rosewater – ★ ★ ★
Rubber (After Dark 2010)
The Rum Diary – ★ ★ 1/2
The Runaways – ★ ★
Rush (2013) – ★ ★ 1/2
Safety Not Guaranteed – ★ ★ ★
Salt – ★ ★ 1/2
The Sapphires – ★ ★ ★
Saving Mr. Banks – ★ ★ 1/2
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Search and Destroy (NXNE 2010)
The Secret in Their Eyes – ★ ★ ★ ★
Selma – ★ ★ ★ ★
Semana Santa (TIFF 2015)
Senna (Hot Docs 2011)
A Separation – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
A Serious Man – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Sessions – ★ ★ ★
Seven Psychopaths – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Sexykiller (TIFF 2008)
Sexy Baby (Hot Docs 2012)
Shame – ★ ★ ★
The Shape of Water – ★ ★ ★
Sherlock Holmes – ★ ★ ★
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – ★ ★ ★
Shine a Light – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Shrek Forever After – ★ ★
Shutter Island – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Sicario – ★ ★ ★
Sicario: Day of The Soldado – ★ 1/2
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Side by Side – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Side Effects – ★ ★ ★
Silence – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Silver Linings Playbook – ★ ★ ★ ★
Sing Street – ★ ★ ★ ★
A Single Man – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Skin I Live In – ★ ★ ★ ★
Skyfall – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Sleeping Beauty (TIFF 2011)
Slow West – ★ ★ ★
Slumdog Millionaire – ★ ★ ★ ★
Snow White & The Huntsman – ★ ★
Snowpiercer – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Social Network – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Song to Song – ★ ★ ★
Sound City – ★ ★ ★
Sounds Like a Revolution (NXNE 2010)
Source Code – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Spectacular Now – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Spectre – ★ ★ ★
Spider-Man: Homecoming – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Splice – ★ ★ ★
Spotlight – ★ ★ ★ ★
Spring Breakers – ★ ★ ★
St. Vincent – ★ ★ ★
Star Trek (2009) – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Star Trek Into Darkness – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Star Trek Beyond – ★ ★ ★
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Step Brothers – 1/2 ★
Step Up 3-D – (Zero Stars)
Steve Jobs – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Stoker – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Stones in Exile (NXNE 2010)
Stories We Tell – ★ ★ ★ ★
Straight Outta Compton – ★ ★ ★
Submarine (TIFF 2010)
Suburbicon – ★ 1/2
Suck (NXNE 2010)
Sucker Punch – (Zero Stars)
Suicide Shop (TIFF 2012)
Suicide Squad – ★ ★
Super (TIFF 2010)
Super 8 – ★ ★ ★ ★
Superbad – ★ ★ 1/2
Superheroes (Hot Docs 2011)
Sweeney Todd – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Swiss Army Man – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Synecdoche, New York – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
T2 Trainspotting – ★ ★ ★
Take Shelter – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Take This Waltz – ★ ★ ★
Tamara Drewe – ★ ★ 1/2
Tchoupitoulas (Hot Docs 2012)
Tears For Sale (TIFF 2008)
Ted – ★ ★ ★
The Tempest – ★ ★
Terminator: Salvation – ★ ★ ★
Terminator: Genisys – ★ ★
Theo Fleury: Playing With Fire (Hot Docs 2012)
The Theory of Everything – ★ ★ ★
There Will Be Blood – ★ ★ ★ ★
This is 40 – ★ ★ 1/2
This is The End – ★ ★
This is Where I Leave You – ★ ★ ★
This Movie is Broken (NXNE 2010)
Thor – ★ ★ ★
Thor: The Dark World – ★ ★ 1/2
Thor: Ragnarok – ★ ★ ★
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – ★ ★ ★ ★1/2
Three Identical Strangers – ★ ★ ★
The Three Musketeers (2011) – ★ ★
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – ★ ★ ★
To Rome With Love – ★ ★
Tomorrowland – ★ ★ 1/2
Top Five – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Town – ★ ★ 1/2
Toy Story 3 – ★ ★ ★ ★
Trainwreck – ★ ★ ★
Trance – ★ 1/2
Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen – ★ 1/2
Tree of Life – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Trip (TIFF 2010)
Tron: Legacy – ★ ★
True Grit (2010) – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Twilight – ★
Tyrannosaur (TIFF 2011)
U2-3D – ★ ★ ★ ★
Unbroken – ★ ★
Union Square (TIFF 2011)
Up – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Up In The Air – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Upstream Color – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Urbanized (TIFF 2011)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona – ★ ★ ★ ★
Victoria (TIFF 2015)
Violet & Daisy (TIFF 2011)
W. – ★
The Wackness – ★ ★ ★
The Wait (TIFF 2015)
The Waiting Room (Hot Docs 2012)
Wall-E – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Walk – ★ ★ ★
Wanderlust – ★ ★ 1/2
Wanted – ★ ★ ★
War Horse – ★ ★ ★ ★
Warm Bodies – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Watchmen – ★ ★ ★
We Need to Talk About Kevin – ★ ★ ★ ★
We Were Here (Hot Docs 2011)
A Werewolf Boy (TIFF 2012)
Western (Hot Docs 2015)
What Doesn’t Kill You (TIFF 2008)
What Happened, Miss Simone? (Hot Docs 2015)
What If – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
When You’re Strange (NXNE 2010)
Where Do We Go Now? (Et Maintenant On Va Ou?) – ★ ★ 1/2
Whiskey Foxtrot Tango – ★ ★ 1/2
Where The Wild Things Are – ★ ★ ★
Whip It – ★ ★ ★
Whiplash – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Whitney – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Wild – ★ ★ ★
The Wind Rises – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
Winter’s Bone – ★ ★ ★ ★
Wish I Was Here – ★ ★
Witch (TIFF 2015)
The Wolf of Wall Street – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The Wolfman (2010) – ★ 1/2
The Wolverine – ★ ★ ★
The Woman in Black – ★ ★ ★
Won’t You Be My Neighbor – ★ ★ ★ ★
Wonder Woman – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
The World’s End – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
World War Z – ★ ★ ★
Wreck-It Ralph – ★ ★
The Wrestler – ★ ★ ★ ★
A Wrinkle in Time – ★ ★ ★
X-Men: Apocalypse – ★
X-Men: Days of Future Past – ★ ★ 1/2
X-Men: First Class – ★ ★ ★ 1/2
X-Men Origins: Wolverine – ★ ★ 1/2
You Can’t Sing It For Them (NXNE 2011)
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger – ★ ★ 1/2
You’re Next (TIFF 2011)
Young Adult – ★ ★ ★
Youth (TIFF 2015)
Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love (TIFF 2008)
Zack and Miri Make a Porno – ★ ★ ★
Zero Dark Thirty – ★ ★ ★ ★
The Zookeeper’s Wife – ★ ★ 1/2
The Zootopia – ★ ★ ★