TIFF20 Review – ‘Concrete Cowboy’

Ricky Staub’s unrestrained coming-of-age urban western Concrete Cowboy, adapted from Greg Neri’s novel, follows a teenage boy’s reunion with his estranged father, telling a story of finding your place in the world, rejecting the easy way out while growing into the person you were all along. During one summer we watch Cole, involuntary having to …

Review – ‘Cats’

“Cats are not dogs” – Deuteronomy Tom Hooper, best known for his Oscar-winning film version of the smash hit musical ‘Les Misérables’, has made an oddly mesmerising big screen version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s well known stage musical ‘Cats’. With actors fully covered in what was supposed to look like realistic CGI-fur, its paper thin …