Movies based on video games don’t have a good reputation. But maybe, Hollywood has been focusing on the wrong kind of games. Or the wrong type of filmmakers. Werewolves Within has some serious bite and weirdly works as it’s based on Ubisoft’s virtual reality game. Is this the one to break the video-game-turns-movie-curse? Quoting Mr. …
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TIFF20 Review – ‘The Kid Detective’
The Kid Detective is a whip-smart movie that mixes a sixties retro spy film (incl. magnificent score that sets the mood) with contemporary ideas and a whodunnit at its center. It’s also an engrossing take on a coming-of-age story that cleverly revolves around a once successful kid detective who’s now all grown up and still thinks …
Review – ‘I See You’
Strange occurrences plague small town detective Greg Harper and his family as he investigates the disappearance of a young boy. ‘I See You’ keeps twisting its story to keep you on the edge, until the shocking ending reveals the Harper family’s secrets and a decade old unsolved mystery that will make your jaw drop to …
Review – ‘Knives Out’
Rian Johnson’s (‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’) ensemble juggernaut ‘Knives Out’ is a cutting edge whodunnit with lots of witty one-liners and twists, an underlying political sneer at modern America, and first-rate actors that will both shock and surprise you. As soon as the classical music kicks in with the murder scene draped in fog, …