Sicario
One of the most tense movies I’ve ever sat through – two hours of edge-of-your-seat…
Spotlight
One of my favourites of the last while, this is the true story of the…
The Martian
Matt Damon is, once again (of course), heroic, this time as a science geek (literally)…
I Am Chris Farley
A loving documentary about the late comedian Chris Farley (of Second City, SNL and movie…
No Escape
Owen Wilson was, to my surprise, effective in a non-comedic role as a businessman who…
Everest
Based on the true and tragic story of eight mountain climbers who perished on a…
Hitman: Agent 47
Entirely ridiculous, implausible, silly, etc., yes, but I thoroughly enjoyed this story of a genetically…
The Kindergarten Teacher
A disturbing but engrossing story of a kindergarten teacher in Israel obsessed with protecting one…
Court
A hit on the film festival circuit, this is a slow- paced but fascinating and…
Assassination
An enjoyable, if confusing, South Korean film that involves double agents, prison breakouts, deadly politics,…
Truth
Yes, there is a top-notch cast --- Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, Topher Grace, Bruce Greenwood…
Miss Sharon Jones!
A moving documentary tribute to the musicality and humanity of Sharon Jones, an American R&B…
American Ultra
Whoever thought up this comedy (with a bit of drama) about a couple of stoners…
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Billy Crudup stars as a real-life professor of psychology at Stanford who, in the early…
Stranger
A weird but interesting tale from (and set in) Kazakhstan during the time of Stalin’s…