The first title in the Crime and Thriller chapter of the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book is this wonderful classic based on Raymond Chandler’s book, adapted by William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman, it is directed by Howard Hawks and features Humphrey Bogart as Chandler’s hardboiled detective Phillip Marlowe. The…
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Deliver Us From Evil (2014) – Scott Derrickson
It’s tough to find a good horror movie these days, one that gets under your skin and unnerves you, makes you anxious to look in dark corners, makes you wonder about that strange sound you don’t recognize in your home. And who doesn’t love a good story of the supernatural to share around that…
Trailer Tracks: Silence of the Lambs (1991) – Jonathan Demme
One of Sue’s favorite films, and one that is also very high up on my list is well, is this brilliant thriller from Jonathan Demme with an all star cast including Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins and Scott Glenn. I remember reading the original book, and still being delightfully unnerved when I saw it in the…
2014 Canadian Film Fest: The Privileged (Leah Walker) & My Old Man (Ryan M. Andrews)
The second screening this evening, starting at 9:15pm at the Royal Theatre is a pair of darker tales, the feature film, The Privileged is a dark thriller that sees a young couple put to the ultimate test, and Ryan M. Andrews’ macabre short, My Old Man, precedes it. My Old Man sees Cleo (Adrian Cowan) hitting…
In Fear (2013) – Jeremy Lovering
Anchor Bay got the distribution rights to one of the few films I missed at Toronto After Dark last year, so I was very glad they were willing to send me a copy to have a look at. I enjoyed the experience, but can only imagine that it played very well at TAD and…
Tim’s Thirteen of 2013
So ends 2013, just like that! What a year! We have continued to grow and do so much here at The Mind Reels, and we’re hoping for an even bigger year next year! So I decided to throw together a list of the movies I most enjoyed this year, the ones that got to me,…
Toronto After Dark 2013: Odd Thomas – Stephen Sommers
Before I get into last night’s early feature at Toronto After Dark, I want to say a quick blurb about the short film that screened before it. Every year, a Canadian short will screen before each feature film of the festival, and last night’s film was paired with a wicked little short by Adam…
TIFF 2013: Proxy – Zack Parker
I chose Proxy to be the final film in my festival for a few reasons. One – it looked pretty dark. Two – Colin Geddes had programmed it for the Vanguard section of the fest. Three – I couldn’t really find out much detail about it, which meant that it was likely to surprise…
The Conspiracy (2012) – Christopher MacBride
The Conspiracy is a dizzying descent through a glass darkly. A world where black SUVs have taken the place of black helicopters, and the New World Order is risen and installed in every aspect of life. And this world is our own. Or at least that is what conspiracy nut Terrance (Alan C. Petersen)…
The Book of Stolen Tales – D.J. McIntosh
Penguin Books Canada was kind enough to once again send us pre-release copies of a novel, in this case the new thriller from Canadian author D.J. McIntosh an author that could give Dan Brown’s popularity a run for his money. This is the second in her Mesopotamian Trilogy, and I will admit right now, I…
