Releasing today is a fun, bloody, and violent home invasion film, that Sue has been raving about since she saw it at TIFF’s Midnight Madness back in 2011. It’s a lot of fun with some great humor that if you can get into , is very enjoyable. I don’t want to spoil any of…
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Picture Day – Kate Melville
This film first caught my attention last year at TIFF, but though it was on my “To See” list at the time, it ultimately didn’t work out schedule-wise, and I ended up having to leave it behind. Until now. The moment I heard that First Weekend Club would be screening Picture Day at the…
Bermuda International Film Festival – Ginger & Rosa (Sally Potter)
The Bermuda International Film Festival kicks off this evening with the powerful film, Ginger & Rosa, which Sue got to take a look at during the Toronto International Film Festival. I’m very excited to be able to cover this festival, and am looking forward to stepping inside the Liberty Theater. I haven’t been in there…
John Dies At The End (2012) – Don Coscarelli
Phantasm, Bubba Ho-Tep, yup, even Beastmaster… Don Coscarelli has always been a cult fave director, and he’s had my attention since 1982, when I saw Beastmaster on First Choice (on one of the free weekends). I remember as a kid sitting in my bedroom in CFB Borden, reading comics on my rug, and seeing an…
5-25-77 – Patrick Read Johnson
Every now and then a movie comes along that speaks to you, that defines you. A movie, that as you watch you can not only relate to the characters of the film, you recognize yourself upon the screen. On this site I’ve told the tales of my first experiences that helped define the movie geek…
TIFF Next Wave 2013: Ghost Graduation – Javier Ruiz Caldera
Attention Toronto film fans!!! Thanks to TIFF’s Next Wave Film Festival, you will have another opportunity to catch one of my Top 12 Films of 2012 on the big screen one more time!!! I was lucky enough to see this one premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall, and I can’t rave about…
The Mind Reels Chat With Kiowa Gordon and Chloe Rose
Hey All! Here’s the second ever interview we recorded in the TV Smithee studios (the same day as Anna and Seth, that’s why we’re in the same clothes) with Twilight’s Kiowa Gordon, and Degrassi’s Chloe Rose, talking about their film Lesser Blessed which screened at TIFF in 2012. These two are a lot of…
Sue’s Top 12 Films of 2012 (NOT in Order)
Crimes of Mike Recket (Bruce Sweeney) – I was able to catch this little gem of a film during TIFF, and Mind Reels were even able to catch up with the director, Bruce Sweeney, for a quick chat, as well, so I’ll count myself doubly lucky on this one! The film stars Nicholas Lea in…
The Crimes of Mike Recket (2012) – Bruce Sweeney
Every now and then a movie comes along that takes you completely by surprise. Award-winning filmmaker Bruce Sweeney’s new film The Crimes of Mike Recket does just that. A neo-noir police procedural thriller dealing in murder, real estate fraud, dogs, a crook who believes his own lies and two stalwart cops. Nicholas Lea plays the titular Mike…
TIFF 2012: Ginger & Rosa – Sally Potter
Wow. I promised myself that I wouldn’t write anything too spoilery in my TIFF musings, because I want anyone who reads one of these and then sees the movie I’ve written about to have as close to the same experience going into it as I did. It’s going to be difficult to convey how…
