“Violence needs a burden, it needs a purpose…” So does a film, or it becomes a burden. Such is the case of Cosmopolis, basically a drawn out book club discussion of Niall Ferguson’s The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World. On the film side, it’s Waking Life, that is to say, episodicContinue reading “Cosmopolis”
Tag Archives: Canadian film
Capture Kill Release
Capture Kill Release is manipulative as hell. But in the best possible way. Every fright box is systematically checked off to produce something that rises above its found footage conceit. From the city that brought you the Ken and Barbie Killers, Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, comes this tale of Toronto lovebirds looking to loseContinue reading “Capture Kill Release”
Really Awful Movies 