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Review of Blackbird (2012)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 08 May 2013

Though I appreciate Buxton's rookie attempt to present an alternative look at teen rage, I can't help seeing that this overreaching film goes…

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Review of I Declare War (2012)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 08 May 2013

This is deadpan humour that stretches out one good joke, where not so innocent kids pass the time between strategic kills discussing schoolyard…

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Review of Portrait of Wally (2012)

By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 05 May 2013

The journey of the painting, and the Bondi family's efforts to reclaim it, are the meaty subject of Andrew Shea's engrossing documentary…

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Review of Iron Man 3 (2013)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 02 May 2013

Iron Man 3 follows a psychologically tormented hero who has light-hearted fun while engaging in cartoonish mayhem and uncovering corruption…

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Review of The Big Wedding (2013)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 25 Apr 2013

When Robert DeNiro says things like poon job, it hurts our ears and probably leaves a bad taste in his mouth…

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Review of Flight of the Butterflies (2012)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 17 Apr 2013

The filmmakers turn classroom material into a dense procedural…

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Review of The Real Jurassic Park (1993)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 04 Apr 2013

The 3D conversion ruins everything, like the comet that killed the dinosaurs, making Jurassic Park the rare amusement I'd prefer to revisit at home…

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Review of Jurassic Park (1993)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 04 Apr 2013

The 3D conversion ruins everything, like the comet that killed the dinosaurs, making Jurassic Park the rare amusement I'd prefer to revisit at home…

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Review of Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 21 Mar 2013

It delivers in the most basic sense, but you wonder what a director with a sense of play might have done with the material…

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Review of The Croods (2013)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 21 Mar 2013

The best-looking animated film since Rango. The Croods has something for everybody…

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Review of Sugar (2010)

By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 20 Mar 2013

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the makers of Half Nelson, return with another subtly observed drama about a character on the outskirts of mainstream…

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Review of Sugar (2008)

By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 20 Mar 2013

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the makers of Half Nelson, return with another subtly observed drama about a character on the outskirts of mainstream…

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Review of Dead Man Down (2013)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 07 Mar 2013

A muscular action movie that almost buckles under the weight of its inconsequential tangents and convoluted plot…

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Review of 21 & Over (2013)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 01 Mar 2013

Aspiring to be as crude and sophomoronic as the American Pie movies and their ilk, 21 And Over has frequent glimmers of wit and hilarity, along…

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Review of Dark Skies (2013)

By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 22 Feb 2013

It's at this point that Stewart stops ripping off Close Encounters and sets his sights on that awful Julianne Moore thriller The Forgotten,…

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Review of Safe Haven (2013)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 14 Feb 2013

The theatre will be so fertile with romance that it could pollinate a bouquet of roses…

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Review of A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 14 Feb 2013

If the first film was a finely tuned machine, this one's a great big ugly Mack truck of shooting and exploding and yelling, all shakycams and…

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Review of Identity Thief (2013)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 09 Feb 2013

If Identity Thief suffers from comedic recession, Melissa McCarthy is too small a stimulus package…

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Review of Beware of Mr. Baker (2012)

By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 24 Jan 2013

Although it hits many of the same notes as other recent musical docs, Beware of Mr…

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Review of Gangster Squad (2013)

By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 10 Jan 2013

Director Ruben Fleischer is no Brian De Palma, but he keeps the story moving and delivers a couple of decent set pieces…

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