The F-Word falls into obvious genre traps, but the great chemistry from Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan, and an absolutely hysterical performance from Adam Driver make the film a fairly enjoyable romantic comedy.
Enemy is a mysterious and strangely atmospheric thriller, but outside of an exceptional dual performance by Jake Gyllenhaal, its enigmatic and nonsensical nature offer very little reason to watch.
It takes one hell of a demented sense of bravado and humour to open a film with the lead actor describing and discussing his penis in great detail, while being felated by a relatively unseen female character. In a five-minute, unbroken shot no less. But that is how Richard Shepherd, the writer/director of Dom Hemingway, starts his latest project. It is an alarming opening, but its bravery and ridiculousness allows the film the rare opportunity to immediately tell you if you should continue watching or head for the hills. And my twisted sense of humour suggested I should stay along for the ride.
Some genuinely funny ideas and moments are scattered throughout what is otherwise a really disappointing effort from writer/director/actor John Turturro. Woody Allen’s hilarious performance is one of very few reasons to seek Fading Gigolo out.
Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom's story and plot are flawed, but are easily overshadowed by the lead performances by Naomie Harris and an Oscar-worthy Idris Elba.
There are almost 300 films on average scheduled to take part in the 11 days that encompass the Toronto International Film Festival. Dozens of genres from all over the world play during the festival, allowing you to easily explore and discover the work of filmmakers and actors you may have ignored in favour of atypical mainstream US fare. One such auteur that has evaded me is Johnnie To, the acclaimed Hong Kong writer/producer/director. Just mentioning his name in certain company evokes serious discussions of action movies and hard boiled thrillers from the past two decades.
Bleak and seldomly hilarious, The Double is a unique wonder that has a great look but an incredibly confusing feeling to it. Eisenberg puts in a great double performance, but Wasikowska is sadly underused.
