Atonement turned out to be a hidden gem surprise for me at TIFF 2026. A heartbreaking but hopeful story about a family and a soldier reeling from events that connected them during the Iraq war. Based on an 2012 New Yorker article of the same name, it tells the true story of Lu Lobello, a troubled
BJ Novak’s directorial debut in Vengeance is thought-provoking satire at the highest level. When the film begins we meet Ben (Novak), a writer for the New Yorker, going back and forth at a party with John Mayer - yes, that John Mayer - about the hardships of dating multiple women. Flash forward
From LD Entertainment and the mind of writer/director Sean Ellis comes a new take on an old tale, The Cursed. The Beast of Gévaudan is the historic name given to the man-eating animal(s) that terrorized the former province of Gévaudan. The beast is generally described as a
Carrie is one of Stephen King’s most loved and cherished works of fiction. Made into a seminal 1976 film and a later, more disappointing 2013 one, Carrie is an ageless tale of bullying, puberty, and female rage. When Mike Flanagan announced he was tackling the story of a telekinetic
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a franchise revival that feels like it understands what made the original games so much fun. The gameplay is fast, frantic, and often delightfully violent, while the game throws a surprisingly large number of systems and mechanics at you. Thankfully, most of them feel
If you strip everything else away, at the core—the soul, the center—of DreamWorks Animation’s “Forgotten Island” is the pure, unadulterated power of goddamn friendship. Potential spoilers ahead! “Forgotten Island” (written and directed by Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford) is,
