Author: glenonfilm

Born into a harsh environment that few can properly envision without first hand knowledge, Glen had to swiftly become resourceful at a young age to evade the roving gangs of cannibalistic mutants that roamed the blasted wastelands of Hamilton, ON. Subsisting on naught but Gino’s pizza and an equally steady diet of VHS movies with eye-catching covers, he eventually evolved into the repository of useless and banal film knowledge that exists today. This knowledge was previously used to win bar arguments in a pre-smartphone era, but is now deposited here in a vain attempt to make public his most secret inner thoughts. Enjoy!

TRAINWRECK Review: Raunchy Romcom That Hits The Spot

The romantic comedy is a moribund genre, worn down by years of formulaic pap that threatens to wash away the few diamonds in the rough. Part of their fading appeal is the ironclad tropes that they rely on, which also means that so many romcoms relentlessly hit the same story beats. (more…)

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION Review: Tom Cruise Outruns Franchise Fatigue

Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt may be the most malleable action hero in history – a blank template for (arguably) the biggest movie star in the world to inhabit. Fittingly, his Mission: Impossible films have become a director’s showcase that are flexible enough to follow the popular movie trends of the day. (more…)

ANT-MAN Review: Marvel Gets Intimate

An Ant-Man movie was always going to be an uphill battle. Even with Marvel making household names out of second-string characters like Iron Man and Thor (think back a decade and recall their relative obscurity to the public at large), Ant-Man was weirder and more idiosyncratic than anything that had come before, with the possible of exception of Guardians of The Galaxy. But could lightning strike twice? (more…)

IRRATIONAL MAN Review: Woody Allen’s Latest Mixes Philosophy & Murder

Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone are a knockout pair of actors and Woody Allen is prolific enough (steadily churning out a movie a year) that he can’t help but hit the mark occasionally (see Midnight in Paris and Blue Jasmine for recent examples). Irrational Man has a chance at greatness, but does it fall into the increasingly large pile of Allen’s many misses? (more…)

KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER Review: A Dark Riff On A Coen Classic

Based on a bizarre urban legend that found a movie-obsessed Japanese woman travelling to Minnesota in search of the fictional briefcase full of money from the movie Fargo, Kumiko the Treasure Hunter builds on the Coen Brothers classic while weaving its own deeply dark and disturbingly odd tale. (more…)