GETEVEN (aka Road to Revenge)

Nightmare on Elm Street Review by Justin Lourenco “Red and green colour combination is the most difficult for the human eye to process” When I was five, Fred Kruger was my hero. While older kids on my block wanted to be Leonardo, Donatello, or one of Ivan Reitman’s famous phantom exterminators, I wanted nothing more than to don the burnt visage of a mass murdering pedophile. I’d lure unsuspecting eight-year-old victims with the promise of a new episode of “The Real Ghostbusters” on my grandmother’s projection television. Laying in wait in that darkened basement, I would don the red green-stripped sweater,...

CREEPSHOW (1982) Creepshow is a perfect example of a lost sub-genre of film, that being the anthology film. Most notably a horror convention, the anthology seems to me like the perfect vehicle for entertainment. If you hate the story or characters, give it ten minutes, and there’s a whole new set of both. Creepshow is a great anthology horror film directed by George Romero, and written by Stephen King (He also stars in one of the segments, “The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill”, as a goofy hillbilly who has a run in with a meteor). The film is heavily influenced by...

EyeSore Cinema (801 Queen St. West, 2nd Floor) is reviewing movies for us now. Yeah that's right, Daniel and the boys who tell you what to rent every week when you're IN the store, and now gonna tell you want to rent BEFORE you go. How do you like them apples? This rainy, shitty, perfect-date-night-on-the-couch day outside marks the inaugural post by EyeSore. Couldn't of planned it better ourselves. Read, learn, rent.

Kill List (United Kingdom, 2011) - Review By Trevor Henderson @ Eyesore Cinema

Plot Synopsis: A biography based on the untold story of John Lennon. The film begins with a 16 year old John, and ends right before The Beatles (in their earliest incarnation) went to Hamburg. To clarify, this is not a Beatles bio, it's a John Lennon bio. Genre: Biography Starring: Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Thomas Sangster, Anne-Marie Duff, David Morrissey, Sam Bell Director: Sam Taylor-Wood Review: To be honest, I'm not usually a fan of biographical films. For the most part, they are poorly made and researched, and never grasp what the person they are based on...

Plot Synopsis: Following the death of their son, a married couple go on a trip to 'Eden,' their cabin in the woods, but the wife finds it just a bit too hard to cope with the pain. Genre: Drama/Horror Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe Director: Lars Von Trier Review: Every once and awhile, a movie comes along that rekindles my love with cinema and in today's word of recycled film, it's nice to see something as original as this. I loved this movie. Two words: genital mutilation. When I think back to when it premiered at Cannes, I remember reading about how audiences...

Plot Synopsis: After the successful hanging of their biggest nemesis, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are thrown into a whole new world of trouble when the occult mastermind returns from the dead with hopes of overthrowing British parliament and taking over the world. Genre: Action/Comedy Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Eddie Marsan, Mark Strong Director: Guy Ritchie Review: Alright...so I'm a little biased; I love everything that Guy Ritchie has ever made (except that Madonna movie), so it was no shock that I adored Sherlock Holmes. I was lucky enough to go to the world premier of...

Plot Synopsis: Bright Star is based on the 3 year relationship between John Keats and the love of his life, Fanny Brawne, before his early death at the age of 25. Genre: Romance/Biography Starring: Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish Director: Jane Campion Review: I absolutely loved this movie. It was like a John Keats poem within itself. From start to finish, the cinematography was absolutely ravishing with it's vivid blues and purples and just spoke of a doomed romance. Sorry if that's a spoiler for ya'll, but it's pretty much known to everyone that Keats got died super young, and...

Plot Outline: Creation is the story of Charles Darwin, his journey to the single most important discovery in the history of mankind and how it challenged every relationship he had within his life. Genre: Drama/Biography Starring: Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Jeremy Northam, Toby Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch <- Best name evur. Director: Jon Amiel Review: I have always been thoroughly fascinated by Charles Darwin and his life and discoveries, so when I heard that Creation, a new film about his life, was being made, I was totally excited. After watching the trailer, I expected to see a movie that was...

Plot Outline: Legion shows us what happens when God stop giving a crap about mankind. The film takes place in a diner in the middle of nowhere, which ends up becoming ground zero for the fight for humanity. Genre: Thriller Starring: Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Lucas Black, Charles S. Dutton, Adrianne Palicki, Willa Howland, Kevin Durand, Kate Walsh Director: Scott Stewart Review: Alright... I don't typically go to see movies that I know will be bad.. or watch them at all. I actually expected Legion to be a good movie.. The concept is amazing...

Plot Synopsis: Based on the book of the same name by Cormac McCarthy, The Road is a story about a man and his son in a post-apocalyptic world, where all that matters is survival at any cost. Genre: Drama Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Robert Duvall Director: John Hillcoat Review: I always love to watch movies about the apocalypse, because frankly, I'm a negative Nancy and I love seeing other people's view points about what humanity would be like if we were truly faced with the idea of complete obliteration. The Road didn't disappoint me...

So since it's New Year's Day, I decided to do another 'Best of ....' list, and will return to my regular broadcast next Friday. So here they are, in no particular order, because honestly.. there were so many goodies this year, I couldn't just pick one as my favourite: The Cove (500) Days of Summer Up An Education A Single Man Up In the Air Moon Inglourious Basterds Sherlock Holmes The White Ribbon Runners up: Antichrist, Public Enemies, District 9, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Precious, Coco Avant Chanel, A Serious Man, Avatar, Invictus,