What do you get when you put a master of suspense, a tour de force of acting and the most fascinating true story of the last decade together? The answer is the inarguable masterpiece that is "Zero Dark Thirty." The film opens with a painful dose of recordings from 9/11...

Though it has been years since the word "Twilight" inspired any sort of excitement within me, my friend and I attended the ten o'clock screening of the latest film on Thursday night, for the sake of tradition. As a retired "Twilight" fan, I had to see the close of the...

Unless it is the tireless Woody Allen, not many world-renowned, well-respected, and most importantly Oscar affiliated directors, are able to pop out a movie every year. Most wait and develop and film for about two to three years on average before taking their feet on that prestigious carpet once again....

It's been four years of avid movie-watching shared with my fellow Torontonian film lovers at the Toronto International Film Festival. As a senior, I intended to make my last fest count, and I could not have been more satisfied by the diverse, beautiful and most notably female-driven selection of TIFF...

On July 26, Cameron Bailey and Piers Handling, the directors of the Toronto International Film Festival, stated that the opening night film for 2012 would be Looper, a fast-paced action flick about time travel starring Bruce Willis. Not exactly what festival-goers are excited to hear when they're used to seeing...

In 1994, Quentin Tarantino gave us what we can now look back on as the movie that best describes the phrase "WTF": Pulp Fiction, with its original and wacky writing, was the most surprising film ever. After walking out of my second screening at the Toronto International Film Festival this...

On Thursday, August 16, two of my friends and fellow prospective seniors, Jesse Boland and Madison "Madie" Dean, stood before 30 or so of their closest friends on Toronto Island's idyllic beach to exchange what could only be considered the most unusual set of vows. Yes, a wedding between two...

In January of 2008, Hollywood lost one of its unknowingly finest actors, the infamous, lovable Heath Ledger, and in July of 2008, we got to see that actor rise too late to the crop of Hollywood's finest with his unbeatable performance as the sadistic Joker. As much as the world...

The time has come, the anticipation is over and the verdict is in... Gary Ross gets The Hunger Games right. Under the extremely watchful eye of author Suzanne Collins, who stands as a producer and co-writer of the film, Ross balanced a fine line of keeping faithful to the book...

The minute we teenage girls (and boys) walked out of the theatre in July, after our last goodbyes to Harry Potter, we -- in a melodramatic way, of course -- felt that our lives were over. Putting the final book down was one thing, but knowing there will never be...

On January 24, 2011, there came almost no surprises to the list of nominees announced for this year's Academy Awards. The boundlessly successful Hugo led the pack with 11 nominations, with The Artist making a close second with 10 nominations. Every year, most people seem to be satisfied with the...

Originating in the 1950s by the ultimate puppeteer Jim Henson, The Muppets have been around for as long as anyone in my generation can remember. They have become celebrities in themselves, presenting at the Emmys and the Oscars and being interviewed on The Tonight Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Although...

Directors T.J. Martin and Daniel Lindsay -- who have surprisingly only worked on a documentary short about beer pong -- give us the most powerful documentary of the year. Their debut feature documentary, Undefeated, details the struggles of an underdog high school football team in North Memphis, Tennessee. The film,...

In 2001, a quirky romantic comedy called Kissing Jessica Stein debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival to a unanimously positive response. In 2002, it was released to rave reviews from critics. Everyone seemed to love the movie about the Jewish girl, tired of her unlucky bad blind dates with...

Ever since American Beauty debuted in 1999, the Toronto International Film Festival has acted as a precursor to the Academy Awards. It seems that films from all over the world, star-powered or independent, head off into the award show season after making a pit stop in Toronto.

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