Category: Guest Posts

Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015)

Special Guest Review by Andrew Helmer There are few moments quite like the dizzying anticipation that comes in the few brief seconds between “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” and the cacophony of joy that comes with the eruption of a new Star Wars title card. In these quiet moments, a galaxy

Brian Taylor’s “Mom and Dad”

TIFF Exclusive Review by Andrew Helmer A movie like Mom and Dad is a tough sell. It’s a comedic horror movie starring Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair that’s central conceit is about an epidemic spread through airwaves that flips a switch in the brain of all parents making them immediately want to kill their children.