Author: Derrick Murray

The Toronto International Film Festival is here! Fresh off the heels of the Venice and Telluride Film Festival, TIFF is a packed to brim festival with over a hundred slated premieres. From highly anticipated awards contenders to international premieres to pulse pounding, high octane Midnight Madness offerings, TIFF has a little bit of everything to offer cinephiles. TIFF is a great place to discover new films, add new movies to your ever growing watch list, and highlight new filmmakers bringing new voices to the cinema landscape. With so many films available and limited tickets for both press and public, it…

“Bottoms” is wild, outrageous, unbelievable, and downright absurd. But somehow, it all somehow works in this hilarious film.

“Blue Beetle” is a ton of fun, and hits all the right beats of good time at the movies even if those beats are familiar to most.

“Strays” doesn’t have a whole lot to offer outside of its schtick, but the jokes land more often than not thanks to a strong voice cast and a thin layer of character for each of our doggie protagonists.

“Gran Turismo” overcomes its cliche ridden narrative to deliver an engaging, high octane thrill ride, one that soars when it hits the track with stylish action set pieces, elevated performances, and is executed well enough to really leave you on the edge of your seat.

“The Last Voyage of the Demeter” feels lost at sea, unable to tell its own story with confident execution and therefore failing as a justified prequel.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” gets almost everything right, delivering a cowabunga blast of movie fun with a solid blend of heart, humor, and action.

“Meg 2: The Trench” isn’t even dumb fun, it’s just dumb; vapid and void of all the things that made the first one so entertaining and commits all of the worst sequel mistakes to deliver a dull, often Meg-less, Meh-ga disappointment.

“They Cloned Tyrone” is an inventive and unique genre bending film that falls in the good decision category for the streaming giant.

“Oppenheimer” is a tightly wound, patience character study ready to explode at any moment. I’m not ready to say that this is Nolan’s best film, but it is by far his best in years and the closest he’s come to matching his ambition with execution