Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'reeltoronto>'
October 7, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Ving Rhames = cool. Ving Rhames + shotgun + zombies = super duper cool. Some people think you need an Olympics......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Toronto the Undead"September 23, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Remember My Big Fat Greek Wedding? Remember how huge it was? No doubt you remember seeing how prominently the Danforth was......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: My Big Fat Greek Wedding"September 9, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. We liked Mean Girls the first time we saw it, when it was called Heathers. But then we realized that the......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Mean Girls"August 26, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Contrary to rumours, this is not a frequent sight in Elora Oh, the things we do for our art. It is......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Angel Eyes"August 12, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. "Don't shoot—chewing scenery ain't a capital crime. Hoo-ah!" The Recruit goes to show that some good movies have been filmed in......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: The Recruit"July 29, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Is it an exaggeration to say that without the Distillery District there would be no Hollywood North? Um, probably, yeah. But......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Distill This!"July 15, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. The Boondock Saints is a perfect example of the post-Tarantino school of filmmaking. It's got killing, cussing, and style to spare.......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: The Boondock Saints"July 1, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. To obviously quote another film kind of about boxing, Cinderella Man coulda been a contender. We'll never know what gold (both......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Cinderella Man"June 17, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. "It's like a little slice of New Jersey" is probably not in the Mayfair's ad material. If you wanna take your......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle"June 3, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. "It's okay, Mr. President. We'll make sure you're safe and then we'll get to the truck with the french fries." The......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: The Sentinel"May 20, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Don't make fun. It's a defining moment in 80s cinema. Not since Good Will Hunting have we seen a film shot......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Adventures in Babysitting"May 6, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Farley and University College, together at last. We at Reel Toronto sometimes feel bad prefacing our postings with disclaimers noting that......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Tommy Boy"April 22, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. The two great Canadian heroes prep for an adventure, Shakespeare-style. Strange Brew is not a great film, but it sure is......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Strange Brew"April 8, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Respect to Henry Rollins, but do you want him to be your doctor? We at Reel Toronto are always happy to......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Johnny Mnemonic"March 25, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Wherefore art thou (and thine career), Kenneth Johnson? In our very first Reel Toronto column, we established a core principle: Toronto's......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Short Circuit 2"March 12, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. We at Reel Toronto usually wait until we have the whole darned movie so we can delight you with screencaps galore.......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto Special Trailer Edition: Hulk and The Love Guru"March 11, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Take our word for it: the film is a comedy...more or less. American Psycho is one of those movies. By all......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: American Psycho"February 26, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. From downtown to Uxbridge, the Undercover Brother knows how to have fun in the GTA. Reel Toronto's crack team of detectives......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Undercover Brother!"February 15, 2008
We managed to see Cloverfield a few weeks ago, and with the release of Diary of the Dead (above) this week, we have to say it's rather timely to discuss our opinion of it. As tired as this quote is, there's really no better way to describe Cloverfield than to take from Macbeth's famous soliloquy: "Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." It's particularly relevant because Cloverfield and Diary of the Dead are similar......
Continue Reading "Film Friday: Daddy's Little Girl Ain't A Girl No More"February 12, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Before Chapelle became super-famous, he was just another bank tower janitor. Ah, the drug comedy. Do it right and you can......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Stoner's Paradise"January 29, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Mediocre Action Movie + Toronto + Sam Jackson = HELL YEAH! Let’s get this out of the way: The Long Kiss......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: The Long Kiss Goodnight"January 16, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Pawn shops, weird strip clubs, eavesdropping traumatized accountants—Queen East has it all. Just because Toronto is capable of playing nearly any......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: An Exotic Slice of Egoyan"January 3, 2008
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Toronto is cheaper to film in than Boston. How do you like them apples? Good Will Hunting does it right. See,......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Good Hogtown Hunting"December 17, 2007
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Logan and Professor X take a stroll around Casa Loma. Ultimately, the mutants would betray us and decamp for Lotusland. But......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: The X-Factor"December 5, 2007
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Mississauga scores a little slice of cinema history in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. From lame futuristic thrillers to Oscar-nominated period......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Toronto Sings!"November 20, 2007
Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. The flag is a dead giveaway that this is not commencement at U of T. The University of Toronto has appeared......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: PCU of T"November 5, 2007
Reel Toronto is a look at Toronto's illustrious film history, during which our fair city has represented just about everywhere on earth. Yes, we're proud of our chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow––heck, Toronto even plays itself, every now and then. Even the legendary Elwood Blues cannot distract from the glaring sight of CBC Headquarters. There are a zillion reasons why Blues Brothers 2000 is not as good a......
Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Blues Brothers 2000 & The Un-Windy City"