Breakfast at Tiffany's
Similar2046 (2004), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), Annie Hall (1977), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Caché (2005), Enchanted (2007), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Ghostbusters (1984), GoodFellas (1990), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), King Kong (2005), Léon: The Professional (1994), Manhattan (1979), Maria Full of Grace (2004), Match Point (2005), Men in Black II (2002), Moulin Rouge! (2001), Muriel's Wedding (1994), Pi (1998), Sissi (1955), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Sliver (1993), Stalker (1979), Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Taxi Driver (1976), The Bridges of Madison County (1995), The Cider House Rules (1999), The Godfather Part III (1990), The Good German (2006), The Terminal (2004), The Usual Suspects (1995), Vertigo (1958), Wonder Boys (2000),
John Carney's new drama is just one of a diverse collection of features at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.
This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the works being covered here wouldn't exist.
Irish filmmaker John Carney made his big breakthrough in 2007 with Once, a film focused on the redemptive power of music and its ability to bring people, whether they are strangers or family, together in the pursuit of creating something that allows them to give voice to their once-buried hopes and desires. This was followed by Begin Again (2013), a film focused on the redemptive power of music and its ability to bring people, whether they are strangers or family, together in the pursuit of creating something that allows them to give voice to their once-buried hopes and desires. After that came Sing Street (2016), a film focused on the redemptive power of music and its ability to bring people, whether they are strangers or family, together in the pursuit of creating something that allows them to give voice to their once-buried hopes and desires. Continue Reading →
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Despite their hue, not all TMNT films deserved to be greenlit.
Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles back in 1984. Now almost 40 years later, what started as a comic book has inspired seven movies, five television series, and countless amounts of merchandise. This week the four ninja tortoises return in a new animated incarnation, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Considering I’ve been a fan of the Turtles since six years old, this seems like the perfect time to put an official rating on four decades of movies. Some are gnarly, some tubular, and there’s always a whole lot of cowabunga.
Writers Note: This list doesn’t include the recent Netflix installment Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie, a TV-movie crossover Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or the live recording of the 1990 Coming Out of Their Shells stage show. That one you can catch on YouTube, although I don’t know why you would. Continue Reading →