Movie Box Review

This week on the Movie Moxie Podcast Shannon shares the glory of The Genies, and provides spoiler free reviews of theatrically releases of John Carter and Let the Bullets Fly plus details DVD releases for the past 2 weeks including reviews of NEVERLost, The Son of No One & Dragonage Redemption. And there might even be a funny story in there too.

• See this years Genie Winners
• See DVD releases for March 6, 2012 and March 13, 2012
• I mention the Cinéfranco Film Festival
  
• See recent Theatrical releases in my weekly Film Fan Fridays & DVD Releases in my DVD Tuesdays Post

Time to take a look at a selection of DVD releases for Tuesday March 13, 2012!

• Neverlost Really fascinating mind-bender thriller following a man caught between two world of the current and memory, questioning which is the better one of the imperfect choices. Very impressive performance by Ryan Barrett in the main role, & strongly recommend to speculative fiction fans (not currently available on amazon.com).
• The Three Musketeers Extremely fun adaptation of the dense adventure story by Alexandre Dumas which was our Book to Film Club selection from August 2011. Highly recommend for adventure-happy film folk.
• Monsieur Lazhar Genie-winning inspiring teacher films that I can't *wait* to see! (not currently available on amazon.com)
• Melancholia This film by Lars von Trier won me over with it's artistic vision, fantastic performance, and amazing fusion of the bizarre & the beautiful. One of my faves of 2011 (US price on Amazon.com is a STEAL at $13.49).
• My Week With Marilyn Michelle Williams stars as Marilyn Monroe is this curious biopic that follows her and Laurence Olivier (played by Kenneth Branagh) though the eyes of his employee (played by Eddie Redmayne). Recipe for awesome that I need to see.
• The Son of No One Channing Tatum stats in the cop/crime film centred on a now-adult trying to lead a quiet family life after growing up in the projects.
• Happy Feet 2 The dancing penguins return in the animated sequel.
• Young Adult stars Charlize Theron as a woman who returns to her home town to woo her high school crush, even though he's married with kids. Also stars Patton Oswald. I really want to see this one.
• The Swell Season concert/documentary film starring Oscar winning music duo from Once: Glen Handsard & Marketa Irglova.
• The Adventures of Tintin Animated adventure film based on the books of Tin Tin starring the voice talents of Jamie Bell, Daniel Craig & Andy Serkis.
• Loosies I am quite interested to see this New York set film written by Peter Facinelli, which he also stars in alongside Jaimie Alexander & Michael Madsen.
• The Descendants Highly acclaimed drama from director Alexander Payne (Sideways) starring George Clooney.
• The Guild Season 5 I haven't seen The Guild in a few seasons but I've loved every episode of this webseries following the lives behind players in a guild of a fictional MMORPG.
• Neverland Peter Pan fantasy miniseries starring Rhys Ifans that aired on Space just over the past Christmas holidays.
• Call Me Fitz - Season 2 Cutting comedy series starring Jason Priestly as a moral-less car salesman.
• The Killing: The Complete First Season AMC Original series (although a remake of a Danish series), this crime show following a murder got some pretty good reviews but I couldn't quite get into it. It heads into season 2 on April 1, 2012.
• Leprechaun: Pot of Gore Collection with all 6 Leprechaun films. And here I was thinking there was only 3!
  

Time to take a look at a selection of DVD releases for Tuesday March 6, 2012! It's a week of fantastical & epic releases. Which of course means it's an awesome week of to hit the shelves.

• Dragon Age - Redemption Extremely fun web series based on the role playing game of the same name, this set of fantasy webisodes follow a classic fantasy story structure but with a fun new spin. Stars and is written by Felicia Day of The Guild, this one is definitely worth a look.
• Game of Thrones: Season 1 Epic historical/fantasy TV series based on the George R. R. Martin novels, this one is a series I can't believe I haven't checked out yet. I mean for the sheer Sean Bean factor alone I'm drawn in but I keep wanting to read the book first. Perhaps I should just dive in. Series returns for Season 2 this April on HBO & TMN.
• Immortals (DVD, plus DVD/BluRay Combopacks inluding 3D options) Oh, how I wanted to love this sword & sandals epic from visionary director Tarsem Singh, but it was a little too antihero over heroic for me. Gorgeous to look at though, in all aspects, although is quite brutal.
• Senna This biographical documentary on Brazilian race car driver Ayrton Senna is easily one of the most well received & loved documentaries in the past few years, and is very high on my to se list.
• Reykjavik-Rotterdam aka Reykjavik to Rotterdam If I told you the gist of this film it would sound remarkable like Contraband, because that's exactly what it is: the original Icelandic version. To add even more layers, it stars Contraband director Baltasar Kormákur in the lead role (US release date: May 8, 2012).
• King - Season 1 Canadian crime series set in Toronto and centred on Homicide Detective Jessica King who is one heck of a smart & fearless cop. I've really enjoyed this series and was happy to hear it got renewed for Season 2. It's got a great, strong female protagonist and fantastic supporting cast and of course I can't help but love the location spotting here in my hometown.
• Footloose (2011) remake of the 1980's dance / rebellion film and I so wanted to be excited about it as I love dance films, but I'm just not. I'll see it eventually though.
• Like Crazy really sweet looking romance starring Felicity Jones & Anton Yelchin; directed by Drake Doremus.
• I Melt with You I'm curios about this film starring Thomas Jane, Jeremy Piven, Rob Lowe & Christian McKay described as "When four 40-something college friends meet up for their annual reunion, things start to spiral out of control, and a pact they made as young men is revisited."
• We've got a few double features to choose from with thriller double feature Malevolence/Bereavement Double Feature and Steve Austin double feature with The Stranger/Hunt to Kill Double Feature (and I loooooooooooved Hunt to Kill!)
• Recoil Although not a double feature, it stars the double awesome of Steve Austin and Danny Trejo!
• Beneath the Darkness I'm kind of leery of anything that says 'in the style of Disturbia' considering that's pretty much considered a rip off, but even so this one holds appeal, a thriller starring Dennis Quaid, Tony Oller, Aimee Teegarden, directed by Martin Guigui.
• Jack and Jill I think it's fair to say that this Adam Sandler comedy was unfortunately one of the worst reviewed films of the year.
  

Time to take a look at a selection of DVD releases for Tuesday March 6, 2012! It's a week of fantastical & epic releases. Which of course means it's an awesome week of to hit the shelves.

• Dragon Age - Redemption Extremely fun web series based on the role playing game of the same name, this set of fantasy webisodes follow a classic fantasy story structure but with a fun new spin. Stars and is written by Felicia Day of The Guild, this one is definitely worth a look.
• Game of Thrones: Season 1 Epic historical/fantasy TV series based on the George R. R. Martin novels, this one is a series I can't believe I haven't checked out yet. I mean for the sheer Sean Bean factor alone I'm drawn in but I keep wanting to read the book first. Perhaps I should just dive in. Series returns for Season 2 this April on HBO & TMN.
• Immortals (DVD, plus DVD/BluRay Combopacks inluding 3D options) Oh, how I wanted to love this sword & sandals epic from visionary director Tarsem Singh, but it was a little too antihero over heroic for me. Gorgeous to look at though, in all aspects, although is quite brutal.
• Senna This biographical documentary on Brazilian race car driver Ayrton Senna is easily one of the most well received & loved documentaries in the past few years, and is very high on my to se list.
• Reykjavik-Rotterdam aka Reykjavik to Rotterdam If I told you the gist of this film it would sound remarkable like Contraband, because that's exactly what it is: the original Icelandic version. To add even more layers, it stars Contraband director Baltasar Kormákur in the lead role (US release date: May 8, 2012).
• King - Season 1 Canadian crime series set in Toronto and centred on Homicide Detective Jessica King who is one heck of a smart & fearless cop. I've really enjoyed this series and was happy to hear it got renewed for Season 2. It's got a great, strong female protagonist and fantastic supporting cast and of course I can't help but love the location spotting here in my hometown.
• Footloose (2011) remake of the 1980's dance / rebellion film and I so wanted to be excited about it as I love dance films, but I'm just not. I'll see it eventually though.
• Like Crazy really sweet looking romance starring Felicity Jones & Anton Yelchin; directed by Drake Doremus.
• I Melt with You I'm curios about this film starring Thomas Jane, Jeremy Piven, Rob Lowe & Christian McKay described as "When four 40-something college friends meet up for their annual reunion, things start to spiral out of control, and a pact they made as young men is revisited."
• We've got a few double features to choose from with thriller double feature Malevolence/Bereavement Double Feature and Steve Austin double feature with The Stranger/Hunt to Kill Double Feature (and I loooooooooooved Hunt to Kill!)
• Recoil Although not a double feature, it stars the double awesome of Steve Austin and Danny Trejo!
• Beneath the Darkness I'm kind of leery of anything that says 'in the style of Disturbia' considering that's pretty much considered a rip off, but even so this one holds appeal, a thriller starring Dennis Quaid, Tony Oller, Aimee Teegarden, directed by Martin Guigui.
• Jack and Jill I think it's fair to say that this Adam Sandler comedy was unfortunately one of the worst reviewed films of the year.
  

This week on the Movie Moxie Podcast Shannon shares spoiler free review of recent release Gone and chats about the recent Academy Awards. Plus a look at DVD releases including reviews of Bounty Hunters and Sympathy for Delicious.

• I mention the Academy Award winners
• Info on the Goon poster controversy and Goon at the Box Office
• I chat about the Silent House trailer
  
• I mention War of the Arrows which I reviewed on a previous podcast
• I mention Starbuck winning the Golden Reel Award
  
• See DVD releases for February 28, 2012
• See recent Theatrical releases in my weekly Film Fan Fridays & DVD Releases in my DVD Tuesdays Post

Movie Moxie Podcast - A 100% spoiler-free film review podcast
You can also subscribe to the Movie Moxie Podcast here:
Subscribe through iTunes here.

This week on the Movie Moxie Podcast Shannon shares spoiler free review of recent release Gone and chats about the recent Academy Awards. Plus a look at DVD releases including reviews of Bounty Hunters and Sympathy for Delicious.

• I mention the Academy Award winners
• Info on the Goon poster controversy and Goon at the Box Office
• I chat about the Silent House trailer
  
• I mention War of the Arrows which I reviewed on a previous podcast
• I mention Starbuck winning the Golden Reel Award
  
• See DVD releases for February 28, 2012
• See recent Theatrical releases in my weekly Film Fan Fridays & DVD Releases in my DVD Tuesdays Post

Movie Moxie Podcast - A 100% spoiler-free film review podcast
You can also subscribe to the Movie Moxie Podcast here:
Subscribe through iTunes here.

Time to take a look at a selection of DVD releases for Tuesday February 28, 2012!

• Bounty Hunters Action packed and totally awesome flick with wrestling & fitness star Trish Stratus who stars as a part of a trio of bounty hunters who work together to catch the baddies who skipped bail. So much fun (this film is also known as Bail Enforcers).
• Sympathy for Delicious Feature film directorial debut from Mark Ruffalo, this drama centres on a wheelchair ridden DJ who suddenly has the power to 'lay on hands' but can not heal himself. Stars Christopher Thornton, Orlando Bloom, Juliette Lewis and Mark Ruffalo.
• Mandrill I can't wait to see this action flick starring Marko Zaror and from director Ernesto Díaz Espinoza who brought us Mirageman & Kiltro. I'm so up for more! Mandrill is out on DVD this week (it came out on BluRay last week).
• War of the Arrows (podcast review) South Korean historical action film that is arrow-centric, and that's a strong trend of late and I absolutely recommend checking this one out, fabulous action, great art direction and a compelling story.
• Hugo Only 2 days from it's 5-time winning Oscar glory feels like perfect time for the film to hit DVD and I can't help but be ridiculously excited as it was one of our loved 2011 Book to Film Selections to boot.
• Beauty Day Documentary from Jay Cheel centred on on local broadcast Ralph Zavadil aka Cap'n Video, who looks like he'll do just about any stunt there is (not currently available on Amazon.com).
• Marécages / Wetlands This drama is yet another title from the 2011 Canada's Top Ten to hit DVD; stars Pascale Bussières, Gabriel Maillé, Luc Picard and is the feature film directorial debut from Guy Édoin (not currently available on Amazon.com.
• Gamin A Velo / The Kid with a Bike This sweet looking drama follows a young boy and an unlikely friendship with a hairdresser, from writers/director duo of Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne (not currently available on Amazon.com).
• Sea Wolf / Le loup de mer psychological thriller at sea, based on the Jack London novel and starring Sebastian Koch, Tim Roth and Neve Campbell (not currently available on Amazon.com).
• Rabies /Kalevet Twisted horror film from Israel set in the woods, following a brother/sister pair and with a strong, survivalist tone; stars Lior Ashkenazi, Danny Geva, directed by Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado.
• Wolftown It's the first I've heard of this one but with a premise described as "Kyle, a shy college student finds himself and three of his friends trapped in an old western ghost town by a pack of ferocious wolves and has to overcome his personal fears to confront the wolves and lead his friends to safety.", I know I want to see it.
• Klitschko sport documentary following brother boxers Vitali & Wladimir Klitschko. I really want to see this one (not currently available on Amazon.com).
• Insight Paranormal-centric horror about a nurse who after a accidentstarts to remember another persons memories, stars Natalie Zea, Sean Patrick Flanery, Christopher Lloyd & Adam Baldwin.
• Inkubus It's a week of a lot of random horror movies, like this demon in a police station flick starring Robert Englund, Williams Forsythe and Jonathan Silverman.
• Johnny English Reborn Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike and Dominic West star in this spy-spoof comedy sequel to Johnny English.
  

Time to take a look at a selection of DVD releases for Tuesday February 28, 2012!

• Bounty Hunters Action packed and totally awesome flick with wrestling & fitness star Trish Stratus who stars as a part of a trio of bounty hunters who work together to catch the baddies who skipped bail. So much fun (this film is also known as Bail Enforcers).
• Sympathy for Delicious Feature film directorial debut from Mark Ruffalo, this drama centres on a wheelchair ridden DJ who suddenly has the power to 'lay on hands' but can not heal himself. Stars Christopher Thornton, Orlando Bloom, Juliette Lewis and Mark Ruffalo.
• Mandrill I can't wait to see this action flick starring Marko Zaror and from director Ernesto Díaz Espinoza who brought us Mirageman & Kiltro. I'm so up for more! Mandrill is out on DVD this week (it came out on BluRay last week).
• War of the Arrows (podcast review) South Korean historical action film that is arrow-centric, and that's a strong trend of late and I absolutely recommend checking this one out, fabulous action, great art direction and a compelling story.
• Hugo Only 2 days from it's 5-time winning Oscar glory feels like perfect time for the film to hit DVD and I can't help but be ridiculously excited as it was one of our loved 2011 Book to Film Selections to boot.
• Beauty Day Documentary from Jay Cheel centred on on local broadcast Ralph Zavadil aka Cap'n Video, who looks like he'll do just about any stunt there is (not currently available on Amazon.com).
• Marécages / Wetlands This drama is yet another title from the 2011 Canada's Top Ten to hit DVD; stars Pascale Bussières, Gabriel Maillé, Luc Picard and is the feature film directorial debut from Guy Édoin (not currently available on Amazon.com.
• Gamin A Velo / The Kid with a Bike This sweet looking drama follows a young boy and an unlikely friendship with a hairdresser, from writers/director duo of Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne (not currently available on Amazon.com).
• Sea Wolf / Le loup de mer psychological thriller at sea, based on the Jack London novel and starring Sebastian Koch, Tim Roth and Neve Campbell (not currently available on Amazon.com).
• Rabies /Kalevet Twisted horror film from Israel set in the woods, following a brother/sister pair and with a strong, survivalist tone; stars Lior Ashkenazi, Danny Geva, directed by Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado.
• Wolftown It's the first I've heard of this one but with a premise described as "Kyle, a shy college student finds himself and three of his friends trapped in an old western ghost town by a pack of ferocious wolves and has to overcome his personal fears to confront the wolves and lead his friends to safety.", I know I want to see it.
• Klitschko sport documentary following brother boxers Vitali & Wladimir Klitschko. I really want to see this one (not currently available on Amazon.com).
• Insight Paranormal-centric horror about a nurse who after a accidentstarts to remember another persons memories, stars Natalie Zea, Sean Patrick Flanery, Christopher Lloyd & Adam Baldwin.
• Inkubus It's a week of a lot of random horror movies, like this demon in a police station flick starring Robert Englund, Williams Forsythe and Jonathan Silverman.
• Johnny English Reborn Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike and Dominic West star in this spy-spoof comedy sequel to Johnny English.
  

This week on the Movie Moxie Podcast Shannon shares spoiler free reviews of recent releases The Secret of Arrietty, Doppelgänger Paul (Or A Film About How Much I Hate Myself), Journey 2: Mysterious Island, Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance plus chats about the experiential nature of watching the trailers in the theatre. The reviews keep coming with triple awesome DVD reviews of Café de flore, Chalet Girl and London Boulevard plus chats live chatting plans of The Oscars on this weekend.

0:00 - 0:30 Intro
0:30 - 7:50 News
7:50 - 13:15 The Secret of Arrietty
13:15 - 19:25 Doppelgänger Paul (Or A Film About How Much I Hate Myself)
19:25 - 23:10 Trailer Talk: The Hobbit
23:10 - 27:25 Journey 2: Mysterious Island
27:25 - 35:55 Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance
35:55 - 41:10 DVD Review: Café de flore
41:10 - 42:55 DVD Review: Chalet Girl
42:55 - 48:10 DVD Review: London Boulevard
48:10 - 50:30 More DVD Releases for Feb 22, 2012
50:30 - 52:24 Outro

• I mention the Book to Film Club selection The Woman in Black and The Secret World of Arrietty based the book The Borrowers; our current book selection is The Hobbit, you can join us here!
• I mention the Oscars, I'll be tweeting & Facebook-ing throughout the show so come and say Hi! Also see my three detailed Oscar lists: detailed list by category, a film list with detailed nominations by film, and a simple film list with # of nominations.
• I mention the Nowhere to Hide screening at Innis & the upcoming inaugral Toronto Korean Film Festival.
• I mentioned my apartment tour and attack on 'the stuff' will begin
• Watch The Hobbit Trailer here - what did you think? And do you prefer seeing trailers in the theatre?
• I mention my genre explorations of Adventure films from Movie Moxie Podcast 24 and Family Films from Movie Moxie Podcast 18.
• See DVD releases for February 21, 2012
• See recent Theatrical releases in my weekly Film Fan Fridays & DVD Releases in my DVD Tuesdays Post

Movie Moxie Podcast - A 100% spoiler-free film review podcast
You can also subscribe to the Movie Moxie Podcast here:
Subscribe through iTunes here.

I'll be back next week to chat Oscar results and whatever new films come my way! It will be a mysterious week.

This week on the Movie Moxie Podcast Shannon shares spoiler free reviews of recent releases The Secret of Arrietty, Doppelgänger Paul (Or A Film About How Much I Hate Myself), Journey 2: Mysterious Island, Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance plus chats about the experiential nature of watching the trailers in the theatre. The reviews keep coming with triple awesome DVD reviews of Café de flore, Chalet Girl and London Boulevard plus chats live chatting plans of The Oscars on this weekend.

0:00 - 0:30 Intro
0:30 - 7:50 News
7:50 - 13:15 The Secret of Arrietty
13:15 - 19:25 Doppelgänger Paul (Or A Film About How Much I Hate Myself)
19:25 - 23:10 Trailer Talk: The Hobbit
23:10 - 27:25 Journey 2: Mysterious Island
27:25 - 35:55 Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance
35:55 - 41:10 DVD Review: Café de flore
41:10 - 42:55 DVD Review: Chalet Girl
42:55 - 48:10 DVD Review: London Boulevard
48:10 - 50:30 More DVD Releases for Feb 22, 2012
50:30 - 52:24 Outro

• I mention the Book to Film Club selection The Woman in Black and The Secret World of Arrietty based the book The Borrowers; our current book selection is The Hobbit, you can join us here!
• I mention the Oscars, I'll be tweeting & Facebook-ing throughout the show so come and say Hi! Also see my three detailed Oscar lists: detailed list by category, a film list with detailed nominations by film, and a simple film list with # of nominations.
• I mention the Nowhere to Hide screening at Innis & the upcoming inaugral Toronto Korean Film Festival.
• I mentioned my apartment tour and attack on 'the stuff' will begin
• Watch The Hobbit Trailer here - what did you think? And do you prefer seeing trailers in the theatre?
• I mention my genre explorations of Adventure films from Movie Moxie Podcast 24 and Family Films from Movie Moxie Podcast 18.
• See DVD releases for February 21, 2012
• See recent Theatrical releases in my weekly Film Fan Fridays & DVD Releases in my DVD Tuesdays Post

Movie Moxie Podcast - A 100% spoiler-free film review podcast
You can also subscribe to the Movie Moxie Podcast here:
Subscribe through iTunes here.

I'll be back next week to chat Oscar results and whatever new films come my way! It will be a mysterious week.

Time to take a look at a selection of DVD releases for Tuesday February 21, 2012!

• Café de Flore Canadian film from Jean-Marc Vallée (C.R.A.Z.Y., The Young Victoria) and the top nominee for this years Genie Awards with 13 nominations including best film, director, writing and 3 acting awards and it truly deserves it. One of the most beautiful, heartfelt and creative films I've seen in a long time and a film that truly understands the magic of human nature and love (not currently available on Amazon.com).
• Chalet Girl Really cute romantic comedy following an ex-snowboarder girl who takes up the not-her-type-of-dream-job being a chalet girl. Great across the tracks/coming of age story starring Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Billy Nighy and Brooke Shields.
• London Boulevard A very interesting crime drama following a recently released criminal that's not very interested in crime, based on the book of the same name by Ken Bruen; stars Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley, David Thewlis & Ray Winstone.
• Durham County Season 3 I love the surreal feel to this Ontario set crime drama series, and if you are new to it you can dive right in with the Durham County Season 1-3 Set (not currently available on Amazon.com).
• Martha Marcy May Marlene I'm really kicking myself that I didn't see this one theatrically last year, as it looks like such a fascinated strong female protagonist driven film and that would be solo as they appear to be all facets of 1 person. Can't wait to see it.
• The Fades: Season One BBC brings supernatural horror series with a post apocalyptic flavour as it follows a young man who was an interesting connection with his dreams and the even being able to see the dead while waking. This one is totally up my alley.
• Underbelly - Season 1 - War On The Streets I totally want to see this one; and Australian crime drama set in 1995 (Not currently available on Amazon.com)
• More TV to enjoy with Nurse Jackie having it's Season 3 DVD releases and Weeds with Season 7; where does the time go?
• Honey 2 I had no idea that there was a sequel to Honey, which is one of the few dance films I've not seen. This sequel stars Katerina Graham (Vampire Diaries) and is definitely on my radar
• Retreat psychological thriller/virus film starring Cillian Murphy Thandie Newton and Jamie Bell adds to the every growing list of films I want to see!
• Puss in Boots Really cute looking animated film with Antonio Banderas voicing the adventurous title characters who looks like he has a unique, and enthusiastic approach to adventure. I like!
• The Way family drama about walking El camino de Santiago, starring Martin Sheen and Deborah Kara Unger; directed by Emilio Estevez.