Jason Gorber
Toronto, Canada
Jason has been publishing online film reviews since the early 1990s, meaning that according to calculations he is over 2000 years old in Internet time. He has published reviews at Filmfest.ca for over a decade, and you'll find there many things, including reviews and photos from TIFFs gone by. Since 2011 he has found a welcome home at Twitch covering theatrical and home media releases, as well as conducting many engaging interviews, all while reveling in the newfound joy found in having significant numbers of people actually read what he writes. If you're enjoying what you've read here, you should also follow him on Twitter at @filmfest_ca, because that will help him feel even more popular, and you might learn something cool about Lego, or movies, or wombats, or anything, really.
Twitchvision: Talking STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS, MUD and THE ICEMAN
Another Twitchvision chat with Scott Laurie, this time me gushing about J.J.'s latest Star Trek film, which I unabashedly loved.Also talked about he fabbo Mud, and the less fabbo The Iceman, both with Michael Shannon doing his thing.Video embedded below.Update:...
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Hey, Fat Face! ANCHORMAN 2 Has Another Teaser Trailer Out!
When a bunch of boys return to the land named after a Whale's Vagina, you know it's about time to get sloshed on scotch and revel in the ribald inappropriateness of Ronald Burgundy and friends.This maybe the second first peek,...
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Hey, Toronto! Come Hang With THE HANGOVER 3's Ken Jeong!
As part of Warner Brothers' push for the final installment of The Hangover trilogy, the studio is bringing Ken Jeong to town to help out with the celebrations.Jeong will be showing up at Much Music at 6pm on Tuesday, around the corner...
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Twitchvision: Talking THE GREAT GATSBY, BLACKBIRD and ROOM 237
Scott's back in the anchor chair, and we're talking this week about Baz's much maligned Gatsby (hint: I didn't hate it!), along with indie film Blackbird and the mind-boggling insanity that is Room 237.Check out video embedded below!...
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Review: AFTERSHOCK Shakes Free Of Disaster Movie Expectations
At the outset, Aftershock appears to be another placid film about how cool it is to go clubbing in Chile. We see wine tours with tourists, eager or not, sipping away at a cabernet, feigning interest in winespeak. We attend...
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Hot Docs 2013 Review: 12 O'CLOCK BOYS Is A Hell Of A Ride
It's no surprise to long term readers of my reviews that I'm kind of enamoured with David Simon's Baltimore. From Homicide: Life On The Streets, through The Corner and of course The Wire (still perhaps the best programme that has...
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Hot Docs 2013 Review: AFTER TILLER Is Important, Vital Look at Late Term Abortion Doctor in US
On May 31, 2009, Doctor George Tiller was murdered while attending his regular Sunday church service. The doctor was one of a handful trained and willing to perform what are almost antiseptically referred to as "late term" abortions, the termination...
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Hot Docs 2013 Review: MUSCLE SHOALS Is A Stunning, Soulful Achievement
It's a rare thing, the truly engaging music documentary. You have to have a number of things come together to make it more than just a series of clips from some music you feel palatable. The best films are those...
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Twitchvision: Talking IRON MAN 3 and More HOT DOCS!
With Hot Docs winding down this weekend, was time to highlight a couple more faves, from the Ross Brother's 3-hour-epic River, through Caucus, After Tiller, and 12 O'Clock Boys. Full reviews of these to come, so consider these a video...
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Review: THE ICEMAN Makes A Slushy, Sloppy Mess
Like a stiff mixed drink that doesn't live up to the quality of its ingredients, The Iceman proves to be an unpalatable, underwhelming crime drama. All the great parts are there; we've got a simmering Michael Shannon in a 70s...
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New PACIFIC RIM Wondercon Trailer Shows Robots Beating Monsters With Boats
I admit I'm a total neophyte when it comes to most Japanese-style monster movies (I had to look up Kaiju to remember what the hell the subgenre is called...) I'm vaguely aware about words like "Macross", and Robotech was this...
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Twitchvision: Talking PAIN & GAIN, THE COLONY, and More HOT DOCS Goodness!
Our weekly Twitchvision hit, this time chatting over the phone with stalwart host Scott Laurie about the likes of The Colony and Michael Bay's Goodfellas-lite, Pain & Gain.Hot Docs is in full swing, with a number of full reviews on...
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Hot Docs 2013 Review: WE ALWAYS LIE TO STRANGERS
The title is a mouthful, but is a entirely appropriate and poetic link to the film's subject matter, the bizarre Vegas-in-the-Ozarks refuge that is Branson, Missouri.Nestled in the heart of hillbilly country, the town of 10,000 plays home to millions...
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Hot Docs 2013 Review: TALES FROM THE ORGAN TRADE Is Wonderfully Nuanced
Far too often "issue" films play out as mere polemics, dogmatically reemphasizing a given point of view to a receptive audience. I often find these type of films dreary and intellectually barren, a lazy form of near propaganda that does...
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Hot Docs 2013 Interview: TALES FROM THE ORGAN TRADE Director Ric Esther Bienstock
Ric Esther Bienstock's documentary about human organ trafficking is both beautifully made and refreshingly sophisticated. I spoke with the Emmy Award winning director as her film is set to make its local debut at Toronto's Hot Docs festival.What I...
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Review: THE COLONY Leaves You Cold
Man, I had such high hopes for The Colony. Sure, my feelings of hope were coloured a bit by a set visit a year ago that went comically awry. This low-budget, independent sci-fi film, starring Kevin Zegers, Bill Paxton and Laurence...
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Hot Docs 2013 Review: THE MANOR is the GODFATHER of Jewish Strip-Club Owning Family Films
About an hour West of Toronto lies Guelph, Ontario. It's a college town, known for its slightly hippie vibe, strong connection with all things agricultural, and a quaint downtown. Attractions include a local brewery and a nearby Antique Festival that's...
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Interview: MOLLY MAXWELL Director Sara St. Onge
Here at Twitch I've had the opportunity to do a number of long form interviews with the likes of Guillermo Del Toro and Bill Paxton, well established filmmakers that when given the opportunity to properly express themselves outside of...
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Twitchvision: Talking OBLIVION, MOLLY MAXWELL, and HOTDOCS Tease
Scott Laurie's back in the Anchor's chair, and we got to talk about Cruise's latest film that seems to incorporate just about every Sci-Fi film ever made, but in a kind of good way.Also chatted about Molly Maxwell by Director...
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STAR WARS Ruminations: A Film A Year, Plus Chewbacca's Severed Head
Things have slowed down relatively speaking on the Star Wars front, with most of J.J.'s time spent prepping his second (and presumably final?) foray into the word of Star Trek.Still, there was some solid news confirmed today. At Cinemacon this...
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