Articles by Allan Tong

Unauthorized: The Harvey Weinstein Project

Barry Avrich

PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2011

"He's 50-percent genius, 50-percent asshole." That's how one former acquaintance describes movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. If you don't recog...

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector

Vikram Jayanti

PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2011

There's a moment in this film where Phil Spector discusses John Lennon's assassin, but he could be describing himself: a madman who is so "...

Little Mosque on the Prairie, Season 4

PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2011

Four years ago, it was radical to launch a sitcom about Muslims opening a mosque in Christian Canada. The fact that Little Mosque on the Pr...

The Robber (Der Räuber)

Benjamin Hesienberg

PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2011

The Robber proves that you don't need to be in Hollywood to make great chase scenes. Our anti-hero, Johann Rettenberger (Andreas Lust), is...

The Green Hornet

Michel Gondry

PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2011

There's a scene in The Green Hornet where the Hornet (Seth Rogan) and sidekick Kato (Taiwanese movie and pop star Jay Chou) barge into his...

Trailer Park Boys: The Movie / Trailer Park Boys: Countdown To Liquor Day

Mike Clattenburg

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2010

Quite simply, with this package you're getting both TPB movies on one DVD, sans bonus features ― no alternate endings, no audio comme...

Trailer Park Boys: Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys

Mike Clattenburg

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2010

This DVD is an odd, but somehow satisfying, release, containing the last Trailer Park Boys episode (running 47 minutes) and padded with a l...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

David Yates

PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2010

I confess, I have never seen a Harry Potter film until this one, the seventh and next-to-last-instalment of one in the most prosperous movi...