Articles by Travis Mackenzie Hoover

Midnight Mania: Freaky!

PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2007

And they do mean "freaky.” This not-ready-for-Adult-Swim collection from the Worldwide Short Film Festival doesn’t always hit the right not...

Day Watch

Timur Bekmambetov

PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2007

Those who suffered through the Russian travesty known as Night Watch are familiar with this sequel’s ludicrous bombast and soulless digital...

Angel-A

Luc Besson

PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2007

Luc Besson is back in business, and he’s just as cloying as ever. Besson’s new film is a combination of It’s a Wonderful Life and Wings of...

The Neptune Factor

Daniel Petrie

PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2007

It’s long been said that Canadians shouldn’t make imitation American movies because they’re doomed to fail at the task. The Neptune Factor,...

Pigskin Parade

David Butler

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2007

I was dreading what I presumed would be a stiff and lifeless mid-30s distraction but imagine my delight to discover a tart and lively music...

The Elementary Particles

Oskar Roehler

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2007

Michel Houellebecq’s controversial novel makes it to the big screen in this professional, gripping German adaptation. The film tells the st...

On the Riviera

Walter Lang

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2007

There are two kinds of people: people who like frothy musicals about mistaken identity on the French Riviera and the walking dead. If you a...

Can-Can

Walter Lang

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2007

One of Cole Porter’s less remembered shows becomes one of Hollywood’s most-middling musicals in this lavish number from 1960. It’s the turn...