Shane Slater

LATEST ARTICLES ( 915 )

• TIFF: I Saw the Light

  

  On the strength of "Love & Mercy" and "Straight Outta Compton" this summer, it would have been easy to declare 2015 the year of the musician biopic. Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• TIFF: Brooklyn

  

  In our cynical age of contemporary cinema, purely sentimental depictions of true love are hard to pull off and rarely attempted. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• TIFF: Demolition

  

  Through the success of his Oscar-nominated films "Dallas Buyers Club" and "Wild", Quebecois filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée has cultivated a reputation for compellin... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• TIFF: Ixcanul & The Assassin

  

  For my first day of TIFF 2015, I watched a pair of foreign language Oscar submissions from Guatemala and Taiwan. Both similarly feature female protagonists,... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• TIFF: Preview

  

  At this very moment, I'm waiting to board a flight to embark on another adventure. As of next week my bucket list will be one item short, as I finally attend th... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• COMING SOON: The Oscar Slate

  Is it just me, or did awards season come back around really quickly? It seems like just yesterday that "Birdman" was anointed with the Best Picture prize and... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• MOVIE OF THE WEEK/OSCAR WATCH: Love & Mercy

  

  The Beach Boys, the band behind such classic pop rock hits as "Good Vibrations" and "Surfin' U.S.A.", have come to represent the ideal of the carefree lifestyle... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT: Mad Max: Fury Road

  

  For this week's special Monday edition of Hit me with your best shot, Nathaniel clearly lost his damn mind and had us screencap "Mad Max: Fury Road". Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: Mad Max: Fury Road

  

  A few months back, George Miller took the film world by storm with a revamp of the franchise that kick-started his career. The film, "Mad Mad: Fury Road", was a... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• OSCAR WATCH: Ex Machina

  

  We may still be a few months away from the barrage of end-of-year critics awards, but there's already one film I suspect will stake a claim for numerous Best... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• MOVIE OF THE WEEK: The Gift

  

  As we get ready for the "prestige" dramas of the fall season, the tail end of summer brought one more hidden gem to send us forth on a high. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• COMING SOON: Toronto International Film Festival

  Over the next few weeks, cinephile excitement over the fall festival season will reach a fever pitch as we turn our attention towards the Venice, Telluride,... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 100 Things I Love About Bollywood

  

  As I conclude this special week of Bollywood appreciation, I hope you've enjoyed reading the articles as much I enjoyed writing them. Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 10 Must-See Bollywood FIlms

  

  India is known for being the most prolific film industry, producing upwards of 1,000 new films every year. This staggering figure is attributed to various... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 10 Spectacular Bollywood Song-and-Dance Scenes

  

  When most people think of Bollywood, the first thing that comes to mind is surely the song-and-dance numbers, and for good reason. Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 10 of Bollywood's Hottest Stars

  

  In our era of heavily branded franchise filmmaking in Hollywood, celebrity obsession is at an all-time high and the same applies to Bollywood, where they take... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 10 Awesome Bollywood Soundtracks

  

  The close relationship between Bollywood and music can be traced back to the genre's earliest days. As the template for this new artform was being developed,... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Announcing...Bollywood Week!

  

  If you've been following the site lately, you'll have noticed that it's been quite heavy on Bollywood films. Indeed, I caught the Bollywood bug this summer,... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Singh is Kinng

  

  They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but after watching Anees Bazmee's "Singh is Kinng" I wish I had trusted my instincts. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Swades

  

  This week's top pick is a drama from one of Bollywood's foremost directors, released in 2004. "Swades", directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, is the story of one man'... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES