
KVIFF 2017 Review: Tabloid-esque ‘Whitney: Can I Be Me’ Goes Too Far
While sufficiently charting the life & career of famed singer Whitney Houston, Nick Broomfield’s doc has an uncomfortable tabloid streak

While sufficiently charting the life & career of famed singer Whitney Houston, Nick Broomfield’s doc has an uncomfortable tabloid streak

This wackadoodle sequel goes light on the Hasbro toy robot action and heavy on the centuries-spanning Arthurian legend backstory

The Rock and Zac Efron strut their stuff in this update of the ‘90s TV show that loses momentum when it leaves the beach

Scott Eastwood and Freddie Thorp star in this overly-routine thriller that primarily serves as a showcase for classic cars

This fifth, and purportedly final, entry in Disney’s series of films based on the theme park ride is an especially bland and bloated blockbuster product

Guy Ritchie’s brazen new update mixes the Arthurian legend with a 1990s British gangster movie

Nic Cage reprises his infamous Deadfall persona in the new straight-to-streaming thriller

Mel Gibson gives his best performance in years as a bad dad gone good in this B-movie thriller

An online game of Truth or Dare turns deadly for teens seeking fame and money in this new thriller

Margot Robbie steals the show as Harley Quinn in this guilty pleasure expansion of the DC cinematic universe

The King of the Jungle returns to Africa to fight slavery in this misguided mashup of Tarzan and Blood Diamond

This lumbering would-be epic based on the popular video game franchise is the biggest, baddest blockbuster of 2016

Swashbuckling Alice must save The Mad Hatter from depression – by travelling through time – in this not-so-wonderful sequel

Dakota Johnson tests the waters of single life in this half-engaging comedy from Liz Tucillo’s bestselling book

Just what you’ve been waiting for: a sequel to Snow White, minus Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

His dreams come to life… but also his nightmares; this horror film offers few scares, but is worth catching for its young star

Real-world horrors serves as the backdrop to young romance in this slick but misguided production

Blue Steel is back, but this good-looking sequel can’t sustain the original’s ridiculous charm

She was the Czech version of Marlene Dietrich, but this campy Third Reich melodrama doesn’t do her justice

2015’s English-language rehash of Secret in Their Eyes fails to come anywhere close to matching the original

Miss You Already is a cancer-themed weepie from Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke so obvious that even the title seems to be a spoiler

The ’31 Frankenstein recognizes the iconic central character as a tragic figure, and ultimately sympathizes with him. In Victor Frankenstein, he’s just a monster.

American Ultra has some inventive ideas – not in plotting, where the twists and turns are pretty predictable, but in the execution of its individual action scenes

The scariest moment in Sinister 2 doesn’t involve the Boogeyman, but rather an abusive father