Captain America: Civil War is, like The Winter Soldier before it, less of a stand-alone adventure than a straight-up sequel to the Avengers movie that preceded it. Like The Winter Soldier, it betters its predecessor by telling a massive story from the perspective of the franchise’s most human and endearing hero. (See full review).
Opens May 6. See listing.
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Disorder stars Matthias Schoenaerts as Vincent, a French soldier who takes a security gig protecting the wife (Diane Kruger) and son of a well-connected Lebanese businessman – and must determine whether the threats he perceives to their safety are real or just the product of his PTSD. (See full review).
Opens May 6. See listing.
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The People Garden is the third film in 12 months about that creepy forest at the foot of Japan’s Mt. Fuji. The Sea Of Trees was a melodrama and The Forest a (terrible) horror movie, but The People Garden is a stranger, more elliptical creation: it’s a mood piece about dislocation. (See full review).
Opens May 6. See listing.
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The Meddler is about doting mother Marnie (Susan Sarandon), who is so far out of control that the film’s more funny than outright mocking. Rose Byrne plays her daughter with all the right exasperation, and J.K. Simmons, playing a nice guy for a change, is on board as an ex-cop who’s drawn to Marnie. (See full review).
Opens May 6. See listing.
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Natasha is the director’s film adaptation of the title tale of his 2005 short story collection. It’s summer and 16-year-old Mark (Alex Ozerov), the son of Russian immigrants to Toronto, is bored and horny. When his uncle buys himself a Russian bride, Mark is dubious about the marriage but fascinated by his new aunt’s 14-year-old daughter, Natasha (Sasha K. Gordon). (See full review).
Opens May 6. See listing.
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Mothers And Daughters is one of those multi-narrative pics where big stars appear in way too many unconnected stories, creating one very unsatisfying experience. Snob-noxious Nina (Sharon Stone) is fighting with her daughter Layla (Alexandra Daniels) over how she’s wasting her life. Bra designer Georgina (Mira Sorvino) harbours an old secret. (See full review).
Opens May 6. See listing.
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The Rainbow Kid follows Eugene (Dylan Harman), a young Toronto man with Down syndrome who’s obsessed with rainbows, experiences a family tragedy and runs away, convinced that if he finds the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, everything will be all right. That rather contrived premise allows writer/director Paputts to let Eugene interact with a variety of lonely souls searching for their own treasure. (See full review).
Opens May 6. See listing.
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Available now on Netflix
Mistress America Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig’s follow-up to Frances Ha is another quietly frantic comedy starring Gerwig as a New Yorker teetering on the verge of success or collapse. This time, though, her character is observed through the eyes of her younger, more impressionable stepsister-to-be. Slightly adrift at college in Manhattan, Tracy (Lola Kirke) gets in touch with Gerwig’s Brooke, who’s trying to launch a restaurant. They hit it off, and soon Tracy is tagging along to parties and meetings and using Brooke’s life as fodder for a short story she’s writing. (See full review)
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Available to watch here.
