Articles by Matthew Ritchie

Alejandro Amenábar Deals with the Devil and Satanic Ritual Abuse in New Thriller 'Regression'

PUBLISHED Apr 14, 2016

The mind is a pretty menacing place to be, filled with as many anxieties and fears as desires and dreams. That was definitely in the head o...

Iggy Pop

Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto ON, April 9

PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2016

Iggy Pop doesn't crowd surf as much as he used to, but judging by last night's (April 9) show at Toronto's Sony Centre, that's one of only...

Demolition

Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée

PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2016

At one point in Demolition, Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée's latest drama, lead character Davis Mitchell (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) lo...

I Saw the Light

Directed by Marc Abraham

PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2016

Veteran producer Marc Abraham returns to the director's chair for I Saw the Light, a film about country crooner Hank Williams (played by a...

Midnight Special

Directed by Jeff Nichols

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2016

Although heads of major studios may be loathe to admit it, money doesn't always equal a good movie. More often than not, it's there to make...

Mogwai

Atomic

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2016

A good soundtrack will take you back to a certain scene from a movie as soon as you hear it, but a great soundtrack sounds good whether or...

The Divergent Series: Allegiant

Directed by Robert Schwentke

PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2016

The ways in which major movie studios scooped up seemingly every YA dystopian sci-fi series in the 2000s and began turning them out ad naus...

Coconut Hero

Directed by Florian Cossen

PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2016

Teen suicide is, obviously, no laughing matter, but that didn't stop German director Florian Cossen from choosing it as subject matter for...