I joined CTV NewsChannel to have a look at new movies coming to theatres including the decadent period piece “Hedda,” the kid-friendly monster flick “Stitch Head” and the political thriller “Anniversary.”
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I join CP24 to talk about the decadent period piece “Hedda,” the kid-friendly monster flick “Stitch Head,” the comedy-drama “Novelle Vague” and the political thriller “Anniversary.”
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I sit in with Deb Hutton on NewsTalk 1010 to go over some of the week’s biggest entertainment stories and let you know what’s happening in theatres. We talk about the history of Hollywood movies at the White House, Francis Ford Coppola’s $1 million watch and I review the decadent period piece “Hedda” and the kid-friendly monster flick “Stitch Head.”
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I joined CTV NewsChannel to have a look at new movies coming to theatres including the decadent period piece “Hedda,” the kid-friendly monster flick “Stitch Head,” the comedy-drama “Novelle Vague” and the political thriller “Anniversary.”
Watch the whole thing HERE!
I sit in on the CFRA Ottawa morning show with guest host Stefan Keyes to talk about the new movies coming to theatres including the decadent period piece “Hedda,” the kid-friendly monster flick “Stitch Head,” the comedy-drama “Novelle Vague” and the political thriller “Anniversary.”
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I join CP24 to talk about the decadent period piece “Hedda,” the kid-friendly monster flick “Stitch Head” and the scary Crave series “IT: Welcome to Derry.”
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SYNOPSIS: In “Stitch Head,” a new kid-friendly animated monster movie now playing in theatres, a strange little creature made up of spare parts runs away to join the circus, leaving behind the only family he’s ever known.
“Stitch Head is not a horror film at all, but an adventure comedy that plays with the clichés of the horror genre.” Steve Hudson
CAST: Asa Butterfield, Joel Fry, Tia Bannon, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Fern Brady, Jamali Maddix. Directed by Steve Hudson with Toby Genkel as co-director.
REVIEW: Adapted from the graphic novels by Guy Bass, “Stitch Head’s” story of a patchwork “freak” who discovers his otherness is actually a strength, breathes the same air as other family-friendly gateway horrors like “Para-Norman” and “The Boxtrolls.”
The story begins in the laboratory of Castle Grotteskew, homebase to the maddest of all mad professors (voiced by Rob Brydon). He creates monsters of various shapes and sizes, only to promptly forget about them as he moves on to the next. “To life! Almost to life! Now,” he says, “what’s next—fangs or feathers?”
Keeping order in the castle is Stitch Head (Asa Butterfield), the mad professor’s first creation. He’s a pint-sized caretaker, stitched together from mismatched body parts—think Frankenstein, only cute—who quietly keeps the discarded monsters from upsetting the residents of the village Grubbers Nubbin.
Stitch Head finds his way out of the shadows and into the spotlight when a carnival, run by Fulbert Freakfinder (Joel Fry), comes to the village. Sensing the appeal of young Stitch Head, Freakfinder offers him a job in his travelling circus. “You’re no freak, lad—you’re a star! Fame, fortune, and a spotlight brighter than a bolt of lightning!”
The heart of the spotlight soon cools as Stitch Head comes to fear that his real family, the monsters at the castle, without his guidance, are in danger of being misunderstood by the villagers of Grubbers Nubbin. “We’re not monsters,” he says, “we’re family. Stitched together, not torn apart!”
A mix of humor and heart, “Stitch Head” is a lively Tim Burton-lite movie about undead characters. Packed with imaginative characters, it’s an intermittently entertaining adventure that will appeal to kids, but should keep the whole family interested, even if the pacing is a bit uneven. It winds up pretty much how you imagine it will, so no big points for originality, but it makes up for its lapses with kid-friendly messages about embracing our differences, belonging and the courage to face fears.
I join the CTV NewsChannel to talk about the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” the epic “The Brutalist,” the sports drama “The Fire Inside,” the unrelenting evil of “Nosferatu,” the office romance of “Babygirl” and the wild biopic “Better Man.”
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“If you don’t love me, I don’t love me.”
Robbie Williams discusses his biopic “Better Man,” a sex, drugs and British Pop story given an audacious treatment by “The Greatest Showman” director Michael Gracey. A surreal mix of “Behind the Music” and “Planet of the Apes,” it is a raw portrayal of the singer’s vulnerabilities and foibles in which he’s rendered throughout as a CGI monkey. No explanations are offered, and none are needed. Whether it’s a comment on the performing monkey nature of his work, or his ever-evolving emotional state, or whatever, it’s a startling and surprisingly effective gimmick in a wildly entertaining film.
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