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I can't even count the number of times I've been chastised for not seeing 'The Princess Bride.' I don't even really have an excuse, other than my eight-year-old self in 1987 was more interested in 'Star Wars' and 'The NeverEnding Story' than a movie about a princess being kidnapped. It sounded boring, and how could anything trump the kid-appealing glory of 'The Goonies'?

General ignorance about Canada exists in culture across the board, which is a sad reality, but it makes Ben Affleck's Argo all the more important in the grand scheme of things. For once, Canada comes across as clever, devious, innovative -- but most of all, awesome.

Every year, at least one horror movie seems to come out of nowhere and surprise both horror fans and Hollywood alike. But so far, despite a wealth of new contenders in 2012, none have stood out. So how does 'Sinister' compare?

Ever notice that Oscar-nominated actress Salma Hayek plays a nurse a lot? Sure, the types of nurses she plays vary greatly, but still, I can't think of another actress who has sported nurses' scrubs more than Hayek.

What is it with James Bond? Why, after 50 years of 007, do we still flock to theaters with as much enthusiasm as we did in 1962? Currently on our sixth Bond (Daniel Craig), we're not bored. We're not tired of his hyper-masculine antics at all.

Get ready to fall hopelessly in love with a mangled up dead dog named Sparky who's been brought back to life by his grieving young owner, Victor Frankenstein. In any other movie, the antisocial science-loving boy and his reanimated dog would be unlikely heroes. But in a Tim Burton film, they're right at home.

Ready for a new batch of lovable movie monsters? Well you're in luck, because good ol' Count Dracula (Adam Sandler) has rounded up a motley crew of endearing creatures for a relaxing getaway at his creepy abode in Hotel Transylvania.

This year's Toronto Film Festival was made up of some pretty choice characters. I'm not speaking only about the characters we watched on screen (there were certainly some doozies there), but also the characters -- in real life -- we witnessed on the red carpets, at the press conferences and on the streets of Toronto in 2012.

End of Watch strives to be gritty and real. This definitely ain't Beverly Hills Cop or Lethal Weapon.

There are times when you know -- you just know -- that someone is lip-syncing. So imagine my immense surprise at the Toronto Film Festival screening of Jeff Buckley biopic Greetings From Tim Buckley, when Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley opened his mouth to sing, and it was his voice, and it was good. Not just actor-good, but good-good.

Do I know Kristen Stewart? No, I can never claim that. But in the past 24 hours I've seen her three times, and spoken to her once -- not for an interview, but candidly, in a hallway at the InterContinental Hotel in Toronto. In that brief five minutes I learned more about Stewart than I ever could have from any interview or gossip mag.

They both have plenty of bodily fluids, girl drama and embarrassing speeches, but there's one thing Bachelorette has that Bridesmaids didn't: master wise-cracker Lizzy Caplan.

The TIFF lineup for 2012 is probably one of the best I've seen. There are blockbusters, action films, romances, emotional dramas, comedies, documentaries, and literary masterpieces brought to life. Here are the movies you've got to see.

Every year, the attending celebrity list for the Toronto Film Festival gets bigger and better. But wait, you say. George Clooney (a long-time atte...

Those long line-ups you're used to seeing at film festivals may not actually be filmgoers -- at 2012's Toronto Film Festival, they may just be protest...

We stood in the line-ups and wound our way through the circuitous halls of The Metro Toronto Convention Centre to bring you all the key highlights and...

Are you a fan of filmmaker Tim Burton or stop-motion animation? If so, then you're in luck. Burton's next movie "Frankenweenie" (which opens in th...

It's that time of year again! Legions of fanboys and fangirls besiege the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to get their geek on during Fan Expo Canada....

It must be simple to create a movie made for children, right? Completely, totally wrong. The amount of work that went into the creation of ParaNorm...

The exhilaration of anticipation is what's so fun about the weeks before the Toronto International Film Festival. As more and more movies are announced, the salivary glands of film freaks everywhere go into overdrive.

Somewhere in the cluttered, needlessly convoluted mess of The Bourne Legacy is a kick-ass action movie. Unfortunately, the film spends too much time explaining what's happening rather than showing us -- and the result is often confusion, or even worse, boredom.

What better place to showcase homegrown Canadian talent than at our country's biggest film festival? The 2012 Toronto Film Festival announced the C...

It's a match made in Canuck film nerd heaven. One of Canada's biggest Hollywood exports, Ryan Reynolds, is set to work with one of the country's mo...

The problem with remaking a classic movie is it almost always pales in comparison (c'mon, the original Total Recall is a renowned sci-fi classic, so you can hardly fault me!). And in nearly every scene of the 2012 version of Total Recall, I found myself doing just that: comparing.

The 37th Toronto International Film Festival promises to be filled with blockbusters, gala premieres and major stars, with 17 galas and 45 special pre...