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Jay Stone and Katherine Monk. Definitive reviews. Trusted critics.

2.5Score

Movie review: Terminator Genysis back in time

The sci-fi epic returns with a new episode that borrows pieces of the old episodes to create a time-travel adventure that's mostly a waste of two hours

July 1, 2015

4Score

Michael Fassbender and Kodi Smit-McPhee star in John Maclean's Slow West

Movie review: Slow West throws an axe at western genre

John Maclean's feature debut offers a crisp, revisionist take on the romantic notion of the Old West thanks to the oddball chemistry between leads Michael Fassbender and Kodi Smit-McPhee, writes Katherine Monk

June 26, 2015

4Score

Max (a Belgian Malinois named Carlos) offers up a treat worthy performance as a dog suffering from PTSD

Movie review: Max bites emotional jugular

Though littered with sentiment and family movie hokum, this story of a military dog suffering from post-traumatic stress finds the essence of true friendship, prompting uncontrolled saline leaks from the eyeball, writes Katherine Monk -30-

June 26, 2015

2Score

Movie review: Ted 2 is an exhausting series of comic misfires

Sequel to the movie about a crude, dope-smoking teddy bear just a wearying retread of the 2012 hit, writes Jay Stone

June 25, 2015

2Score

Movie review: Being Canadian a trip of cliches

Documentary that examines myths about Canada ends up creating as many stereotypes as it tries to explode, writes Jay Stone

June 22, 2015

3.5Score

Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington say goodbye in Testament of Youth

Movie review: Testament of Youth tells age-old truth

Alicia Vikander finds the fire-hardened spirit of noted pacifist Vera Brittain in a sentimental take on Testament of Youth, the bestselling classic about the endless tragedy of war

June 18, 2015

4Score

Amy Poehler voices the sunny Joy, while Phyllis Smith voices the blue Sadness

Movie review: Inside Out a happy head trip

Disney Pixar takes a long walk down an infinite pier of personal identity in Inside Out, an animated tour of developmental psychology that captures the pain of growing up using primary colours and Amy Poehler's voice

June 18, 2015

3 1/2 Score

Olivia Cooke, Thomas Mann and RJ Cyler as film-loving friends

Movie review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is metamoving

This movie about a teenager with cancer is partly about movies about teenagers with cancer, writes Jay Stone

June 18, 2015

3Score

Asa Butterfield as Nathan in A Brilliant Young Mind

Movie review: Another Brilliant Young Mind

It's another film about a brilliant and troubled math genius looking for love — and it finds the same irrational number

June 16, 2015

3.5Score

Movie review: Jurassic World turns park dark

Director Colin Trevorrow tries to fill dinosaur-sized shoes with digital science and a bigger scope in his next-generation take on the $800-million Jurassic franchise

June 12, 2015