About: Lucas Nochez
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- Lucas strongly believes that Toronto and Canada has the full potential to reach a level of cinema that could be accepted internationally and become associated with quality cinema and cinematic prestige. Cinema is an art, an art that he loves to incorporate into his daily life and share with many others.
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As Bella whimsically recites the beautifully visual words of Robert Frost’s poem “Fire and Ice” in the first few minutes of Eclipse’s opening scenes, one cannot help but notice a not-so-subtle parallel between the meaning of the poem and the narrative of the franchise. And maybe that’s the point, but if it is, comparing anything by Robert Frost to Twilight might be seen as, well, a tad over-ambitious. And it is. Despite this hubris, however, Twilight: Eclipse is not only the best entry to the melodramatic vampire series, but also one entertaining summer movie. Read more
Although the name could be the ideal title for a porno film for the late 1970s, Harry Brown is a taut, intense ‘social-realist’ thriller intent on sending a message. Imagine a threesome between Liam Neeson’s Taken, Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino and 2008’s art-house extraordinaire Hunger. The offspring of this awkward cinematic ménage-e-trios is Harry Brown. Read more
Whose bright idea was it to base a feature length film on the basic premise that Jennifer Lopez can’t find a man in New York to be the father of her baby? For simple, ridiculous reason such as this, The Back-Up Plan is an incoherent, cheesy new entry to the rom-com genre that barely pushes its way off the cold screen it’s projected on.
Lopez plays Zoe, a successful pet shop owner whose failed efforts to find a capable man in the big apple lead her to take drastic action at an artificial insemination clinic. But unfortunately, like all romantic comedies, the plot thickens at hyperspeed. The minute Zoe leaves the clinic, she miraculously finds ‘Mr. Right’ in Stan (Alex O’Loughlin), a successful goat cheese entrepreneur. Cue the uproarious, hysterical laughing. Read more
Some of the most typical Italian-American stereotypes can easily be noted in Raymond De Felitta’s City Island; The greased hair, the huge Italian feasts and the ‘what’s a matta with you?’ accents. But City Island is so much more than just a cheap comical account of an Italian family on the verge of figuring out a unanimous household identity. Like so many other dysfunctional family films before it, an emotional connection is the most effective way to connect with an audience when dealing with awkward individuals and convoluted identities within the patriarchal family archetype. Like many who have come before it, City Island holds true to the notion of a lone mass, standing alone and strong, in a sea of wavering truths. City Island is an endearingly satisfying family tale of lies, manipulation and love that is sure to captivate.
Move over Michael Cera! Following in the footsteps of Cera and Christopher Mintz-Plasse in the role of bumbling, lovable nerd, Canadian born Jay Baruchel is making waves on the silver screen. His latest comedy, She’s Out of My League is Baruchel’s first lead comedic role, and proves that has finally reached the big leagues.
Move over Michael Cera! Following in the footsteps of Cera and Christopher Mintz-Plasse in the role of bumbling, lovable nerd, Canadian born Jay Baruchel is making waves on the silver screen. His latest comedy, She’s Out of My League is Baruchel’s first lead comedic role, and proves that has finally reached the big leagues.
If we were to compare two of the essential Iraq War/War on Terror films of 2009, two films would come to mind; The Oscar winning Hurt Locker and The Messenger. After being able to experience both in theatres, it is my deepest opinion that The Messenger was by miles the better of the two.
I could count in my head until my brain goes numb the amount of coming-of-age stories I have seen within the last couple of years. Being a somewhat young lad, I have come to the realization now that coming-of-age stories are not stories that are usually meant to relate to your own upbringing completely — that’s absurd. Rather these stories should be a parable used to challenge adolescent individuals to make decisions that would better their condition towards becoming adults. In Fish Tank, director Andrea Arnold should write the book on coming-of-age films because it ranks as one of the most memorable young, tormented stories in recent years.
Times are changing – and they are changing fast! The 82nd Annual Academy Awards seem to be another golden example of the changes that are heading straight our way. Last night, the highest-grossing film of all time was trampled on by the tiny film-that-could, The Hurt Locker. Not only did the The Hurt Locker walk away with Best Picture and a historic award for first female director winner Kathryn Bigelow, it also marched away with the most awards, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Sound Editing. Funny that Cameron and his ingenious “game-changing” Avatar walked away with only three awards, almost a quartar of what Cameron’s previous blockbuster snatched up back in 1997. Read more
If you were only able to view the trailer for Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon, you would not be left with a whole lot to know about this magnificent film. Its ominous tone heightened by the use of black and white film stock is quite a treat. As in his previous film Cache, the whodunit formula is applied, although the film’s strength is that it is less about the whodunit and more about the why. Like most great filmmakers, Haneke relishes the use of interpretation in his films, rather than spoon-feeding moviegoers and providing simple clichéd answers. Read more
