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Mike Sage

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

Freelance writer and film critic in Toronto, writing for Peterborough This Week, PopMatters.com and BlogTO.com, also a budding filmmaker, with first short: "Decoding Aleil" having debuted on Canada's Space: the Imagination Station

Publications:
Favorites:

Death Becomes Her, Contact, Braveheart, Gladiator, The Ring, Dawn of the Dead (remake), Mulan, The Descent, The Departed, Children of Men, 300

Location:

Downtown Toronto.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Watchmen (2009) 64% 2/5 EDIT “Watchmen isn't a superhero movie, it's a pretentious turkey that thinks it's better than the genre.” – Peterborough This Week Mar 12, 2009 Full Review Friday the 13th (2009) 26% 3.5/5 EDIT “The acting is always good, but when it's not, you can always expect that character to flash her boobs, so who's complaining?” – Peterborough This Week Feb 18, 2009 Full Review Doubt (2008) 79% 3/5 EDIT “More tailored for the Oscars than a Clint Eastwood war epic, Doubt features some of the best performances we've seen all year but it falls short in other departments.” – Peterborough This Week Dec 23, 2008 Full Review Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 92% 5/5 EDIT “I don't think Boyle could film paint drying and make it dull.” – Peterborough This Week Dec 23, 2008 Full Review Seven Pounds (2008) 26% 1.5/5 EDIT “Smith and Dawson both look like death, so watching their romance-on-life-support is painfully dreary and tragically unsexy” – Peterborough This Week Dec 23, 2008 Full Review Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) 64% 2/5 EDIT “Barring direct-to-DVD Disney sequels, the first Madagascar was one of the worst animated flicks of all time. The bad news is Escape 2 Africa reunites the same cast and directors that made the first DreamWorks flick such a turkey.” – Peterborough This Week Dec 2, 2008 Full Review Quantum of Solace (2008) 63% 2.5/5 EDIT “Quantum makes us understand the importance of a good director, which is sadly absent here.” – Peterborough This Week Dec 2, 2008 Full Review Australia (2008) 53% 2.5/5 EDIT “Had the team abandoned the tediously tidy final third of the film and all the awful World War II shenanigans we obviously don't care about, Australia would be a wild romp.” – Peterborough This Week Dec 2, 2008 Full Review Pineapple Express (2008) 68% 3.5/5 EDIT “Another winner from the Apatow factory, this is a stoner comedy that soars.” – Peterborough This Week Sep 9, 2008 Full Review Mamma Mia! (2008) 55% 1.5/5 EDIT “Unfortunately, Streep and her ancient co-stars create pure torture whenever on screen together. This is the Catwoman of movie musicals” – Peterborough This Week Sep 9, 2008 Full Review The House Bunny (2008) 43% 3/5 EDIT “Fans of comedies like Legally Blonde and Mean Girls should get a kick out of Anna Faris' amusing starring vehicle, even if this one isn't quite as sly or slickly produced.” – Peterborough This Week Sep 9, 2008 Full Review The Dark Knight (2008) 94% 5/5 EDIT “a riveting piece of work that will have us all mourning Ledger's loss but smacking our lips for a third entry” – Peterborough This Week Sep 9, 2008 Full Review Burn After Reading (2008) 78% 3.5/5 EDIT “Burn After Reading is a welcome escape from September's usual crop of inane thrillers starring Nicolas Cage or Julianne Moore.” – Peterborough This Week Sep 9, 2008 Full Review Cloverfield (2008) 78% 3.5/5 EDIT “Mixing the immediacy of documentary observation and the slam-bang pace of the modern disaster epic, Cloverfield is economic and engaging.” – Peterborough This Week Apr 15, 2008 Full Review Atonement (2007) 83% 4/5 EDIT “Director Joe Wright is quickly establishing himself as a powerhouse adapter of period romance tomes.” – Peterborough This Week Apr 15, 2008 Full Review Rambo (2008) 38% 3/5 EDIT “Luckily, Rambo's years away from war haven't dulled his ability to rip out a man's throat with his bare hands.” – Peterborough This Week Apr 15, 2008 Full Review There Will Be Blood (2007) 91% 2/5 EDIT “And the winner of the overrated Oscar front-runner award goes to...” – Peterborough This Week Apr 15, 2008 Full Review Never Back Down (2008) 21% 2.5/5 EDIT “The acting is hammy, Djimon Hounsou shows up to give the flick a corny air of Karate Kid and there's nothing particularly original about the whole premise but somehow it works. It must be those abs. Or the kicks to them.” – Peterborough This Week Apr 15, 2008 Full Review The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) 43% 3/5 EDIT “With plenty of betrayal, attempted incest and beheadings crammed into this period episode of The Young and the Restless, The Other Boleyn Sister has appeal in an otherwise stiff genre.” – Peterborough This Week Apr 15, 2008 Full Review Fool's Gold (2008) 11% 1.5/5 EDIT “Never do we believe that these two might actually be capable of hooking up off-screen, and this romantic flatness kills your appetite to keep watching.” – Peterborough This Week Apr 15, 2008 Full Review Vantage Point (2008) 34% 3/5 EDIT “If you thought 24's perspective on terrorism was, well, limited, get ready to groan. The meat and potatoes of Vantage Point -- the suicide bomb explosions, the bloody fisticuffs and blaring car chases -- are indeed awesome, and that's what truly matters f” – Peterborough This Week Apr 15, 2008 Full Review 10,000 B.C. (2008) 10% 1/5 EDIT “The actors speak in fluent anachronistic English. The dialogue is prehistoric but not in the way Emmerich intended.” – Peterborough This Week Apr 15, 2008 Full Review The Ruins (2008) 52% 3.5/5 EDIT “Gore hounds will definitely be pleased as The Ruins boasts some of the most sickening blood and guts this side of snuff films.” – Peterborough This Week Apr 15, 2008 Full Review Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008) 79% 3.5/5 EDIT “after the overcooked live action Grinch and nauseating Cat In The Hat, Hollywood has finally served up a tasty adaptation of Dr. Seuss.” – Peterborough This Week Apr 15, 2008 Full Review 21 (2008) 36% 2.5/5 EDIT “Too bad most of the performers can't seem to pull off the insane IQs they clearly do not have.” – Peterborough This Week Apr 15, 2008 Full Review
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