
Victor Stiff
Pop Culture Writer and Film Critic at Freelance
Senior Critic at That Shelf
Toronto Film Critics Association Member & Golden Globe Voter Senior Critic @ThatShelf
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3 weeks ago |
thatshelf.com | Victor Stiff
The ’80s gave us a cornucopia of pop culture treasures: MTV, The Simpsons, and Super Mario Bros. But its greatest gift to society is the rise of testosterone-fuelled action flicks. And when it comes to big, explosive, roided-out mayhem, Predator remains the gold standard. With its airtight premise, Arnold Schwarzenegger at his musclebound peak, and one of cinema’s all-time great monsters, Predator‘s masterpiece status is unassailable.
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1 month ago |
thatshelf.com | Victor Stiff
Are there any film series that catch more flak than Disney’s live-action remakes? There’s a vocal swath of critics who talk about the Dumbo and reimaginings like they’re crimes against humanity. They decry remakes as creatively bankrupt while finger-wagging at Disney for greenlighting rehashes instead of original concepts. I often watch these films in morning press screenings with a handful of other critics, and we crowd around multiplex lobbies afterwards, debating what worked and what didn’t.
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1 month ago |
thatshelf.com | Victor Stiff
That Shelf’s Victor Stiff sat down with Tia Carrere & Courtney B. Vance to discuss their work in Disney’s latest live-action reimagining, Lilo & Stitch. Carrere who voiced Lilo’s older sister Nani in the animated original film, returns in a new role as Mrs. Kekoa, a kind-hearted social worker tasked with keeping tabs on Lilo and Nani. Vance joins the cast as Cobra Bubbles, a CIA agent investigating a potential alien threat.
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1 month ago |
thatshelf.com | Victor Stiff
That Shelf sat down with Julia Louis-Dreyfus to discuss her role in the MCU’s latest high-octane action movie, Thunderbolts*. The film sees Louis-Dreyfus return to the role of Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, a morally devious CIA director being impeached for her nefarious off-book directives. It’s clear the former Seinfeld and Veep star is having a blast in the role so we were excited to sit down and discuss what makes the character tick.
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1 month ago |
thatshelf.com | Victor Stiff
It’s hard to cover a Marvel movie these days without discussing the MCU’s recent struggles. There was a time when Marvel Studios could do no wrong. Each release was a surefire hit that resonated with audiences. But the MCU lost some of its lustre after 2019’s Avengers: Endgame. For every Deadpool and Wolverine-level mega-hit, there’s a handful of box office underperformers that underwhelmed even longtime fans.
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