A successor to Band of Brothers, the new HBO war series The Pacific offers a glimpse of WWII rarely seen - the fight against the brutal Japanese Army - in a more human, developed way than many American battle epics of the past.

Go Fast is a stylish, quick-paced police thriller from France that, while maintaining the same set pieces and charged plot twists expected from the genre, relies on the kind of political and cultural unrest that may not translate to your average North American viewer.

Another remake of a horror movie nobody really saw or liked, marketed to people far too young to remember it anyways. Not surprisingly, it fails to live up to the high standards set by Black Christmas 2006.

TORO takes a look at a pair of programs set to hit Canadian airwaves when the speciality Sundance Channel kicks off this March. In the House covers the movie industry, while Theatreland shows us the ins and outs of global playhouses.

It’s a bit out of character for TORO to be trumpeting the release of a Blu-ray DVD but Whip It, the directorial debut of Drew "Bad Girl" Barrymore, came and went from the theatres so quickly that the critics’ praise for the movie barely had time to register with filmgoers.

In this English prison film, veteran character actor Brian Cox plays Frank Perry, serving a life sentence. He hasn’t received any mail in 14 years, so you best believe when that envelope does arrive, the news won’t be good; his daughter has grown into a life of drug addiction, and after several emergency hospital visits, probably won’t last another year. Perry hatches an escape plan.

Reviewing films on DVD is great. I’ve got the benefit of hindsight and general critical response, to which I can, if need be, take a contrarian opinion. Popular opinion has been that Cold Souls gracefully rips off Charlie Kaufman, as if the guy has a monopoly on unusual, existential and otherwise egocentric stories. Popular opinion is wrong, not in the least because Charlie Kaufman is terrible.

While stars flooded the airwaves to help raise funds towards earthquake relief efforts in Haiti, a select group of celebs met for an intimate brunch-and-performance benefit at the Santa Monica home of filmmaker Paul Haggis on Sunday. Guests like Charlize Theron, Josh Brolin, Penélope Cruz, Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig were happy to accommodate the $5,000 per person entry fee, with the event raising $4.5 million. Check out our exclusive pics!

Though developed from the 101 experimental car and inspired by the Phantom II Continental of the 1930s, the Phantom Coupé is compellingly Rolls-Royce, a fusion of glamour, style, leisure vehicle and richness in every sense of the word.

Once upon a time, Veronika London was a TORO Woman. Next week, she’ll begin co-hosting Damage Control (“advice for guys in sticky situations”) with yours truly. What qualifies her to dispense advice to confused and possibly even misguided young men? According to the striking brunette, nothing more or less than having lived through a tumultuous and, ultimately, disastrous relationship.