I was relatively unfamiliar with Canadian cinema titles growing up. While there was plenty of Cancon on television due to CRTC rules, the big screen and our family VHS collection remained bare of any production from north of the 49th. One exception was an old used VHS from Rogers Video with a black and white […]
There are some films that will always draw a crowd. Usually it’s a great mystery or a true story based on an improbable event. Sometimes it’s based on a best seller or a comic book. There is however one type of film that implores many curiosities, and that is a good gangster movie. There is […]
If you’ve been paying lots of attention to the fashion industry, then surely you’ve heard of Andre Leon Talley. Despite my abstract sense of style in my final year of high school, I myself don’t know many fashion designers or even about Andre himself. The closest I ever saw was a near lookalike of him […]
Sequels are never an easy feat to successfully pull off, especially when its predecessor is so well loved. Matching the first installment’s quality is one thing, but to actually veer in a fresh narrative direction, while still maintaining the essence of what made it special, is another case altogether. It is no wonder, then, that […]
Wade Wilson sure has come a long way since his unfortunate rendering in 2009’s X-Men-Origins: Wolverine. At the time, the legendary “merc with a mouth” was reduced to a mute Frankenstein-esque henchman who was promptly dispatched by Hugh Jackman and left for dead (post-credits coda notwithstanding). Nine years and a hit solo-film later, Ryan Reynolds […]
Inspiration comes in many forms; It could be something you do or see on a walk. Maybe it was a song that put a cause in your head. Sometimes it’s somebody you meet with an underdog story that marvels anything else you’ve heard in months. This story has creativity at the wheel, passion riding shotgun […]
