If cinema is an art form, then film is an industry. If both were represented as circles lightly overlapping one another, cult movies would occupy that sliver of no-man’s land where they meet. At its
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Taylor Kitsch and His Failed to Ascension to Superstardom with John Carter. What Happened?
Canada has produced numerous household names since the birth of cinema, from Mary Pickford in its earliest years, to Christopher Plummer in its midlife onwards, while modern-day flag bearers such as the Ryans Gosling and
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The Brood (Review)
As I gradually make my way through the great David Cronenberg’s filmography, the journey this week has led me to his 1979 feature, The Brood, one of Cronenberg’s most controversial films in his storied career.
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Alita: Battle Angel Review
A passion project of filmmaker extraordinaire James Cameron since the 1990s, Alita: Battle Angel released in February last 2019 to much anticipation. It is the long-awaited adaptation of Japanese manga series Gunnm by Yukito Kishiro,
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5 Feel-Good Canadian Movies to Get You Through Quarantine
Although film productions across the globe ground to a halt a few months ago due to the COVID-19 outbreak, starving us of theatrical releases for an unprecedented length of time in the process, there is
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Atlantic City (Review)
As he walks down the boardwalk, an aged small-time criminal with a soft spot by the name of Lou, charismatically played by Hollywood legend Burt Lancaster in Louis Malle’s 1980 film Atlantic City, fondly reminisces
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