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My Top 5 Canadian Cult Movies

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020OpinionBlack Christmas, Canadian Cult Movies, Cube, Ginger Snaps, Hard Core Logo, Scanners

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

Taylor Kitsch and His Failed to Ascension to Superstardom with John Carter. What Happened?

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020The Bottom Line, Today's Top StoriesJohn Carter, Taylor Kitsch

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

The Brood (Review)

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020ReviewArt Hindle, David Cronenberg, Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, The Brood

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.

Alita: Battle Angel Review

June 10, 2020June 11, 2020ReviewAlita: Battle Angel, James Cameron, Rosa Salazar

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,

5 Feel-Good Canadian Movies to Get You Through Quarantine

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020The Bottom LineBon Cop Bad Cop, Canadian Movies, Goon, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, Quarantine, Sausage Party, The F Word

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

Atlantic City (Review)

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020ReviewAtlantic City, Burt Lancaster, Hollis McLaren, Rob Joy, Susan Sarandon

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