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Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and a Brief History of its Adaptation

August 7, 2019August 7, 2019OpinionArrival, Blade Runner, Denis Villeneuve, Dune

In recent years Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve has become one of the most sought after directors in science fiction, which is all the more impressive when you consider that he first ventured into the genre

Ghostbusters 2020 : The Facts and The Rumours

July 31, 2019August 19, 2019The Bottom Line, Today's Top StoriesCarrie Coon, Celeste O'Connor, Finn Wolfhard, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters 2020, Jason Reitman, Logan Kim, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd

“If you’re a fan of the Ghostbusters franchise (or maybe even tried the mega-famous Ghostbusters online slot machine), and haven’t been living under a rock, then you’ve likely heard about the reboot by now. No, not the

Chinese-Canadian Actor Simu Liu Cast in Leading Marvel, and Other Big Announcements

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019AnnouncementsBlack Widow, Doctor Strange, Eternals, Marvel, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Simulacra Liu, Thor: Love and Thunder, Wandavision, What If

At last week’s San Diego Comic-Con Marvel delivered something of a double whammy…or several whammies, as it happens, but we’ll come to those in a moment. The first of said whammies is that Marvel has

Former Head of the Director’s Guild of Canada in B.C., Crawford Hawkins, Dies at 85

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019AnnouncementsCrawford Hawkins, DGC

With the death of Crawford Hawkins on June 25th, Canada has just lost an immensely influential figure, who contributed immeasurably to British Columbia’s film and television production over the past four decades. Born in Brooklyn

Why the Screening of Anti-Abortion Film Unplanned is Deservingly Controversial

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019OpinionCineplex Entertainment, Ellis Jacob, Unplanned

Canada’s largest chain of cinemas, Cineplex Entertainment, has drawn a great deal of criticism for screening US production Unplanned, which, according to numerous films critics and abortion rights activists, promotes falsehoods on the subject of

Toy Story 4 (Review)

July 3, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewMadeliene McGraw, Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, Tony Hale, Toy Story 4

When the first entry of a potential franchise is a home-run, its sequel is forced to bear a weight of expectation that becomes almost impossible to live up to. It’s because of this that there