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In the Heat of the Night (Review)

February 20, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewIn The Heat Of The Night, John Ball, Norman Jewison, Stirling Silliphant

I love it when I watch an old film that seems more like something that could have been shot in a more modern era. With In the Heat of the Night, Norman Jewison achieves just

2019 Academy Awards and the Canadian Nominees

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019AwardsA Star Is Born, Animal Behaviour, Bao, Black Panther, Blackklansman, Detainment, Fauve, Marguerite, Mother!, Roma, The Favourite, Vice

With less than two weeks to go until the 2019 Academy Awards, the internet is rife with predictions as to who will take home the coveted award in their respective categories. There is a

Porky’s (Review)

February 6, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewBob Clark, Dan Monahan, Porky's

During the Christmas period I reviewed American filmmaker Bob Clark’s 1974 classic psychological slasher Black Christmas, an accomplished cinematic achievement which proved to be an influential entry in the horror genre. Yet horror is not

Crash (Review)

January 30, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewCrash, David Cronenberg, Deborah Kara Unger, Holly Hunter, James Spader

Erotic thrillers, from my experience, usually try to cash in on excessive sex scenes to sell themselves, which tend to be at the expense of the thrills. This can make for a deeply shallow experience

Dave (Review)

January 24, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewDave, Frank Langella, Ivan Reitman, Kevin Kline

The Simpsons has made some eerily accurate predictions over the years. Smartwatches, video-calling, NSA spying, and Disney’s takeover of 21st Century Fox to name but a few, writers of the show have a proven knack

Spider (Review)

January 16, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewDavid Cronenberg, Ralph Fiennes, Spider

Time and again I find myself coming back to review a work by David Cronenberg, who by this stage I believe is one of the most purposefully enigmatic and multi-faceted directors still working today. What