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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

Days of Heaven (Review)

January 9, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewBrooke Adams, Richard Gere, Sam Shepard, Terrence Malick

Terrence Malick is something of an enigma. The writer/director’s first two feature films were critically acclaimed, with their reputations having aged like a fine wine over the years. The first, Badlands, is considered to be

2019’s Top 5 Anticipated American Films Shot in Canada

January 2, 2019January 3, 2019Announcements, OpinionFilms Shot in Canada, It: Chapter 2, Shazam!, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Not only is Canada an established cinematic tradition in itself, but it has also become a crucial shooting location for American cinema. This is to such an extent that you would be amazed at some