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Backcountry (Review)

June 20, 2018February 5, 2020ReviewAdam MacDonald, Backcountry, Jeff Room, Missy Peregrym

I find there to be something special about horror films that rely on grounded, well-crafted scenarios to elicit fear, rather than resorting to cheap supernatural scares, or outlandish schema that serve up a healthy dose

Werewolf (Review)

June 13, 2018June 12, 2018ReviewAndrew Gillis, Ashley Mc Kenzie, Bhreagh MacNeil, Werewolf

From the opening shot of a frayed clothes line being taken down, to the haunting image that followed, I was fascinated by Ashley McKenzie’s 2016 directorial debut Werewolf. The creative flair of McKenzie’s style is

A Street Cat Named Bob (Review)

June 6, 2018June 5, 2018ReviewA Street Cat Named Bob, James Bowen, Luke Treadaway

The world can seem a gloomy place if you pay too much attention to the news, which more often than not abides by the old adage that ‘if it bleeds it leads.’ Thus, people can

The Breadwinner (Review)

May 30, 2018May 29, 2018ReviewDeborah Ellis, Jean-Lum Goddard, Parvana, The Breadwinner

Most of the time in cinema, there is a concerted effort made to distract audiences from the fact that what they are watching is a constructed narrative. In fewer cases, there are films which deliberately

Deadpool 2 (Review)

May 23, 2018May 22, 2018ReviewDeadpool 2, Ryan Reynolds

Sequels are never an easy feat to successfully pull off, especially when its predecessor is so well loved. Matching the first installment’s quality is one thing, but to actually veer in a fresh narrative direction,

48 Hrs (Review)

May 16, 2018May 15, 2018Review48 Hours, James Remar, Roger Spottiswoode, Walter Hill

When discussing Canadian filmmakers, there are certain names that always crop up. James Cameron, David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan, Denis Villeneuve; these are all names that are considered synonymous with Canadian cinema, and deservedly so, given