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The Crescent (Review)

October 31, 2018November 1, 2018ReviewDanika Vandersteen, Seth A. Smith, The Crescent, Woodrow Graves

The horror genre possesses an inescapable and misleading reputation for being all murder and jump scares with little substance to offer, which I find leads to a culture of dismissiveness from many a movie-goer. This

Black Cop – Review

October 24, 2018February 5, 2020ReviewBlack Cop, Cory Bowles, Ronnie Rowe

I am a pretty big fan of Trailer Park Boys, having written before about the show being one of Canada’s greatest exports…though I am sure many would disagree. The production can be hammy and noticeably

The Grand Seduction (Review)

October 17, 2018February 5, 2020ReviewBrendan Gleeson, Don McKellar, Ken Scott, Michael Dowse, Taylor Kitsch, The Grand Seduction

Now and again there comes a film whose charm in one moment makes you want to hug it, yet its frustrations make you want to throttle it the next. Such was my experience with Don

Sleeping Giant (Review)

October 10, 2018February 5, 2020ReviewJackson Martin, Nick Serino, Reece Moffett, Sleeping Giant

If a filmmaker attempts a coming-of-age story, and their name is not John Hughes, then they are facing an immediate uphill struggle toward sincere originality. This makes it all the more refreshing, then, when I

Water (Review)

October 3, 2018February 5, 2020ReviewDeepa Mehta, Lis Ray, Sarala Kariyawasam, Water

There is a reason why they call the Indian film industry Bollywood. It is a massive culture in of itself, catering to an estimated population of 1.3 billion people, and its films are not necessarily

Adventures in Public School (Review)

September 26, 2018February 5, 2020ReviewAdventures in Public School, Daniel Doheny, Judy Greer

I like to keep as much of an open mind as possible when it comes to film, which has become increasingly difficult in an era where, like it or not, Rotten Tomatoes has influenced our