Shaun Lang

Highlighting Canadian Key Film Creatives

November 26, 2024November 25, 2024OpinionGraham Yost, Howard Shore, Key Film Creatives, Paul Cameron

I couldn’t help but notice that last week’s movie I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses was the first film score to be written by Howard Shore, a legendary film composer who many may not realise

Tax Shelter Movies: I MISS YOU, HUGS AND KISSES

November 19, 2024November 18, 2024ReviewChristine Demeter, Chuck Shamata, Cindy Girling, Donald Pilon, Elke Sommer, I Miss You Hugs and Kisses, Murray Markowitz

A long-time reader of this column recently remarked to me that I seem to have had a run of bad luck lately when it comes to picking quality titles to review. As negative review after

TIME CUT Review

November 12, 2024November 12, 2024ReviewAntonia Gentry, Hannah Macpherson, Madison Bailey, Time Cut

Since I was very young, I’ve always held a rapt fascination with the time-travel sub-genre. While it is certainly technically feasible for humanity to travel to distant stars, galaxies, and beyond, it is far less

ALL THE LOST ONES Review

November 5, 2024November 1, 2024ReviewAll the Lost Ones, Jasmine Mathews, Mackenzie Donaldson

It hasn’t been a great year for original movies at the box office. As of this writing, the top 10 grossing movies for 2024 are ALL sequels, with the Blake Lively romantic drama It Ends

ZOMBIE TOWN Not Worth the Detour

October 29, 2024October 29, 2024ReviewChevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Madi Monroe, Marlon Kazadi, Zombie Town

At one point while screening Zombie Town, I wondered if I needed to be viewing it through the eyes of a child in order to bypass the increasing pile of leaps in logic and nonsensical

Live from Theatres Everywhere, It’s SATURDAY NIGHT!

October 22, 2024October 15, 2024ReviewCooper Hoffman, Gabriel LaBelle, Gil Kenan, Matt wood, Nicholas Braun, Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live, SNL, Tommy Dewey

I was vaguely aware of the infamous sketch-comedy series Saturday Night Live during my teenage years, but it wasn’t until the 2008 US election that I finally saw my first episode. The sketch that caught