Shaun Lang

CITY OF DREAMS (Book Review)

January 18, 2022January 18, 2022ReviewBernard F. Dick, Carl Laemmle, City of Dreams

There’s a persistent romantic image that the logos that precede our multiplex blockbusters (Paramount’s mountain, Columbia’s torch lady) represent the great dream factories that have churned out motion pictures on huge soundstages hosting massive sets

SWAN SONG Sings a Soulful Ballad

January 11, 2022January 10, 2022ReviewBenjamin Cleary, Dax Rey, Glenn Close, Mahershala Ali, Naomi Harris, Swan Song

If our bodies can be cloned perfectly, right down to the molecule, does that mean our soul, our very essence, can be copied too? While human cloning remains illegal in much of the world, the

THE MATRIX: RESURRECTIONS

January 4, 2022January 3, 2022ReviewCarrie-Anne Moss, Jessica Henwick, Keanu Reeves, Neil Patrick Harris, The Matrix: Resurrections

“That’s the thing about stories…they never really end do they?” quips Jonathan Groff to Keanu Reeves as they mull over the meta meanings of the latest Matrix entry, Resurrections. The Lana half of the Wachowski

Critic’s Choice: TOP 5 of 2021

December 28, 2021December 27, 2021OpinionJukebox, Keep Rolling, Plantonic, Run Woman Run, Ryan's Babe, See For Me, The Forbidden Reel

Here in BC, all the movie theatres were closed province-wide for the first half of 2021 (except for the one that re-branded as a sports bar) for some kind of public health reason, I dunno.

WFF: RUN WOMAN RUN Takes the Gold

December 21, 2021December 20, 2021ReviewAlex Rice, Asivak Koostachin, Dakota Ray Hebert, Run Woman Run, WFF, Whistler Film Festival, Zoe Liegh Hopkins

Modern society is engulfed by entire industries catering to our collective desire for self-improvement. Self-help books, online courses, diet plans…do any of these fulfill those same resolutions we make every new year? One could make

WFF: EVELYNE

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021ReviewCarl Bissau, Evelyne, Kareem Malcolm, Meemah Muzofa, Rumbie Muzofa

Carl Bessai couldn’t be accused of not having an eclectic filmography, including introspective takes on family (Fathers & Sons, Sisters & Brothers) punctuated by caper comedies (No Clue), Grindhouse riffs (Bad City) and the occasional