On September 8, 2022, Canada’s longest-reigning British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, passed away at the age of 96 after 70 years on the throne. Her passing was something we all knew to be inevitable, yet
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Tales from the Background: ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST
It’s become clearer to me with the passing of time that I had attempted to end my “Tales from the Background” series rather prematurely. Since the last entry (itself an epilogue to my supposed “final”
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SHANIA TWAIN: NOT JUST A GIRL Review
It may be difficult for the current generation to visualize, but music videos once actually played on TV. Canadian cable in the 90s/early 2000s was populated by such channels as Much Music (Top 40), Much
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VQFF: DRAMARAMA Review
The crossroads are an interesting place to find oneself. They point towards future choices, remind us of where we’ve been, and can even force us to reckon with unfinished business. The plot device of family
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THE GRAY MAN a Rare Feather in the Netflix Cap
I recently came across an article on how theater owners were lamenting the dearth of large tentpole films between the recently-released Bullet Train and WB’s Black Adam set to drop in October. This is hardly
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EASTER SUNDAY Review
Easter Sunday is the type of film I’d normally overlook given my general aversion to “Home for the holidays” family comedies and its rather out-of-season rollout during late summer as opposed to the more title-appropriate
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