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HARPOON Leaves Blood in the Water

June 25, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewChristopher Gray, Emily Tyra, Harpoon, Munro Chambers

Aristotle once categorized friendship into three types: utility, pleasure and “of the good”. The wry narrator of Rob Grant’s tropical thriller Harpoon suggests a fourth type; one where friends were once close, but only stay

TALENT ON TAP: Director Heyishi Zhang Introduces us to the GAY MEAN GIRLS

June 18, 2019June 17, 2019InterviewGay Mean Girls, Heyishi Zhang

As a Pride month commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots unfurls, it’s a prime time to take notice of queer stories on screen. On offer this month is the premiere of a

We Will Stand Up – Review

June 11, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewColten Boushie, Gerald Stanley, Tasha Hubbard, We Will Stand Up

Nearly all of Canada was rocked in August 2016 when 22 year-old Colten Boushie of the Red Pheasant First Nation was killed via bullet to the head on a farm in rural Saskatchewan. The country

BC Talent Take the Spotlight at 2019 LEO Awards

June 4, 2019June 3, 2019Awards2019 Leo Awards, CC, Edge of the Knife, Gabrielle Miller, Lexa Doig, Mozhdah Jamalzadah, Rabbit, Red Snow, Spear Sisters, Unspeakable

The Oscars, Golden Globes and Canadian Screen Awards have long since handed out their last statues, but we’ve saved the best film and TV awards show for last here in British Columbia. The 21st Leo

ONE LAST SHOT is First of Many for Trailer Park Boys Crew

May 28, 2019March 9, 2021ReviewJohn Paul Tremblay, Mike Clattenburg, One Last Shot, Rob Wells

One of the larger Canadian cultural touchstones I’ve missed out on is the wildly successful Trailer Park Boys franchise. With twelve seasons of television, four movies and countless specials to its name, this fast and

Keanu Reeves Thrills Once Again as JOHN WICK in PARABELLUM

May 21, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewAngelica Huston, Ian McShane, John Wick 3: Parabellum, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne

It may be listed under the “Action” genre, but make no mistake: John Wick 3 and its predecessors are pure science fiction. With their near-superhuman feats of the title character and an increasingly bizarre criminal