With ever increasing “smart” technology figuring more and more prominently in our daily lives, it’s no surprise that sci-fi cautionary tales like those seen on the likes of Black Mirror are all the rage. This is hardly
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VBAFF: KNUCKLEBALL Gets On Base But Misses a Home Run
After their epic showdown in 2015’s Turbo Kid, Munro Chambers and Michael Ironside reunite for smaller-scale thrills in Michael Peterson’s icy backwoods thriller Knuckleball. 12 year-old Henry (Lucas Villacis) is reluctantly living the farm
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Tantoo Cardinal takes Centre Stage in FALLS AROUND HER
The life of a touring entertainer is fraught with long hours on the road that can make one lose touch with any sense of place or home. While it’s quite common for most folks in
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VIWFF: LA QUINCEANERA Grinds The House Down
One of the lesser known traditions of our other neighbours to the south is a Quinceanera, a sort of sweet sixteen for young women, only at fifteen years old and more akin to a wedding
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VIWFF: ONCE THERE WAS A WINTER Chills To The Core
Even as the human population continues to expand exponentially, there are still vast swaths of land where a man can find himself cut off from most human contact. Self-enforced isolation can lead to a blurring
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COLD PURSUIT Offers Fun, If Uneven Ride
There are few more compelling stories than those about someone with nothing left to lose. Tales of lone warriors wreaking vengeance on those who have wronged them have thrilled audiences for years and Liam Neeson
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