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VBAFF: AMI Will Make You Switch Off Siri

April 2, 2019March 2, 2020ReviewAMI, Debs Howard, Philip Granger, Sam Robert Muik, VBAFF

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

VBAFF: KNUCKLEBALL Gets On Base But Misses a Home Run

March 26, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewKnuckleball, Lucas Villacis, Michael Ironside, Michael Peterson

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

Tantoo Cardinal takes Centre Stage in FALLS AROUND HER

March 19, 2019March 2, 2020ReviewFalls Around Her, Rob Stewart, Tantoo Cardinal

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

VIWFF: LA QUINCEANERA Grinds The House Down

March 12, 2019March 2, 2020ReviewBetrila Damas, Gustavo Gomez, La Quinceañera, Mathias Retamal, Mauricio Mendoza, Mia Xitali, Veronica Diaz Carranza

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

VIWFF: ONCE THERE WAS A WINTER Chills To The Core

March 5, 2019March 2, 2020ReviewJuan Riedinger, Kate Corbett, Kris Demeanor, Once There Was a Winter, Teach Grant, VIWFF

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

COLD PURSUIT Offers Fun, If Uneven Ride

February 26, 2019March 2, 2020ReviewCold Pursuit, Hans Potter Moland, Liam Neeson

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