Every so often you can encounter a film that feels like it is treading familiar ground, like it is several films you have seen before all rolled up into one. As original a filmmaker as
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Residue (Review)
Rough nights and rough days. There’s no telling what power something can hold, if you stumble upon it. Sometimes, something causes a change for everyone. Sometimes, some things like that are best left unknown and
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In the time I have spent writing for this magazine I have reviewed an array of Canadian films, many of which proudly distinguish themselves as just that, all the while trying to avoid being categorised
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Jason Reitman has a knack for approaching mature, socially relevant themes with his trademark flare for finding the comedy in it all. I had expressed as much in my review of his debut feature film,
Continue Reading2nd Generation (Review)
High school is a tough place where it’s always survival of the fittest. In 2nd Generation, Ticoon (Ticoon Kim) is a young student with highly awkward insecurities. After spending the summer playing basketball with a
Continue ReadingThank You For Smoking (Review)
Filmmaking dynasties are hard to come by in the Canadian film industry, or at least ones where inherent talent is passed from father to son. With this in mind, I think it is fair to
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