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Streamer (Review)

May 15, 2017May 17, 2017ReviewJared Bratt, Streamer, Tanya Lee

Isolation. Solitude. Nobody wants to be alone, right? Maybe some do but that depends on the case. That’s what the film starts out with. Jared Bratt plays our protagonist who laments about his horrible life

Alison (Review)

May 12, 2017July 24, 2017ReviewAlison, Jessica Rose, Kristopher Turner

Where do I begin to tell the story of how great a love can be? Seriously, I don’t know at all. But however, I know where to begin on this love story. A couple is

Laurence Anyways (Review)

May 10, 2017May 8, 2017ReviewLaurence Anyways, Xavier Dolan

In my mixed review of Heartbeats last week, I said that if young auteur Xavier Dolan could direct a film that balances the more refined storytelling of Heartbeats, with the character development of his debut

I, Daniel Blake (Review)

May 4, 2017May 4, 2017ReviewI Daniel Blake, Ken Loach, Paul Laverty

I, Daniel Blake is the cream of the crop of the completely played out misanthropic old man subgenre. So, how to review it? Put simply, not a lot of it will surprise you, but it

Candiland (Review)

May 4, 2017May 4, 2017ReviewCandiland, Chelah Horsdal, James Clayton, Rusty Nixon

Fantasy worlds. So many people like to create their own little fantasy worlds where they are the ruler and they can escape the hardships of reality. But how much fantasy is too much? When you’re

Heartbeats (Review)

May 3, 2017May 1, 2017ReviewHeartbeats, Xavier Dolan

It is week two of my Xavier Dolan series, having begun last week with his film feature debut, I Killed My Mother. Despite minor flaws, I was immensely impressed with the young director’s film, eager

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