My issue with a lot of horror and thriller films today, is that they tend to be overly predictable, caving easily to genre conventions instead of taking bold risks. As I watched the 1997 film
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The Discovery (Review)
The Discovery would be a wasted effort without its last 20 minutes and its unique casting. Director and co-writer Charlie McDowell pulls pieces (down to casting the underrated Jesse Plemons and giving his female lead
Continue ReadingGoin’ Down the Road (Review)
Whenever I hear talk of quintessential Canadian cinema, or read any one of the many top-ten lists I have encountered, a reference to Donald Shebib’s 1970 film Goin’ Down the Road is almost inescapable. By
Continue ReadingExotica (Review)
Atom Egoyan’s 1994 film Exotica opens with a slow, panning shot of a jungle-themed mural, mixed with instances of artificial plants in its foreground, which gave me an immediate sense of déjà vu. The camerawork
Continue ReadingFilm Review | Asteroid (2015)
Film run-time: 10 minutes | Starring Cadence Schuster, Peter Higginson, Corrinne King Written and Directed by Kristina Mileska, Cinematography by Andy Kloske, Sound by Emmerek Vanleur “Asteroid“, a 2015 short film by Kristina Mileska, is
Continue ReadingLogan (Review)
It’s interesting to think that, while Marvel’s “American” Avengers are out saving the world (but still mostly America of course), Fox’s two current tent-pole characters, Deadpool and Wolverine, who are also both Canadian, seem less
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