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VCFF 2023: Looking China

August 22, 2023August 21, 2023Review(What's) in a Pickle?, Dragon Dance, Legends of Song, Sifu Zhang and His Magic Fish, The Tree Listens, The Weight of the Voice, The Yang Descendance

Although I’ve had the distinct pleasure of attending various events of the long-running Vancouver Chinese Film Festival in the past (including opening galas, award ceremonies, and even a boat cruise!), I hadn’t yet had the

Tax Shelter Movies: SKIP TRACER

August 15, 2023August 14, 2023ReviewAl Rose, David Peterson, John Lazarus, Sale Dale, Skip Tracer

“A made-in-Vancouver classic” proclaims the handwritten sticker affixed to a low-budget label DVD that I purchased from some video store closing sale somewhere (Black Dog Video? Limelight Video? There’s been too many). As you may

Poison and Pink – Review on Boss Babe

August 14, 2023August 8, 2023ReviewBoss Babe, Kassy Gascho

Have you ever applied to some company or organization in the sales business? I know I have, and at one point someone almost got me into it through his application. Luckily, I found ways to

SATAN WANTS YOU Offers a Cure for Moral Panic

August 8, 2023August 8, 2023ReviewMichelle Remembers, Satan Wants You, Sean Horlor, Steve J. Adamas

The “Satanic Panic” is a cultural phenomenon that never really got past my peripheral vision, having largely been over before my time. But if you were alive and conscious in the 1980s, chances are you

A Good Person Film Analysis: How Family Trauma Shapes Our Lives

August 3, 2023August 3, 2023ReviewA Good Person, Florence Pugh, Morgan Freeman, review, Zach Braff

In the heart-wrenching drama, written and directed by Zach Braff, “A Good Person,” renowned actor Morgan Freeman delivers a solid performance as the grief-stricken Daniel, a father reeling from the unimaginable loss of his daughter.

NORTH OF NORMAL Review

August 1, 2023July 31, 2023ReviewBenedict Samuel, Carly Stone, North of Normal, River Price-Maenpaa, Robert Carlyle, Sarah Gadon

I’m certain that I’m not the only city slicker who has googled the benefits and methods of moving “off the grid”; disconnecting from the trappings, systems, and corruption of modern society in order to commune