After last week reviewing Jason Reitman’s latest comedy, 2018’s Tully, it seemed apt to take a look at the 1979 comedy Meatballs, which is the directorial debut of his father, the legendary Ivan Reitman. However,
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HOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: Blue Canadian Rockies
Like any decent film fan, I’ve made a point of catching some of the finest fare the Western genre has to offer. From John Ford’s sojourns to Monument Valley to Clint Eastwood’s Spaghetti screen-feasts, I’ve
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Tully – Review
Director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody have formed something of a cinematic dream team since their first collaboration on Juno in 2007. The pair have worked together on three other projects since, with Reitman
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Muscle Memory makes one think
The brain has a strong connection to just about every part of the body. There’s even a lot of experts that say the brain works as a muscle. This film shows sometimes the brain does
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Back to the Future (Review)
With its 35th anniversary having come and gone on July 3rd, there is no better time to revisit the bona fide classic that is Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future. A staple of ‘80s American
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The Perils of Pre-Covid Quarantine in ALONE WOLF
I can’t help but imagine how the protagonist of Charles Ehrlinger’s suburban thriller Alone Wolf would have handled the pandemic and social unrest that have so far marked 2020. He’d probably need an underground bunker
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