It hasn’t been a great year for original movies at the box office. As of this writing, the top 10 grossing movies for 2024 are ALL sequels, with the Blake Lively romantic drama It Ends
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ZOMBIE TOWN Not Worth the Detour
At one point while screening Zombie Town, I wondered if I needed to be viewing it through the eyes of a child in order to bypass the increasing pile of leaps in logic and nonsensical
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Live from Theatres Everywhere, It’s SATURDAY NIGHT!
I was vaguely aware of the infamous sketch-comedy series Saturday Night Live during my teenage years, but it wasn’t until the 2008 US election that I finally saw my first episode. The sketch that caught
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DON’T F**K WITH GHOSTS
Back during my teenage years, I dated a girl who was super into all those ghost-hunting shows that seemed to infest basic cable for a time (Creepy Canada, Haunted Hotels, etc.). There were plenty of
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V/H/S/Beyond Review: The Perfect Gateway for Series Newcomers, with a Slight Canadian Twist
October not only signals a true beginning to fall, but also the approach of Halloween and the glorious deluge of horror flicks that comes with it. Content streamers capitalize on this time of the year
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VIFF: LUCKY STAR Breaks Some Mirrors for Our Benefit
There’s nothing particularly Asian or Chinese about the events in Calgary-based director Gillian McKercher’s Lucky Star. The self-inflicted money woes of the eponymous Lucky (Terry Chen) could very easily be transposed on a cast of
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