A passion project of filmmaker extraordinaire James Cameron since the 1990s, Alita: Battle Angel released in February last 2019 to much anticipation. It is the long-awaited adaptation of Japanese manga series Gunnm by Yukito Kishiro,
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DOXA: Doc a Delightful Invitation to EDDY’S KINGDOM
With all the tax dollars poured into stale re-creations of Canadian history on CBC and other CANCON broadcasters, you have to wonder how they managed to miss the riveting adventures of Eddy Haymour. It might
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Shut Up Sona Speaks on Behalf of Artists Everywhere
Artists and Filmmakers are generally misunderstood almost anywhere and everywhere. I of all people should know. Art comes in many forms, like pictures, movies, games (in a sense) and even music. Which is the subject
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First Round Down Serves a Slap-Shot of Story
In this pandemic, I mostly get documentary screeners for reviews, which gets kind of redundant after a while. It’s lucky if I get something different. So I got a rare opportunity to check something out
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Atlantic City (Review)
As he walks down the boardwalk, an aged small-time criminal with a soft spot by the name of Lou, charismatically played by Hollywood legend Burt Lancaster in Louis Malle’s 1980 film Atlantic City, fondly reminisces
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Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Review
Like few other movies, Roger Spottiswoode’s 1992 release Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot made me reflect upon my position as a reviewer over these past few years. So much so, in fact, that it
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