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SONIC THE HEDGEHOG Speeds Past Expectations

February 25, 2020March 2, 2020ReviewBen Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Sonic the Hedgehog

Much of what is seen onscreen in your average film is artifice in the service of realism. Actors pretend to be people they’re not, Production Designers erect true-to-life sets and Directors ultimately craft stories that

Nose to Tail serves up a heavy helping of Hardships

February 13, 2020March 2, 2020ReviewAaron Abrams, Jesse Zigelstein, Nose To Tail

Restaurants are not an easy business to operate. Or work in. From what I’ve heard, the service industry can cause some real inner struggles. Struggles are pretty apparent when we look to our protagonist, Daniel

RABID Remade

February 11, 2020February 7, 2020ReviewBen Hollingsworth, Hanneke Talbot, Laura Vandervoort, Mackenzie Gray, Rabid, Ted Atherton

“Why do we insist on remaking tired concepts?” an off-screen character intones as the Soska Sisters’ latest effort lampshades itself right from the get-go. Canada has little in the way of popular screen titles even

The Zoo – Mini-Review

February 6, 2020February 7, 2020ReviewJulia Kwan, The Zoo

Who has fond memories of the Zoo? I don’t have that many at all to be honest, given I only went to the Greater Vancouver Zoo once (and most likely won’t do so again if

Dusting Off Cronenberg’s STEREO

February 4, 2020March 2, 2020ReviewDavid Cronenberg, Jack Messinger, Ronald Mlodzik, Stereo

The experimental film does not lend itself well to critical analysis. They don’t so much push boundaries as break through them entirely while killing the border guards for good measure. As such, they are wide

Nature’s Cleanup Crew helps the Environment Efficiently

January 30, 2020February 5, 2020ReviewDavid Suzuki, Nature's Cleanup Crew

Everybody’s been getting pretty protective of the earth lately, with all the topics in the news today, Climate Change this and Greta Thunberg that, but one way we can fix things with cleaning the Earth