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Code 8 (Review)

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020ReviewCode 8, Jeff Chan, Kari Matchett, Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell

Stephen Amell might have concluded his long run as DC superhero Oliver Queen/Green Arrow on the CW TV show Arrow and its spinoffs The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow, but if 2019’s Code 8 is

FREAKS Delivers Huge Thrills in a Small Package

March 24, 2020March 16, 2020ReviewAdam Stein, Ava Telek, Bruce Dern, Emile Hersch, Freaks, Lexy Koller, Michelle Harrison, Zach Lipovsky

One of my favourite Canadian films of recent years was 2015’s Room, the harrowing story of a young boy imprisoned with his mother for the first five years of his life before being freed and

New Woman – Mini-Review

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020ReviewBenjamin Noah, New Woman, Rhiannon Morgan, Stephen Oates

Period pieces can be a difficult type of concept to pull off for a short film. It requires a lot of money to make a lot of props and costumes to fit the certain period

Johnny Ma Gives Us Good Reason TO LIVE TO SING

March 17, 2020March 16, 2020ReviewGuidan Gan, Jinli Opera Troupe, To Live To Sing, Xiaoli Zhao

It’s no surprise to anyone in the creative arts how precious performing and exhibition space can be. As real estate booms and condos grow, it can become increasingly hard for small performing arts companies to

Gatherings brings people together – Series Review

March 12, 2020March 10, 2020Reviewdocumentary, Gatherings, Moïse Marcoux-Chabot, Séries+

Does anyone know what it’s like living in a rural area? I for one see some of that occasionally in Canadian small towns, but not too many places. Nothing provides a good look of a

HOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: Johnny Belinda

March 10, 2020March 2, 2020ReviewAgnes Moorehead, Charles Bickford, Hollywood's Canada, Johnny Belinda, Lew Ayres, Stephen McNally

Most of the films I’ve covered in the course of this column tend to fall among the high adventure or thriller genres.Golden Age Hollywood didn’t seem all that predisposed to use the Great White North