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Gone Curling – Mini-Review

January 9, 2020March 2, 2020ReviewGone Curling, John Howe

There are two sports this country is well known for: Hockey and curling. Everybody in this quaint little town of mine identifies as Canucks to feed into the hockey stereotype, but curling doesn’t seem to

THE SONG OF NAMES Sings a Melancholy Tale of Closure

January 7, 2020February 5, 2020ReviewClive Owen, François Girard, Norman Lebrecht, Stanley Townsend, The Song of Names, Tim Roth

The work of two classical music mavens collides as Québécois director François Girard adapts commentator-turned-novelist Norman Lebrecht’s The Song of Names for the screen. Those who haven’t haunted the symphony in a while need not

Critic’s Choice: Top 5 of 2019

December 31, 2019December 17, 2019Opinion, Review2019, AMI, Canadian Strain, Harpoon, John Wick 3: Parabellum, The Grizzlies, This Mountain Life, Top 5, Who Let The Dogs Out

As we wrap up the last decade before the roaring 20s return, I found myself with an even longer list of quality titles to choose from making my task of narrowing down a Top 5

STAND! Strikes Out as a Musical Drama

December 24, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewGregg Henry, Laura Slade Wiggins, Marshall Williams, Stand

You’re more likely to find a sales associate at Canadian Tire than you are to encounter a musical among the many genres on offer in Canadian Cinema. After the sorry attempt that was Score: A

Our Favourite Movies With Extremely High Stakes

December 20, 2019December 20, 2019ReviewCasino Royale, Layer Cake, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Cincinnati Kid

There are many fantastic genres of movie out there. However, nothing compares to films with high stakes, where there are life or death situations and edge of the seat action. Most of us would have

Whistler Wonders – Threeview

December 19, 2019March 2, 2020ReviewSpinster, The Artist's Wife, The Marijuana Conspiracy, WFF, Whistler Film Festival

While Whistler Film Festival is long behind us and Shaun ended up doing event coverage this year instead, I still got a good chance to watch some movies at WFF which were highly discussed but