While there was plenty of action in the European and Pacific Theatres to keep Axis forces occupied in WWII both in real life and on-screen, it seems the Nazis just couldn’t keep their paws off
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Just Me and You – Mini-Review
Ah, Father-Daughter trips. A common concept in short films and features. I’ve seen it in films at VIFF, VAFF, my early days of reviews, and maybe VSFF?. You get the idea, daddy-daughter movies. Or movies
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Real Life Heroes Fly High in MIDWAY
Nearly 75 years after its end, World War II continues to prove fertile ground for Hollywood storytelling. With clear-cut heroes and villains and lacking the controversy and baggage of later wars in Asia and the
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Terminator: Dark Fate (Review)
Times have been tough on the Terminator franchise post-Judgement Day. Where James Cameron’s efforts on the first two entries left indelible marks on the action and science fiction genres, its slew of sequels failed to
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Discovering PORKY’S
Long after he made the snow-covered streets run red in Black Christmas and just prior to lensing the nostalgia-fest Christmas Story, American-born director Bob Clark utilized Canada’s generous tax-shelter film policy once again to bring
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Freddy Got Fingered (Review)
Remember Tom Green, anybody? For those who don’t know, he’s that guy who once humped a dead moose and somehow managed to have a film career. Green was essentially a passing fad who used gross-out
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