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Writer’s Block (Review)

June 7, 2018June 7, 2018ReviewShaun Alphonso, Steeven K. Sampassa, Writer's Block

As a writer, one of the biggest problems I occasionally stumble upon is writer’s block. A lot of writers do. It curbs their enthusiasm and creativity making it hard to come up with a concept.

A Street Cat Named Bob (Review)

June 6, 2018June 5, 2018ReviewA Street Cat Named Bob, James Bowen, Luke Treadaway

The world can seem a gloomy place if you pay too much attention to the news, which more often than not abides by the old adage that ‘if it bleeds it leads.’ Thus, people can

CANCON SEQUELS: Down The Road Again – Review

June 5, 2018March 2, 2020ReviewCancon Sequels, Cayle Chernin, Dob Shebib, Doug McGrath, Down the Road Again, Jayne Eastwood, Kathleen Robertson

It is often said that you can never go home again. But if one does venture back down memory lane, they may find more than just the ghosts of their past. In 1970, Pete McGraw

The Breadwinner (Review)

May 30, 2018May 29, 2018ReviewDeborah Ellis, Jean-Lum Goddard, Parvana, The Breadwinner

Most of the time in cinema, there is a concerted effort made to distract audiences from the fact that what they are watching is a constructed narrative. In fewer cases, there are films which deliberately

The Last Casino – One Of The Best Movies Made In Canada

May 30, 2018June 7, 2018ReviewCanadian Cinema, The Last Casino

The Last Casino is a Canadian film, which was released in 2014 and has a cast including Julian Richings, Kris Lemche, Katharine Isabelle, Jacques Godin and Charles Martin Smith. It was directed by Pierre Gill,

CANCON SEQUELS: Goin’ Down The Road – Review

May 29, 2018March 2, 2020ReviewCancon Sequels, Don Shebib, Doug McGrath, Goin' Down the Road, Jayne Eastwood, Paul Bradley

I was relatively unfamiliar with Canadian cinema titles growing up. While there was plenty of Cancon on television due to CRTC rules, the big screen and our family VHS collection remained bare of any production