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Critic’s Choice: TOP 5 FOR 2022

December 27, 2022December 27, 2022OpinionDonkeyhead, Quarantine Fling, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Swan Song, The Long Rider, Unsilenced, Violent Night, We Don't Dance for Nothing

For British Columbia at least, 2022 was the first year of this decade where movie theatres weren’t shuttered for months at a time due to government-imposed pandemic restrictions. After one last gasp of emergency health

Short films from Quebec – Twoview

December 26, 2022December 21, 2022ReviewFanmi, No Ghost in the Morgue

Fanmi A short but simple film that was deemed Oscar-worthy, Fanmi focuses strongly on family bonds. Martine (Marie-Evelyne Lessard) is feeling upset about her recent breakup, but nothing can cure that better than some quality

Foreseeable Feelings of the Season – Review on the Christmas Retreat

December 23, 2022December 22, 2022ReviewClayton James, Rhiannon Fish, The Christmas Retreat

Since it’s the Christmas Season, and there’s been some coverage of holiday films on here, it’s only fitting that I do a review on a film I recently saw. Of course, someone recommended it to

AWARDS SEASON

December 22, 2022December 19, 2022Awards752 Is Not a Number, Ashgrove, Before I Change My Mind, Black Ice, Crimes of the Future, Doug and the Slugs and Me, The End of Sex, The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks, Women Talking

2022 has been a hit and miss kind of year for movies. I’m not necessarily referring to the box office or blockbuster films like the latest Jurassic Park sequel or Star Wars prequel. I’m talking about good old fashioned

The Life and Tragic Death of Phil Hartman

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022The Bottom LinePhil Hartman

His name may elude many Gen-Zers, but the influence of Phil Hartman is peppered throughout popular culture to this very day. His was a unique, multi-faceted talent that Canada – and indeed the world –

VIOLENT NIGHT a Bloody Fun Xmas Gift

December 20, 2022December 13, 2022ReviewBeverly D'Angelo, David Harbour, Die Hard, Jon Leguizamo, Tommy Wirkola, Violent Night

The cultural banter over whether Die Hard can be considered a Christmas movie has become more curdled than overnight eggnog. For the record, the 1988 John McTiernan classic isn’t one. Die Hard is an action