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Critic’s Choice: TOP 5 FOR 2023

December 26, 2023December 25, 2023OpinionAdult Adoption, Blackberry, Bystanders, Critic's Choice, I'm Just Here For The Riot, Mercy, Municipal Relaxation Module, Satan Wants You, Stellar, Top 5, Zoe.Mp4

Sometimes it feels like I chart the course of my whole year via the movies. My calendar is marked by film festivals (DOXA, VIFF), major releases (Super Mario, Barbenheimer), retrospective film showings (Showa Godzilla at

Critic’s Choice: Top 5 of (Sigh) 2020

December 29, 2020December 28, 2020OpinionChained, Eddy's Kingdom, Freaks, Monkey Beach, Québexit, Top 5

Interesting, unexpected and catastrophic are all words you could use to describe the opening salvo of the new ’20s. The COVID-19 pandemic has proved particularly difficult to the film industry where the near-universal shutdown of

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

My Top 5 Canadian Actresses

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019Actors, OpinionActresses, Anna Paquin, Catherine O'Hara, Mary Pickford, Rachel McAdams, Sandra Oh, Top 5

Since the publication of my personal list of Canada’s Top 5 Actors last week, I had been pondering my follow-up list of Canada’s Top 5 Actresses, quickly realising that choices this time around would not

Critic’s Choice: My Top 5 of 2018

December 25, 2018December 21, 2018OpinionDeadpool 2, Elijah and the Rock Creature, First Love, Kayak to Klemtu, The New Romantic, The Prodigals, Top 5

It was only a year ago that I was asked to join the team here at Hollywood North Magazine. Up until that point, my film criticism largely consisted of capsule film reviews that I would

My Top 5 Canadian Directors

September 12, 2018September 12, 2018OpinionAtom Egoyan, David Cronenberg, Denis Villeneuve, Directors, James Cameron, Sarah Polley, Top 5

Canadian cinema possesses an undeniably longstanding tradition, and has been home to some of the most significant and influential figures working in the industry today. Here is my list of the Top 5 Canadian Directors: