Laserblast from the Past: Our Review of ‘X-Men ’97’

Debuting this Wednesday on Disney + is the long-awaited revival of one of the most beloved cartoon series of all time, X-Men ’97.  A direct sequel to X-Men: The Animated Series, which originally lasted 76 episodes over 5 seasons between 1992 and 1997, X-Men ’97 picks up an undisclosed amount of months after the events […]

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CFF 2024: Our Review of ‘Place of Bones’

Pandora (Heather Graham) and her daughter Hester (Brielle Robillard) live an isolated existence in the Wild West of 1876. Separated from the closest town by 90 miles, theirs is a solitary life after the passing of the family patriarch. Then one morning Hester finds Calhoun (Corin Nemic) passed out bleeding on their land. After nursing […]

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A Dysfunctional Comedy: Our Review of ‘Hailey Rose’

Movies ‐ March 20, 2024
A Dysfunctional Comedy: Our Review of ‘Hailey Rose’

Let’s face it, dysfunctional family comedies are popular simply because we can usually see a little bit of our own lives in them. Unfortunately some of them stretch their characters to far extremes, creating an absurd mess that hardly captures reality. While in some cases these films manage to touch our hearts by giving us […]

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An Escape Room Thriller: Our Review of ‘The Path To Totality’

Movies ‐ March 19, 2024
An Escape Room Thriller: Our Review of ‘The Path To Totality’

If you’ve ever played an escape room, The Path To Totality will seem familiar. After all, an escape room is an immersive experience where someone locks you in a room and forces you to solve puzzles and unravel clues in an attempt to escape before the time runs out. Director Sean Cisterna’s film has all […]

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Visions du reel: Our Review of ‘Looking for Horses’ on OVID

Visions du reel: Our Review of ‘Looking for Horses’ on OVID

Many people feel a sense of otherness, a sense of not belonging in the places they’re in. In Looking for Horses, documentary filmmaker Stefan Pavlovic makes his viewers feel his alienation through occasional jump cuts. He sometimes transports us from the landscapes of his home country in Bosnia and Herzegovina to Canada where he lives […]

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HEY TORONTO!!! WIN DOUBLE PASSES TO AN ADVANCE SCREENING OF ‘MONKEY MAN’!!!

The game is about to change… Oscar® nominee Dev Patel (Lion, Slumdog Millionaire) achieves an astonishing, tour-de-force feature directing debut with an action thriller about one man’s quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systemically victimize the poor and powerless. Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon […]

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Deliciously Empty Calories: Our Review of ‘Palm Royale’

Imagine Desperate Housewives set in 1969 Palm Beach, and that’s exactly what Palm Royale delivers. The new Apple miniseries stars Kristin Wiig as Maxine, a former pageant queen who married the heir to a “plastics and mouthwash fortune” he has yet to inherit. Determined to make a home for her husband in his ritzy hometown, […]

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A Means to an End: Review of ‘Praying for Armageddon’

Movies ‐ March 18, 2024

Movies, television, books, and pretty well all aspects of art have depicted the end of the world at some point. Often it is coupled with an underlying warning on how to avoid environmental catastrophe or, say, zombies.  These dystopian views often pray on our fears of what could be a the end of the world. […]

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A Touching Slice Of Life: Our Review of ‘Doubles’ on CFF 2024

A Touching Slice Of Life: Our Review of ‘Doubles’ on CFF 2024

Some films take awhile to get into, such is the case with Ian Harnarine’s latest Doubles.  The film follows the story of a young Trinidadian street vendor named Dhani (Sanjiv Boodhu) who makes his way to Toronto to confront his estranged father to ask him to help the family he left behind years earlier. Dhani […]

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A Striking Documentary: Our Review of ‘The Lie: The Murder of Grace Millane’

Movies ‐ March 15, 2024
A Striking Documentary: Our Review of ‘The Lie: The Murder of Grace Millane’

True crime documentaries have captivated audiences worldwide for a long time. For some it’s the gripping blend of suspense and drama that draw them in. But for others, it’s the real life intrigue that prevents them from turning away. This popularity is part of the reason why when you scroll through the documentaries on Netflix, […]

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