Pablo Larrain: Our Review of ‘Ema’ on OVID

OVID.tv, What's Streaming? ‐ ‐ April 02, 2025
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Pablo Larrain: Our Review of ‘Ema’ on OVID

Ema (Mariana Di Girolamo) and her husband Gaston (Gael Garcia Bernal) gets some real talk from Marcela (Catalina Saavedra). Marcela is a social worker, only knowing this couple because they adopt a Chilean Indigenous son, Polo (Cristián Suárez). And of course, after they adopt Polo, the latter develops violent behaviour and they give him back. […]

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The History of YouTube?: Our Review of ‘Mainstream’ on MUBI

Mubi ‐ ‐ April 01, 2025
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The History of YouTube?: Our Review of ‘Mainstream’ on MUBI

Frankie (Maya Hawke), the antiheroine of Gia Coppola’s Mainstream, is a YouTuber whose main income source is bartending. During one of her demeaning shifts, she gets a text from an acquaintance who calls himself Link (Andrew Garfield). He convinces her to quit bartending and be part of a content creation team, which needs more help. […]

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Saying Goodbye: Our Review of ‘Viet and Nam’

Theatrical ‐ ‐ March 31, 2025
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Saying Goodbye: Our Review of ‘Viet and Nam’

One of the protagonists in Viet and Nam (Đào Duy Bảo Định, Phąm Thanh Hài) is on someone else’s balcony. They look over a Vietnamese that, outside of this house, hasn’t changed since she came back. She gets to advance economically in ways that Nam (Phąm) tries to do by reluctantly leaving his beloved country. […]

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Canadian Film Fest 2025: Our Review of ‘Skeet’

Festival Coverage ‐ ‐ March 29, 2025
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Canadian Film Fest 2025: Our Review of ‘Skeet’

Bill Skinner (Sean Dalton) has known nothing but violence throughout his life. From growing up with an abusive father, to being an enforcer for the local drug ring, he’s earned a reputation of being tough as nails. Now, after being released from prison, he desperately wants to change his life. He has a tough road. […]

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Canadian Film Fest 2025: Our Review of ‘Lunatic: The Luna Vachon Story’

Festival Coverage, Movies ‐ ‐ March 29, 2025
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Canadian Film Fest 2025: Our Review of ‘Lunatic: The Luna Vachon Story’

‘Scary’ looking women always feel like they’re a staple of 1980s culture, especially with wrestling culture, but they felt new then. One of these women was Tracy Vachon, a second generation wrestler who tried out two personas before becoming Luna Vachon. Lunatic: The Luna Vachon Story uses straightforward documentary methods – archive footage and interviews. […]

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Canadian Film Fest 2025: Our Review of ‘Zombie Vampires…from Space!’

Festival Coverage, Movies ‐ ‐ March 28, 2025
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Canadian Film Fest 2025: Our Review of ‘Zombie Vampires…from Space!’

Humor is very subjective, and Canadian Film Fest will put this to the test with its Friday night selection of Zombie Vampires… from Space! The ultra low budget sci-fi throwback comedy has managed to garner some attention through its festival run. But the low grade effects work and intentionally stilted acting will not land with […]

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Birds! – Our Review of ‘The Penguin Lessons’

Movies, Theatrical ‐ ‐ March 28, 2025
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Birds! – Our Review of ‘The Penguin Lessons’

In 1976, Argentina went through a military coup that overthrew then president Isabel Péron. A military government was installed which went on to rule for a few years. Finally in 1983, democracy was finally restored in Argentina, but over the course of that time, violence and uncertainty plagued the already troubled South American country.   […]

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Emphasis on Mid: Our Review of ‘Mid-Century Modern’

Disney +, What's Streaming? ‐ ‐ March 28, 2025
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Emphasis on Mid: Our Review of ‘Mid-Century Modern’

Will and Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick are poised to unleash their newest creation, Mid-Century Modern, on Disney+ audiences this weekend. Set in Boca Raton, Florida, Mid-Century revolves around the recent lives of 3 gay best friends who have all move into one of the group’s spacious houses along with one of their […]

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Canadian Film Fest 2025: Our Review of ‘To The Moon’

Festival Coverage, Movies ‐ ‐ March 27, 2025
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Canadian Film Fest 2025: Our Review of ‘To The Moon’

I love a movie that opens with a dance number, and To The Moon delivers. Writer-director Kevin Hartford’s third feature is a quirky Canadian comedy that sees Sam (Jacob Sampson) and his sixteen year-old daughter, Ella (Phoebe Rex) move as they perform their morning ritual. Is the dancing meant to prevent the moon from crashing? […]

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Deaf Crocodile: Our Review of ‘Ruslan and Ludmila’ on OVID

OVID.tv ‐ ‐ March 26, 2025
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Deaf Crocodile: Our Review of ‘Ruslan and Ludmila’ on OVID

The thing about magical stories is that they can be all over the place sometimes, but Ruslan and Ludmila has restraint. Restraint is an interesting, even a contradictory word to describe a fantasy film that clocks in at two and a half hours. A film that has its digressions, a subplot about Naina the Witch. […]

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