Booked and Blessed: Our Review of ‘A Magnificent Life’

Theatrical ‐ March 27, 2026
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Fifteen years have passed since Sylvain Chomet gave film lovers something to watch but thankfully, he’s back. This time around, he gives us A Magnificent Life, a biopic of writer Marcel Pagnol (Matthew Gravelle’s voice). Marcel is rethinking his life after a visit from Helene Lazareff (Flora Montgomery, who, like everyone, plays other various roles). […]

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Impact In The Abstract: Our Review of ‘Alpha’

Movies, Theatrical ‐ March 27, 2026
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Impact In The Abstract: Our Review of ‘Alpha’

Emotions are way more complex then we give them credit for… Auteur Julia Ducorneau with her new film Alpha trades in the shock and awe of the body horror that brought her to the limelight for some more emotional horror about the inevitable failure of our bodies. Alpha (Melissa Boros), a troubled 13-year-old lives with […]

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Rachel Getting Married: Our Review of ‘Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen’ on Netflix

Netflix ‐ March 26, 2026
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Rachel Harkin (Camila Morrone) sits in her car, looking out onto darkness for her fiancee Nick (Adam DiMarco). They’re on a road trip to a cabin where her future in-laws, the Cunninghams, a rich family, are residing. They’re also getting married in that cabin, and like most weddings, a lot of things go horrifically wrong. […]

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Part Deux: Our Review of ‘Daredevil: Born Again Season 2’

Disney +, What's Streaming? ‐ March 25, 2026
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Debuting this week on Disney + is the second season of the rebooted Daredevil series that once called Netflix home, Daredevil: Born Again. The backstory of which is now fairly well known, the eight episodes that make up season two were originally supposed to part of a larger 17 episode season with the rest of […]

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CFF 2026: Our Review of Select Short Films

Festival Coverage ‐ March 25, 2026
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Three Quebecois shorts help comprise the first homegrown shorts programme and the fest gives a second programme, and for this programme, we get… a fourth Quebecois short? In Road 138 from Sarah Warren, onlookers cheer as Gaston Mogollones arrives in Repentigny. Repentigny is a Quebec suburb between Trois Rivieres and Montreal. Mogollones runs that distance. […]

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Commitment Day: Our Review of the ‘Age of Attraction’ Season 1 Finale on Netflix

Netflix ‐ March 25, 2026
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Commitment Day: Our Review of the ‘Age of Attraction’ Season 1 Finale on Netflix

Previously on Age of Attraction… so I kind of made a boo boo with my coverage here. The previous piece on this show had me spoiling the family and friends meeting despite those episodes’ release dates. So yes, those meetings did happen for couples like John Merrill and Theresa Demaria, the latter being suspiciously cagey. […]

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CFF 2026: Our Review of Homegrown Shorts 1

Festival Coverage, Movies ‐ March 24, 2026
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Friends, mothers, and monsters – these are the kind of compelling protagonists we see in this year’s Canadian Film Fest. First up is Franie-Éléonore Bernier’s Ghislaine’s Place, capturing the life of the titular Quebecois neighbourhood matriarch (France Pilotte). What sets her apart is her side hustle of selling stolen food, a steady business for her. […]

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The ‘ITS’ Lists Comicon Special: Top Non-Superhero Comic Book Movies

Movies ‐ March 24, 2026
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This past weekend was Toronto Comicon, a time where fans of comic books gathered to celebrate everything about the medium. Like usual, walking up and down the aisles attendees could find everything from action figures, to original artwork, manga and of course comic books. Fans dressed up as their favourite characters could be seen everywhere. […]

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A Grownup World: Our Review of ‘Monica’s News’

Blog, Theatrical ‐ March 21, 2026
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A Grownup World: Our Review of ‘Monica’s News’

Monica’s News, from Pamela Gallant, is a hidden gem of a movie bouncing around festivals for about two years. Finally getting a theatrical release, although limited, it tells the story of Casey (Polly Gallant-Mclean) from Nova Scotia. The village’s first paper girl, she gets into other people’s houses, houses with sad and couch ridden women. […]

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Fighting Back: Our Review of ‘Nika and Madison’

Theatrical ‐ March 20, 2026
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Fighting Back: Our Review of ‘Nika and Madison’

Madison (Star Slade) finds herself under the mercy of PC Boyd (David Reale), a rapist cop. Thankfully, her cousin Nika (Ellyn Jade) injures Boyd, calls backup, and they drive away from the scene. Investigating Boyd’s assault are Detective Timmins (Amanda Brugel) and Warhurst (Shawn Doyle). Meanwhile, the titular Nika and Madison return to their reserve. […]

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