M. Night Shyamalan has been in the film industry, making a name for himself as a chief craftsman of thrillers for years, and he has succeeded on multiple levels. With devices such as cryptic plots and twisted storylines, he bends…
Read moreTORONTO – There is something overly familiar about Michael Grandage‘s “My Policeman.” Considering the lack of LGBTQ+ representation in media over the decades, tales of closeted gay men and their troubles are not exactly new. And stories about gay men…
Read moreIn cinematic terms, January is usually a wasteland for new releases, often “dumped” by studios that know they won’t perform well, or future Oscar contenders spilled over from their December LA/NYC playdates. New-to-the-year releases are a risky venture, yet the…
Read moreIt's been nearly half a decade since Netflix announced its plans to adapt C.S. Lewis' epic The Chronicles of Narnia fantasy adventures into a series of film and television productions to compete with the likes of HBO's Game of Thrones…
Read moreJaden Smith is an American actor and rapper who first gained fame as the co-star of the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness alongside his father, Will Smith. Since then, Jaden has continued to make a name for himself in…
Read moreThere’s water, water everywhere in “Causeway,” the strong cinematic debut of accomplished theatre mainstay Lila Neugebauer — and oh so much to think about. The laconic Lynsey (a resurgent Jennifer Lawrence in what is plainly her career’s finest performance) explains…
Read moreHorror films are the one constant in Cinema. As audiences love to be scared, their popularity endures. From the terrifying Frankenstein’s monster that was made by the Thomas Edison movie studio in 1910, through the Universal Monster movies of the…
Read moreWhile Netflix and Disney+ continue to churn out original content, Amazon Prime Video is no opponent to be discounted in the “streaming wars.” With the unprecedented success of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Amazon Prime proved…
Read moreAn argument could be made that using voiceover narration in movies is poor filmmaking, a compromise made by studios or directors that shows little regard for both audiences and fine art. After all, the power of film and television is…
Read moreSift through some of his best work, and you will find that Steven Spielberg has always been a filmmaker charged by notions of love and ache for families, both those we are born into and those we select for ourselves. Though his…
Read moreWith the arrival of Brett Donowho’s “The Old Way”, Nicolas Cage gets the chance to star in his first Western. While the genre is far from its heyday of the 40’s and 50’s, respect for “oaters” still lives in the…
Read moreThe anticipation of seeing a certain film is half of the fun of being a movie fan. It's hard to think of anything as exciting as a big release getting closer and closer, eventually sitting in the theater waiting for…
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