Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) in a battle against all odds to stop the destructive and manipulative power of a machiavellian AI (known only as the "Entity") from falling into the wrong hands. As the Entity has evolved, it has become...
TV can often seem like a harder medium to review because people watch it at their own pace. Some binge, some watch every once in a while and others might watch the start of a show and finish it a few years later. Even so, it's still worth highlighting as this Spring...
Hurry Up Tomorrow follows a fictionalized version of Abel Tesfaye (or The Weeknd) as he is stuck in a world tour after his girlfriend breaks up with him--and it was not mutual. After losing his voice due to stress during a performance, he decides to escape the typical...
Stelios follows Legendary Greek singer Stelios Kazantzakis, a Pontic refugee child who overcame challenges through talent and resilience. To be frank, the film is most reminiscent of something like Reagan, which I reviewed last year. It is covering a man who reached...
Note: It's important to keep in mind the tragedy that occurred on the set of Rust. Condolences to Halyna Hutchins and all those who loved her. This film was finished and edited likely with the idea to honor her contributions as much as possible. The film is dedicated...
Shamed looks as neutrally as possible on the effects of Jason Nassr and what he has done in his professional life. Centering around his London, Ontario trial in 2021, Nassr considers himself a filmmaker and a journalist trying to be balanced with how he portrays...
I had the opportunity to catch 3 of the shorts playing in the Shorts Program at Hot Docs titled Heal & Release. Here is my quick review of them. Orgy Every Other Day This short doc takes a look at the phenomenon of sex parties, particularly Queer ones, as a place...
Life After is focused on advocating for awareness of disabled people’s and their lack of funding, especially here in Ontario and in Canada as a whole in light of C-7 which would allow people with disabilities to end their lives. The film makes it clear that the main...
An intimate epic of sorts, Yalla Parkour covers seven years of footage and time and is told from the perspective of the director who one day gets connected with Ahmed, a young aspiring parkour. He gives her a lens into life in Gaza that she never had because of the...