There is something refreshingly uncomplicated about Master of the Universe. While it feels like every summer blockbuster is desperate to be dark, gritty or more self-important than the last, this film isn’t any of that. With a 30-plus-year lore and loyal fanbase, it...
When a film tackles real-world trauma, the stakes for sensitivity and truth are impossibly high. However, director Robert Sarkies rises to that challenge with a film that is startling in its restraint and deeply emotional in what it chooses to illuminate rather than...
After more than two decades of dominating both television and the big screen, SpongeBob SquarePants returns in The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, a joyful, silly undersea romp that proves our porous pal is still capable of delivering belly laughs and pure...
There is a silence that hangs over La Palma, an island whose 2021 volcanic eruption left behind not just destruction, but a strange and trembling beauty. The lava fields stretch like black oceans over what were once homes, cafés, and schoolyards. When writer-director...
There are films that entertain, and then there are films that shake something deep within you. Fitch Jean’s It Comes In Waves belongs to the latter. Akai, a 17-year-old Rwandan refugee navigating the challenges of resettling in Canada after surviving the Tutsi...
Trevor Morris has made a career out of sculpting emotion. His music, from the thunderous landscapes of Vikings to the aching intimacy of The Tudors, has always reached beyond melody to something deeply resonant. In his latest project and debut as a filmmaker,...
There is a quiet power to Romy Weltman. When she speaks, you want to listen. She is deliberate; thoughtful in how she lingers on certain questions, everything she applies herself to is armoured with hours of reflection, preparation and purpose. For years, Weltman has...
Degrassi: Whatever It Takes is a masterful documentary without an opinion that quietly exposes 35 years of child exploitation. For any kid whose childhood was shaped by Degrassi, you should watch this documentary with some Gravol by your side because the disgusting...
In this deeply uncomfortable film, Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins) is broke, in massive debt, has a problem with alcohol and is about to have his home (with deep generational history) foreclosed. His problems seem to go away when a suspicious man named Anniston Bennet...