Darrel’s “Dozen” 2025: Double Features
Double features are from times past, when going to a movie meant two movies, plus a cartoon, maybe a newsreel. My double features have some sort of thematic connection (even if you think I’m straining.)
Category: Reviews
Canada Shore: The Party Life of Young Canada
Canada Shore continues the spirit of the iconic Jersey Shore, transplanting the formula to a town that even some Canadians may not have heard of, and introducing us to archetypes we are likely already familiar with.
Riot Women: Kicking back against old stereotypes
Created and written by Sally Wainwright, Riot Women explores the multiple ways that women experience hardship in misogynistic societies, and pushes the envelope by centring older women, empowering them to the audience by placing them in a space they are not usually seen.
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Our next giveaway is positively Wicked!
Dead Man’s Wire: Van Sant’s 1970s thriller fueled by moral rage
Dead Man’s Wire proves that Gus Van Sant knows how to build a killer thriller.
Charlie the Wonderdog: Our Pets, Our Politics
Charlie (Owen Wilson) is a loyal golden retriever to Danny, a shy boy who feels most connected to...
Words of War: Anna Politkovskaya’s story feels timely and relevant
Coming at a time when war (almost) feels on the horizon, this is the sort of film that cries out for truth to win the day.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is deliciously unhinged
Brilliantly brought to life by Nia DaCosta’s detailed visual style, Bone Temple is a raw and eccentric experience.
Daniel’s Top 20 Films of 2025
There are great movies every year and, depending on who you are, some years have more great films than others.
Come See Me in the Good Light: Finding life in death
This film offers us an opportunity to step away from “living” too much to consider death so that we might think about if we really are living.
Rosemead: Lucy Liu shines brightly in her darkest (and best) film
Terrifyingly honest, Rosemead leans into the darkness searching for some form of light. Whether or not one can find any is entirely up to the viewer.
A Little Prayer: Portrait of love
A Little Prayer, directed by Angus MacLachlan, is a story of decisions and consequences. It plays out within a family that seems to be happy and caring. And, for the most part it is. Yet, there is a constant undercurrent of pain and struggle.
The Mother and the Bear: Kim Ho-jung warms the heart in wintry Winnipeg
You’re never too old to grow up. In The Mother and the Bear, Sara (Kim Ho-jung) is an overbearing...
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