Based off the book, The Cabin at the End of the World, M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin is a captivating psychological thriller. The film revolves around a family consisting of husband duo Andrew and Eric (Ben Aldridge and Jonathan Groff), as well as their 7- year old adoptive daughter Wen (Kristen Cui) who…
Sometimes, in order to imagine a new future, you have to leave the world you know behind. Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez, Crater tells the story of Caleb Channing (Isaiah Russell-Bailey), a young man who has grown up on a lunar mining colony. For Caleb and his friends, this world is the only one that they have…
Did you ever have a BlackBerry? The rise and fall of Blackberry remains one of the great Canadian tech stories of the 21st century. Anchored by Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, the tiny cell phone company rose from nothing to dominate the market in the early 00’s. At its peak, BlackBerry was a global competitor….
Before Michael Keaton, Christian Bale, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Ben Affleck, or Robert Pattinson donned the cowl, before Tobey Maguire discovered great power webslinging through New York, before Hulk smashed the puny god in Avengers tower or Thanos snapped, Christopher Reeve and director Richard Donner paved the way for every superhero film that has come…
I was skeptical of Champions at first, the English remake of a Spanish film about a basketball coach rehabbing his career after a drug-involved arrest that nets him community service as a coach for some adults with special needs. It’s too easy to find stories like these in super shallow waters, making fun of the…
Is this a rare mid-budget movie or just a low budget blockbuster? Based on the internationally-beloved anime, Knights of the Zodiac follows Seiya, a young kid who tries to make a living doing fights in the streets. Quickly, his life changes completely when he discovers that he has mystical powers and is quickly hunted by…
A deeply Canadian tale that comes from one of the most ambitious Canadians to never leave Waterloo, Ontario. Blackberry tells the story of the former corporate giant’s rise and fall as they pioneered the way people interact through their phones and created the sparks of screen addiction that continued to be ignited in the coming…
There’s magic to the Muppets. Over the last five decades, Kermit, Miss Piggy and the crew have maintained the same energy, earnestness and humour that defined their long-running series and changed our perception of puppeteering wizardry. (For example, the bicycle scene in The Muppets Movie remains one of the unsung heroes of onscreen special effects for its time.)…
In the wake of the pandemic, one of America’s most influential food writers, Ruth Reichel, starts to interview her many contacts in the food world, taking a look at the volatile nature of farming in America and how COVID only exacerbated the problems. There are many problems that have plagued American’s farming throughout the years….
Music is something I’ve always considered spiritual, because, as someone who loves music, the reaction I have to it really is inexplicable. Like why does it make me feel good? (I am also Christian, so the conclusion that music is spiritual was not a difficult one for me to reach). Echo of Everything explores the importance of…
