Presented here are my top five favourite animated films of 2023, and they’re listed from best to least. These mini-reviews encapsulate why I think they work. Not only do they represent the best in narrative design but also they are worth seeing time and time again. SPIDER-MAN ACROSS THE SPIDER VERSE This sequel ups the […]
Reviews
Between CANDY CANE LANE and DOLEMITE IS MY NAME, My Money is on the Latter.
Eddie Murphy’s family friendly films should be a sub-genre in itself. Not only are they thematically similar, but also sometimes offer some payoff that viewers can part with. However, his best movies are those when he’s allowed to be raunchy and off the wall, like DOLEMITE IS MY NAME (2019). But when he has to […]
TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR Review – 100% Pure Adrenaline
When I think of the name Taylor Swift I think of an incredibly famous, powerful and beautiful woman who has really transcended the world stage in entertainment and seems to have mostly done it all by herself. I have always been a casual fan of her work and on occasion had some of her songs […]
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Review – Scorsese Can Do Whatever He Wants
A huge wave of euphoria hit me about halfway through Martin Scorsese’s latest picture (he gets to call his movies “pictures”, therefore so do I) in that this is a filmmaker still at the top of his game after decades and still creates his movies on his own terms. Seeing something like KILLERS OF THE […]
TALK TO ME Review – Don’t Talk To The Hand
Where would horror movies be as a genre without teenagers making dumb choices about fooling around with the occult? We certainly wouldn’t have TALK TO ME, the new A24 film about how grasping an embalmed hand (ick!) and uttering a couple of incantations can pierce the veil between our world and the shadow world. Australian […]
SOUND OF FREEDOM Review – The Power In The Fight
SOUND OF FREEDOM doesn’t sound like something you would want to see on an evening out at the movies with its rather controversial subject, yet this groundbreaking and quite alarming new movie currently making waves in release I found such a powerful movie experience throughout. A lot of what you have been hearing about this […]
JOY RIDE Review – Fresh & Funny & Totally Different
Every so often you will see a film that manages to do something fresh and different in a totally unexpected way. JOY RIDE is that film. It’s the girl gang, road trip, K-Pop, Asian -American raunchy feel -good, viral video comedy that we didn’t know we needed. This wild fresh comedy is the debut feature […]
THE FLASH Review – Too Far Gone
The only reason I went to see THE FLASH movie is to enjoy witnessing the return of Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne aka Batman. The music and the Tim Burton touch is everywhere when he’s gracing the screen and I wanted to watch those movies and first animated series again! There’s also Sasha Calle as […]
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 Review – There’s Scary Moments to Shiver To
Although just how much time has passed between GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY films (and other appearances) isn’t too much of a concern in volume three. The story that’s presented continues from where AVENGERS: ENDGAME left off, where an alt-universe version of Gamora (Zoe Saldaña) appeared, and she hates Quill (Chris Pratt). That’s when Starlord’s downward […]
SISU Review – Grindhouse To The MAX
Notable Finnish Director Jalmari Helander (RARE EXPORTS, BIG GAME) returns with his action adventure, war-time new movie SISU, a film clearly inspired by RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD as Helander is one of a handful of modern directors that has the gift of capturing the vibe of the cinema of an era of cinema that is almost […]
ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET Review – Let This Movie Embrace You
I will never forget the late, great Roger Ebert’s review of the 2000 gem ALMOST FAMOUS where he said that he wanted to give the Cameron Crowe-directed, 1970s era gem a hug. I always loved that expression, and I also love a movie that casts its spell on you as if someone that you have […]
A Dungeon Master’s Guide to the many Dungeons & Dragons Films
Contributor Ed Sum takes a look at D&D Film History, from the 2000 Movie to the recently released 2023’s Honor Among Thieves, now in cinemas. Although some fans of role playing games say DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES is a critical hit, there are nuances which make me think otherwise. Hot air balloons didn’t […]
THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE Review – The Big Mac Movie of 2023
As a child of the 1980s, I still remember that moment when my Nintendo console powered on. Our family bought the combo version which included a copy of both SUPER MARIO BROS and DUCK HUNT, the latter of which had the zapper. But we revved up SUPER MARIO BROS right away as it was the […]
COCAINE BEAR Review – You Get What You Pay For
With a title like COCAINE BEAR, you already know what you are getting yourself into. I could just give you an easy elevator pitch; there’s drug use involving a big mean bear who will stop at nothing for a fix and even when pesky humans get in the way. That’s pretty much it. The title […]
THE WANDERING EARTH II Review – We Give You The Moon
The 2019 epic picture THE WANDERING EARTH was a flat out blockbuster from China that was a smash success internationally (it even had a terrific release here in Canada, even taking over some of the IMAX and premium format screens) with many parallels to all of the issues we face on our planet taken to […]