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Author: Dakota Arsenault

Dakota Arsenault is the creator, host, producer and editor of Contra Zoom Pod. His favourite movies include The Life Aquatic, 12 Angry Men, Rafifi and Portrait of a Lady on Fire. He first started the podcast back in April of 2015 and has produced well over 300 episodes. Dakota is also a co-founder of the Cascadian Film and Television Critics Association.

Reviews: Red Rooms

April 15, 2024

Red Rooms is a new techno-thriller from Pascal Plante, who’s previous film helped launch him into the conversation of one of the best new Canadian directors.

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273: Best Films of 2023

April 2, 2024

Now that the Oscars are behind us, it is time to put a cap 2023. So buckle in as Dakota and Rachel name their ten favourite films from last year.

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272: 2024 Oscar Wrap Up

March 12, 2024

The 96th Academy Awards are officially behind us! We look at the big winners, best dressed, best performances and hosting!

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Blog: A Collection of Oscar Nominated Reviews

March 9, 2024

This weekend is the 96th Oscars! This past year we published the most reviews ever, and to honour them, here is every review for…

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Blog: If We Were Oscar Voters 2024

March 6, 2024

We are back proving that Rachel and Dakota have better taste than Oscar voters. We made our own list of nominees and winners for each category.

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271: 2024 Oscar Predictions

March 5, 2024

We have come to the end of Oscar season, with our final episode before the Academy Awards on March 10th, 2024. We predict the winners for all 23 awards.

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270: 2024 Oscar Draft

February 27, 2024

We are doing an Oscar Draft! Each person selects 5 movies that are nominated at this year’s Oscars and whoever gets the most awards, wins!

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269: Poor Lives and American Holdovers

February 20, 2024

We continue our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees and the odds they have to win each of their categories. On…

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268: Killers of the Barbie Maestro

February 13, 2024

We continue our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees. We talk about ⁠Killers of the Flower Moon⁠, ⁠Barbie⁠ and ⁠Maestro⁠.

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267: Anatomy of an Oppenheimer Zone

February 6, 2024

We continue our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees. We talk about ⁠Oppenheimer⁠, ⁠Anatomy of a Fall⁠ and ⁠The Zone of Interest⁠.

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