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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.

190: Best Films of 2021

April 12, 2022

We’re finally at the point to reveal out top ten films from last year! Yes it is now April but we have our reasons…

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189: 2022 Oscars Recap

April 3, 2022

What a boring uneventful Oscar night. I’m sure there will be nothing to talk about as Bil Antoniou returns to the show after last…

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Blog: If We Were Oscar Voters 2022

March 24, 2022

Have you ever looked at the movies nominated for Oscars (and the eventual winners) and scoffed, saying you could pick better films to win…

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188: 2022 Oscar Predictions

March 22, 2022

After spending the last few episodes looking at the Best Picture contenders and their odds to win, we finally make our big bold predictions…

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Reviews: CHEE$E from SXSW 2022

March 18, 2022

Final Rating: 3.5/5 The Trinbagonian filmmaker Damian Marcano has previously made one feature film that showcased his homeland back in 2013 but has since…

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187: 2022 Oscars: Don’t Drive My Dog

March 15, 2022

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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186: 2022 Oscars: CODA Pizza of West Side Belfast

March 8, 2022

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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Reviews: The Great Beauty

March 5, 2022

This review was originally published on February 25th, 2014 on Live in Limbo. Final Rating: 4/5 Films are made for a variety of reasons,…

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Reviews: Patriots Day

March 3, 2022

This review was originally published on January 13th, 2017 on Live in Limbo. Final Rating: 3/5 How do you talk critically about a film…

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185: 2022 Canadian Screen Awards Nominations

March 1, 2022

We are taking a brief sojourn from Oscar talk, to instead look back into our own country of Canada and discuss the best movies…

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