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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: 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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184: 2022 Oscars: The Nightmare of King Dune

February 22, 2022

We begin 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: Hellbender

February 21, 2022

Final Rating: 3.5/5 Hellbender is the 6th film released by Wonder Wheel Productions, a horror movie company run by the aptly named Adams family….

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183: Make/Remake Throne of Blood and The Tragedy of Macbeth

February 15, 2022

Normally Make/Remake examines how two films that share the same story. Not to say what film was better or worse, but how they are…

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182: 2022 Oscar Nomination Reactions

February 9, 2022

We react to the just announced 94th Academy Award nominations. We talk about the big (early) winners in The Power of the Dog, Dune,…

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