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Reviews: Dahomey

November 11, 2024

Final Rating: 4/5 The western world finally seems to understand that museums filled with artifacts collected by colonizers who went around plundering anything they…

Reviews: Juror #2

November 8, 2024

Final Rating: 4.5/5 In Juror #2, Nicholas Hoult plays Justin Kemp, a man called for jury duty in a trial surrounding the murder of…

Reviews: The Carpenter

November 5, 2024

Final Rating: 2/5 From director Garrett Batty, The Carpenter tells the larger-than-life story of Oren (Kameron Krebs), a “Northman” in Ancient Palestine who becomes…

Reviews: Twisters – Physical Release

October 30, 2024

Final Rating: 4.5/5 Blu-ray Recommendation: Enthusiastic Recommend There’s something magical to Twisters, this year’s major summer blockbuster about storm-chasing. A legacy sequel to the…

Reviews: The Apprentice

October 21, 2024

The Apprentice explores how an ambitious young real-estate mogul became the man we all know as the 45th president of the United States.

Reviews: Paying for It from VIFF 2024

October 17, 2024

Final Rating: 3.5/5 Paying For It, directed by Sook-Yin Lee, is an interesting look into an alternative form of relationships. In what feels like…

Reviews: Brief History Of A Family from VIFF 2024

October 16, 2024

Brief History of a Family is a fascinating glimpse into a post one-child-policy China, and the potential trauma that can come from it.

Reviews: Curl Power from VIFF 2024

October 9, 2024

In Curl Power, a documentary directed by Josephine Anderson, we get a look at the impact that curling has on five teenage girls.

Reviews: Rumours from VIFF 2024

October 4, 2024

Final Rating: 3.5/5 Every year the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries that represent the largest western liberal democracies, gather for a…

Reviews: The Mother and the Bear from VIFF 2024

October 3, 2024

Final Rating: 4/5 It can be a difficult challenge to be a child of parents who have rigid expectations of you. It is predetermined…