Reviews: 100 Yards November 12, 2024 Final Rating: 3.5/5 In 100 Yards, a series of duels between two rivals over control of a martial arts academy engulfs the city of… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
Reviews: Twisters October 30, 2024 Final Rating: 4.5/5 There’s something magical to Twisters, this year’s major summer blockbuster about storm-chasing. A legacy sequel to the Jan de Bont-directed Twister… Continue Reading
286: 2024 Toronto International Film Festival September 24, 2024 With TIFF now behind us, it is time to discuss some of our favourite films that played, the award winners and what comes next for the People’s Choice selection. Continue Reading
Reviews: Heretic from TIFF 2024 September 23, 2024 Final Rating: 4/5 In a sermon from April 2003, Gordon B. Hinckley, then-president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints delivered… Continue Reading
285: 2024 TIFF Preview August 27, 2024 The Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 5-15th and we will be in town covering the fest. Here we preview our most anticipated… Continue Reading
Blog: 2024 Toronto International Film Festival Preview August 23, 2024 The 2024 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is almost upon us. The fest has been a staple of Contra Zoom going back… Continue Reading
284: 2024 Fantasia Film Festival August 20, 2024 The 2024 edition of the Fantasia Film Festival just concluded and we discuss some of the films we watched, including Cuckoo, The Silent Planet,… Continue Reading
Reviews: Darkest Miriam from Fantasia Festival 2024 August 16, 2024 Final Rating: 3/5 Working in a quiet downtown branch of the Toronto Public Library, librarian Miriam (Britt Lower) finds purpose observing the regulars and… Continue Reading
