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302: Best Films of 2024

March 18, 2025

Now that Oscar season has come and gone, it is finally time to put a bow on the films from 2024. We rank our top 10 films of the year.

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Blog: 2025 If We Were Oscar Voters

February 26, 2025

We are back for a fifth year in a row proving that Dakota and Rachel Ho have better taste than Oscar voters. We made…

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294: Best Films of the Decade So Far Part 2

January 14, 2025

The first half of the decade is now behind us, so let’s look back at the best films that came out from 2020-2024. We…

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279: Most Anticipated Movies of 2024

May 28, 2024

Summer movie season is upon us, so it is time to pick what movies with a confirmed release date we are most excited about seeing this year!

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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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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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262: A24 Retrospective – Barely Lethal

December 5, 2023

We are looking at the 2015 A24 film ⁠Barely Lethal⁠. The film stars Hailee Steinfeld as a teenaged secret agent who runs away to be a regular high schooler.

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261: McCarthyism in Noir

November 28, 2023

It’s Noir-vember, this year we are looking at McCarthyism in film noir with three films, ⁠On The Waterfront⁠, ⁠Storm Center⁠ and ⁠Witch Hunt⁠.

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258: Canadian Horror with Kyle Edward Ball

October 31, 2023

To celebrate Halloween this year we have brought on Kyle Edward Ball, the writer and director behind the hit horror film ⁠Skinamarink⁠. We asked Kyle about 3 classic films and he selected ⁠Black Christmas⁠, ⁠Rituals⁠ and ⁠Scanners⁠ to discuss.

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252: 2023 TIFF Wrap Up

September 19, 2023

We wrap up this year’s Toronto International Film Festival by talking about the big hits and misses, our favourite films and the award winners. Joining the show to help us break it all down is Jeff Bulmer, one half of the Classic Movies. Jeff also contributed some festival movie reviews to Contra Zoom.

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