film reviews
'Where the Crawdads Sing' Finds Harmony in Nature
Directed by Olivia Newman
PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2022
Based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name, Where the Crawdads Sing is a beautifully haunting story of one girl's quiet...
'Thor: Love and Thunder' Hammers Home Hilarious Humour
Directed by Taika Waititi
PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2022
Taika Waititi's Thor: Love and Thunder is bonkers in the best possible way. It's silly, laugh-out-loud funny and never takes itself too ser...
'Only Murders in the Building' Season 2 Is Blood-Soaked and Strangely Wholesome
Created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman
PUBLISHED Jul 7, 2022
For a season that begins with a knife stabbed into someone's chest, Only Murders in the Building is curiously wholesome. Even as Season 2 e...
'For All Mankind' Blasts Off to New Heights in Season 3
Created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi
PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2022
The general premise undergirding alternate history narratives is a relatively simple one: take a specific point in the past and then game o...
'Marcel the Shell with Shoes On' Is a Huge Success for a Tiny Hero
Directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp
PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2022
Did Marcel the Shell with Shoes On need to be made into a feature-length movie? No, probably not. The three-minute short from 2010 was undo...
'The Lake' Splashes Around in the Wake of 'Schitt's Creek'
Created by Julian Doucet
PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2022
A dysfunctional family retreats to the backwaters of Ontario, where they clash with the quirky locals and ultimately develop a deeper bond....
'Slash/Back' Brings an Alien Invasion to Nunavut, with Entertaining Results
Directed by Nyla Innuksuk
PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2022
Think Attack the Block, but instead of an alien invasion in a council estate in London, it's in a hamlet called Pangnirtung on Baffin Islan...
'The Man from Toronto' Is Worse Than a Maple Leafs Playoff Run
Directed by Patrick Hughes
PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2022
Originally set for a theatrical release, The Man from Toronto's distribution rights were eventually sold by Sony to Netflix — and what a pr...