film reviews

'TRAMPS!' Celebrates and Mourns London's New Romantic Movement
Directed by Kevin Hegge
PUBLISHED May 31, 2022
In TRAMPS!, Canadian director Kevin Hegge dives into the New Romantic movement, an underground subculture that would inspire the aesthetic...
'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Is Shaping Up to Redeem the 'Star Wars' Prequels
Directed by Deborah Chow
PUBLISHED May 30, 2022
No amount of nostalgia can save the Star Wars prequels, which were disappointing at the time and even worse in hindsight thanks to their sc...
'Stranger Things 4' Widens in Scope and Intensifies Its Horror
Created by the Duffer Brothers
PUBLISHED May 26, 2022
After three years, Netflix brings back one of its most popular shows for its penultimate season — Stranger Things 4 is bigger, bolder and t...
'Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers' Is a Perfect Reboot
Directed by Akiva Schaffer
PUBLISHED May 22, 2022
Does anyone actually want a Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers reboot? No, of course not — and to this film's immense credit, it knows it. A self...
'The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks' Is the Tribute These Legends Deserve
Directed by Reg Harkema
PUBLISHED May 20, 2022
With a new season of The Kids in the Hall hitting Amazon Prime next month, it's a good time to reintroduce the Kids to Canada and the world...
'Top Gun: Maverick' Loop-the-Loops Around the Original
Directed by Joseph Kosinski
PUBLISHED May 20, 2022
In Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise takes to the skies once again and pushes the limits of what a blockbuster can be, giving audiences a front...
Sheryl Crow Documentary Breezes Past the Best Parts
Directed by Amy Scott
PUBLISHED May 19, 2022
The irony of music documentaries is that the music is usually the least interesting thing about them. That's certainly true of Sheryl, a mo...
'The Valet' Takes a Joyride with Our Hearts
Directed by Richard Wong
PUBLISHED May 18, 2022
The Valet is the latest entry in the rom-com micro-genre of "civilians dating celebrities" (see also: Notting Hill, Marry Me). In this rema...