Articles by Cal MacLean

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  Darkman

  Sam Raimi

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2014

  Are there any b-movies anymore? The joyous pulp cinema of yesteryear has been mostly lost to massive studio misfires (ex: John Carter, Batt...

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  Million Dollar Baby: 10th Anniversary Edition [Blu-Ray]

  Clint Eastwood

  PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2014

  Million Dollar Baby is a pretty good movie, simply written and economically directed, with lots of attention to the actors' performances. H...

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  Labor Day

  Jason Reitman

  PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2014

  Over a hot Labour Day weekend, escaped convict Frank (Josh Brolin) imposes on a mother and son for a ride. The mother, Adele (Kate Winslet)...

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  The Visitor

  Giulio Paradisi

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2014

  "Content is king" goes the buzz phrase. It gets repeated too often to sum up the modern boom of franchises and property-mining that's lead...

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  Cody Calahan

  Antisocial

  PUBLISHED Dec 23, 2013

  Watching the opening shots of Antisocial follow its lead character (Michelle Mylett) wander outside Hart House at the University of Toronto...

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  Inside Llewyn Davis

  Joel and Ethan Coen

  PUBLISHED Dec 18, 2013

  The popular question of what a particular artist's best work is will always prompt a debate. But what does "best" mean exactly, especially...

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  Nebraska

  Alexander Payne

  PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2013

  In Alexander Payne's Nebraska, an ornery old man (Bruce Dern) gets a letter that says he's won a million dollars and, ignoring his family's...

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  The Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour

  Ron Murphy

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2013

  Is it possible to write about a Canadian show without considering the general state of Canadian television? Maybe one day we'll see Canadia...