I’m starting to really love seeing Malin Akerman’s name in a credit sequence. She is a force to be reckoned with, and since her time on the interesting HBO show Billions, she’s shown huge range. With Chick Fight, she further proves that she can do just about anything. This feminist, hilarious riff on my favourite…

Rarely does a film I’ve never heard of come around and absolutely delight me as much as Dating Amber did. Writer-director David Freyne has created what I, frankly, consider to be one of the most beautiful, relatable films of 2020. Made in Ireland, Dating Amber follows two students relentlessly bullied for being gay — though…

Ammonite director Francis Lee created a touching, poignant portrait of gay romance in the Irish indie God’s Own Country. It was a beautiful endeavour of a film, and one of the most honest about the subject in a long time. And so, it pains me to say that his LGBTQ+ female-led Hollywood glamourized Ammonite has…

Writer-director Fruit Chan has a ton of huge thoughts and ideas, and yet, none of them are particularly well-thought out. Everything, from the shoddy writing to the laughable visuals bring the production down to a level I just didn’t think was possible. Actor Jin Zhang is a wonderful actor, who has been a part of…

There’s something immensely comforting about a family film during COVID, and while The War With Grandpa isn’t an instant-classic, it will help you escape. Groundbreaking, Grandpa is not. It’s actually entirely cliche, like a family-themed slapstick Home Alone spin-off. And yet, I have to admit: I laughed a lot. For all its eye-rolling moments, The…

This incredibly-shot, evocative gangster flick about post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans has a whole lot to say. It’s violent, hugely entertaining, but it has trouble displaying the meaning and pain of P.G. Cuchieri’s script over the gunfire. RZA, of Wu-Tang Clan fame, really comes into his own with his third film as a director, and this…

The Ben Stiller-produced Friendsgiving film is a holiday-themed whacky comedy that sometimes just needs to exercise a little more restraint. For every fantastic, illuminating, character-driven high-point, there is a lowbrow joke or gag that feels like it’s pulled from a different film. If we were to compare to Stiller’s own filmography, Friendsgiving tries to be…

Director-writer Josh Melrod’s bleak, difficult film about piecing your life back together is one to behold. Major Arcana follows Jean, whose life has been plagued by alcoholism and disappointment. When the carpenter returns home to Vermont following the death of his father, he has to reckon with some demons. With a mother who sees him…

In these lonely COVID-19 times, the story of a young, mute child who is followed by monster Larry, who wants to be his friend at all costs, seems timely. Oliver is autistic and constantly bullied by his classmates, so when a book appears in his IPad introduces him to Larry, a skeletal, hulking monster looking…

Okay, to start this review, I need to reveal a serious bias. I am entirely, unequivocally enamoured with the fantastic actor who is Adam Brody. Since he stole hearts as the nerdy Seth Cohen during the freshman season of teen drama The O.C., I have absolutely adored him, and will watch any film that lists…