Jon Mann has been making shorts for a long time, but none have been as ambitious as Popsy. The Acadia University grad — now living in Halifax — was the man behind last year’s hit comedy short Cahoots, and he teams with friend, Blue Mountain State actor and frequent collaborator Rob Ramsay again for this…

The enigmatic, truly precious Mary Pratt is one of the most revered painters in Atlantic Canada. Her work emitted strong reactions and inflections from people all over, and her labeling as a feminist icon was never quite embraced, even by the artist herself. Like a blank canvas, she allowed others to paint her with whatever…

Jillian Bell has been your favourite supporting character for years. From 22 Jump Street to Rough Night and her scene-stealing role in Comedy TV show Workaholics, she’s been around for a few years gaining the hearts and making us laugh. With Brittany Runs A Marathon, Jillian Bell has taken that final stride into leading role…

This spectacular return to form from Hero director Yimou Zhang is a true sight to behold. Shadow is the story of a trio of dynasties who keep a loose hold on a shaky peaceful alliance in Chinese court. Shot in black-and-white with colour interspersed for emphasis, it’s one of the most transfixing, beautiful films of…

I’m sad to report that this sequel has fallen. After two interesting, high-octane installments, it’s finally becoming a weary subject to see a president’s security team fail over and over again. Poor Morgan Freeman, playing the woefully under-secured president in this threequeel, spends most of the run-time in a coma after an attack on his…

The Peanut Butter Falcon is the type of film that can send you into fits of different emotion. One minute you’ll be laughing so hard you need to catch your breath, and the next you’re trying to hold back tears. It isn’t just a film — it’s a Huckleberry Finn-style journey through the lives of…

This dramatic piece about seven high-school age friends who become trapped in an underground bunker they’re partying in is a film with nowhere to go. It’s as devoid of cinematic depth and lifeless as the bunker — closed off from the real world — and none of the emotion that could have come through the…

47 Meters Down was the terrifying, underwater hit of last summer. It was inevitable we’d get a sequel, and writer-director Johannes Roberts has returned with a pricier incarnation. Yet, the incredible set pieces and heightened cinematography can’t save 47 Meters: Uncaged from a derivative script. What begins as a claustrophobic adventure about four girls who…

Though these three actresses playing mob wives-gone-gangster bring the heat to The Kitchen, they just can’t buoy a sagging script. Though Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish have made their millions of comedic styles that aren’t for everyone, they join Handmaid’s Tale star Elisabeth Moss in bringing bravura performances here. When their husbands go away for…

Unless we’re talking Old Yeller, there are few cute animal movies that transcend the genre and strike movie gold. But if we were to place The Art of Racing In The Rain, it’d fall well above the horrific Cats & Dogs, but certainly not hit the heights of Marley & Me. It has all the…