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Frankie Freako

October 7, 2024Addison Wylie0 Comments

By: Addison Wylie Steven Kostanski is a gifted filmmaker who can effortlessly emulate styles and fads of the past.  But for as resourceful and accurate as he is, Kostanski has a habit of working in reverse; placing more attention on the final product rather than thinking about who his work should be geared towards.  However, Kostanski’s recent sci-fi/buddy comedy Psycho Goreman suggested that the writer/director was considering his viewers more.  His latest indie Frankie Freako, a throwback with similar…

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You Gotta Believe

October 4, 2024Addison Wylie0 Comments

You Gotta Believe is a sports movie that’s as hokey as you could, well, believe. Based around the true story of Little Leaguers who made an impression on sports fans when the team earned a ranking in 2002’s Little League Baseball World Series championship, You Gotta Believe pulls out all the stops to grab families by their heartstrings. However, the film doesn’t feel manipulative. As he exhibited in his heavier sports drama 12 Mighty Orphans, director Ty Roberts…

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Red Rooms

September 30, 2024Addison Wylie0 Comments

Red Rooms offers the best kind of challenge for its viewers. Despite being impressed by the filmmaking, the writing, and the acting, we feel a relentless wave of dread as the film confronts extremely uncomfortable subject matter and an unreliable lead character.

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My First Film

September 14, 2024Addison Wylie0 Comments

Using meta-mind-bending maneuvers to confront open wounds and find closure, with My First Film, director Zia Anger revisits her experience making her feature debut.  While this latest project may have personally assisted Anger, it’s not as graceful for audiences who are along for the ride.

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Deaner ’89

September 10, 2024Addison Wylie0 Comments

Canadians are currently witnessing a funny contrast in their local multiplex – Reagan is screening at the same time as Deaner ’89. If Reagan is supposed to accurately depict what the United States was like in the 80s, Deaner ’89 is the “meanwhile in Canada” example.

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Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

September 7, 2024Addison Wylie0 Comments

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut is deservedly being treated as an event.  This restoration of the provocative 1980 swords-and-sandals historical drama is currently being screened in 4K Ultra High Definition at select theatres as part of an exclusive roadshow.  The movie is the epitome of a re-imagining;  a perfected cut that scraps all of the footage from the box office hit in exchange for a shot list of different angles and takes, as well as using…

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