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Canadian Film Fest 2025: ‘Vampire Zombies…from Space!’

March 27, 2025Addison Wylie0 Comments

Vampire Zombies…from Space!: if you think that title tries hard to impress the audience, wait ’til you see the movie! Vampire Zombies…from Space! aims to be a pastiche of black-and-white creature features of the 1950s. Director Michael Stasko (co-writting with Alex Forman) nails the visual attributes of this era, yet always remembers that he’s making a cornball comedy. The best jokes in Stasko’s film are the gags that don’t necessarily satirize the genre or the period,…

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O’Dessa

March 22, 2025Addison Wylie0 Comments

Take dystopian science fiction, spike it with musical numbers, and add a delayed pinch of satire – you just whipped up a glass of Geremy Jasper’s O’Dessa. The film is punchy and boasts confidence and attitude and, yet, still doesn’t feel like it completely commits to its concepts. Jasper condenses, what feels like, a self-penned series into a single movie. But just like what usually happens with trilogies, a strong start is followed by a…

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The Becomers

October 2, 2024Addison Wylie0 Comments

By: Trevor Chartrand The Becomers is a highly entertaining sci-fi/comedy that does body-swappin’ on a budget. Written and directed by Zach Clark (Little Sister), the film is a testament to the advantages of a well-told simple story.

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T.I.M.

January 18, 2024Wylie Writes Staff0 Comments

By: Trevor Chartrand For years, filmmakers have pondered the potentially apocalyptic dangers of self-aware, sentient computers: from Kubrick to the Wachowski’s, and everything in between.  The machine uprising is an all-too-common cautionary tale, but has also never been more relevant than it is today.  With deepfakes and ChatGPT, it appears we are closer than we’ve ever been to this trope becoming a reality.  So the timing is right for director Spencer Brown to throw his…

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Jules

August 21, 2023Wylie Writes Staff0 Comments

By: Trevor Chartrand Director Marc Turtletaub, who helmed 2018’s thought-provoking drama Puzzle, delivers warm-and-fuzzies once again with this sophomore indie, Jules.  This surprisingly entertaining film is sweet, endearing, and often laugh-out-loud funny.

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Simulant

April 8, 2023Addison Wylie0 Comments

Simulant is a good recommendation for those looking for a solid sci-fi action/thriller and in-the-moment entertainment.  The film doesn’t have much resonance after the credits roll, but I thoroughly enjoyed being in this futuristic story that’s executed well enough by director April Mullen (88, Farhope Tower, Badsville) and adequately written by screenwriter Ryan Christopher Churchill.

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Infinity Pool Uncut

February 25, 2023Addison Wylie0 Comments

In a plot that would make any vacationer anxious, and in the “not too distant future”, novelist James Foster (Alexander Skarsgård) and his wife Em (Cleopatra Coleman) are suckered into a crime that develops into an additional crime during a getaway at a luxurious resort.  James, who becomes the most guilty, is given the choice to opt out of his execution if he pays a lump sum of cash for a clone to be made…

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Nope

November 4, 2022Addison Wylie0 Comments

Jordan Peele has quickly proven to be a filmmaker with a lot on his mind, which he then translates effortlessly to the screen.  His intelligent writing for Get Out earned him an Oscar, and Us convinced audiences that Peele’s feature-length debut wasn’t just a fluke.  Peele’s third film, Nope, allows the writer/director to expand his scope;  both with his screenwriting and as a visual storyteller.

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