Adolescence
At first glance, Netflix’s Adolescence looks like it might be all style over substance — a “one-take” series that sounds like a gimmick cooked up in a marketing brainstorm. But...
The Monkey
Osgood Perkins’ The Monkey is the latest in a long line of Stephen King adaptations, this time tackling one of the master’s lesser-known short stories. While King has always been...
A 25th Anniversary Love Letter to The Yard & Flagon
This February marks the 25th anniversary of The Yard & Flagon, a cornerstone of Broadway Avenue and a true Saskatoon institution. If you’ve spent any amount of time in this...
Captain America: Brave New World
Marvel used to be a powerhouse, an unstoppable cinematic machine that churned out hit after hit, balancing spectacle with solid storytelling. But those days are long gone, and Captain America:...
All We Imagine as Light
Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light is one of those films that sneaks up on you. It starts as a quiet, observational drama, unfolding in the lives of two...
The Best Movies of 2024: #11 to #30 (The Best of the Rest)
I saw hundreds of films this year, some great, some terrible, and some in between. This list is the rest of the Top 30, movies that I deemed good enough...
The 6 Worst Movies I Saw in 2024
For someone learning the craft of film, screenwriting, or criticism, a bad movie can be just as important as a good movie. Sometimes more important. It shows you what not...
Saturday Night
On October 11th, 1975, the first episode of an upstart young sketch comedy show called Saturday Night hit the NBC airwaves. It originated because talk show god Johnny Carson wanted...
Joker: Folie à Deux
In 2019, Todd Phillips directed Joker, (very) loosely based on the DC Comics Batman villain. Joaquin Phoenix played Arthur Fleck, a mentally ill societal castoff who finds a new identity...
Alien Romulus
Like many horror and sci-fi nerds, I grew up with the Alien franchise. My Dad took me to Aliens in 1986, when I was about 11-years-old. At the start of...