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The Blackening (2022)
I am not the ideal audience for The Blackening.
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No Hard Feelings (2023)
It breaks my brain that Jennifer Lawrence had never starred in an R-rated comedy before 2023.
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Black Box Investigations (2023)
Black Box Investigations is an Official Selection at the Vancouver International Film Festival. It premiers Sunday, October 1st, 8:30pm at Vancity Theatre.
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Oppenheimer (2023)
The first two hours of Oppenheimer are pretty close to exactly what you’d expect of a Christopher Nolan-helmed biopic.
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Elemental (2023)
Elemental should never have made it out of the concept brainstorming phase.
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Joy Ride (2023)
Theatrically-released raunchy comedies are becoming an endangered species.
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Reality (2023)
Reality is a fascinating piece of docudrama by Tina Satter, adapting her stage play to film.
As an adaptation of the universally-known and -loved novel from 1970, it is what you would expect: nostalgic and rosy and clearly a piece of “warm-hug cinema.” It’s more than that, though.
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Renfield (2023)
The pitch is clear just from the top billing