In case you have not noticed from its title, Ballerina is a spin-off from the John Wick franchise. As a fan of the franchise, rumours of extensive reshoots that loom over this film’s release were concerning. In turn, there is an awkward, synthetic quality in the final product, where the…

On Sunday, October 16th, Soldier’s Field welcomes two baseball rec teams, Battlers Paint and the Riverdogs, for their final match-up before the field will be closed down for the construction of a new school. Carson Lund’s debut feature, Eephus, dominated by its director’s quirky, offhand humour and an eccentric cast…

In complete darkness, a naked, disfigured monster slowly lurks in the distant background; offscreen, upbeat sounds of children cavorting juxtapose this discomforting off-kiltered composition. Next shot, a shower of rain pours onto the pavement until the accumulated water almost inundates the entire frame. A couple of shots later, the camera…

An endless summer of nothingness. Setting almost entirely within the resplendent seaside scenery showered with glistening sunshine, the newest adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s 1954 novel Bonjour Tristesse follows the aimless summer vacation of a young girl, Cécile (Lily McInerny). She spends all of her time sunbathing, swimming in the ocean, enjoying…

During Ethan Hunt’s apocalyptic vision in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the final film in the Mission: Impossible franchise, a series of nuclear missiles is launched by the Artificial Intelligence antagonist, the Entity. The first city he sees under attack is none other than Los Angeles, with the iconic…

My initial expectation for Ryan Coogler’s Sinners was barely existent. As someone who has helmed nothing but legacy sequels and franchise projects since his debut feature, Fruitvale Station, I carry a vast amount of doubts towards whether he has enough authorial voice left within him for an original project such…