Two astronomers try to warn the world about a comet on route to impact with Earth in Don’t Look Up. Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) is an astronomy grad student, who discovers a comet in the trajectory of Earth. When her professor Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) discovers that the comet is on route to collide…
The sociopolitical situation in Venezuela is shown from the point of view of five women in Women of the Venezuelan Chaos. Despite the top suppliers of oil, Venezuela has become a very insecure country, with shortages in food and medical supplies. The stories of five women from varying socioeconomic backgrounds are told to illustrate a country…
From director Neil Berkeley (Beauty Is Embarrassing) comes this documentary about Community-creator Dan Harmon‘s 20-city comedy tour of the United States. Harmon has always been one to strive for perfection, which consequently made him quite hard a man to work with. When he found himself in-between jobs in 2013, after being fired from Community, Harmon…
When I was compiling my list of cult films for this year’s blindspot series, my way of thinking was “the weirder, the better.” That said, I’ve been purposely holding off on some of the more unusual films for the second half of the line-up. As such, it is only appropriate that my next film to…
I was a very busy person during the 20th anniversary of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Altogether, I watched 36 feature documentaries and 4 short documentaries that played as part of the festival. I’m happy to say that I was able to write-up full reviews for 24 of these films over the course…
The 1950s and the cold war signalled the true rise of the science fiction genre, with the films often being used as metaphors for the fear of nuclear war. One of the most well-known 1950s science fiction film was The Blob, which was one of the earliest film roles for actor Steve McQueen. The film…
I figured that for my second year doing the blindspot series, I would go for a theme. A few months ago, I purchased the book 101 Cult Movies You Should See Before You Die and I figured that I would choose every film I see this year for the blindspot series from that book. In…
