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Eddy Yang – Split the Night – Single Review

Modernizing indie guitar pop isn’t easy, but someone has to do it. In his new single, LA indie-rocker Eddy Yang blends a parts of electronic dance, with his guitar tones to make something uniquely forward sounding. With layers of clanging guitars ringing over the pumping drum machine it sounds oddly like a new take on a natural sound, thanks to the warm feeling of the guitars pushed into the…

The Long Dark Road – The Long Dark Road – EP Review

//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=972384255/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=e32c14/tracklist=false/ A few songs doesn’t necessarily mean a short album. On the new EP from Toronto’s The Long Dark Road, the band takes four songs and fits almost an entire album’s worth of content on them. Mixing parts System Of A Down, Deafheaven, Baroness and others along with post-punk, metal and screamo…

Gifted – Movie Review

Gifted – Movie Review Rating: B- (Okay) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Fox Searchlight Pictures Sentimental films deserve more credit for the difficulty that comes from not making them too schmaltzy to the point of sappiness. Gifted, on occasion, manages to overcome that boundary and then leaps back into syrup at other points. Marc…

Song to Song – Movie Review

Song to Song – Movie Review Rating: B- (Okay) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy eOne Films Terrence Malick’s recent output has been one of contention among cinephiles. Once revered for his amazing visual eye and use of classical music, many feel he has become a parody of himself. However, there are still those who support his vision and…

Smurfs: The Lost Village – Movie Review

Smurfs: The Lost Village – Movie Review Rating: A- (Great) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Sony Pictures As commercially successful as the hybrid Smurfs films from a couple of years ago were, they left most Smurfs fans disappointed with their tendency to shift focus towards dull human characters and pop-culture references. Smurfs: The…

The Zookeeper’s Wife – Movie Review

The Zookeeper’s Wife – Movie Review Rating: B (Good) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Elevation Pictures The Holocaust is frequently depicted on film, not only because it’s a time period that should never be forgotten, but also because there are still many stories to tell. The Zookeeper’s Wife doesn’t rank among the best Holocaust films,…

Must See Movies This Spring

Must See Movies This Spring Spring is in the air and these sure to be hits will all be coming soon to a cinema near you. CHiPs This reboot of the classic 1970s and 1980s NBC buddy cop series sees Dax Shepard, who also writes and directs the movie, and Michael Peña pair off as hapless middle-aged California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers Jon Baker and Frank “Ponch” Poncherello. Before too long…

The Boss Baby – Movie Review

The Boss Baby – Movie Review Rating: C+ (Above Average) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy 20th Century Fox DreamWorks Animation can best be described as the chocolate box of animation studios. Due to the multitude of projects being worked on concurrently, there is not a specific art style and storytelling approach taken by their films. The…

Life (2017) – Movie Review

Life – Movie Review Rating: B- (Okay) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Sony Pictures In the wake of Ridley Scott’s Alien in 1979, every outer space set horror film has been obviously inspired by that work of cinema. It’s not hard to understand as it provides a solid template on which to mount a potentially suspenseful haunted house movie…

Power Rangers – Movie Review

Power Rangers – Movie Review Rating: D+ (Bad) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy eOne Films If there was a property popular with children in the 1990s that left their parents perplexed, it was Power Rangers. Even Pokemon had the cuteness and collectable factor attached to it. However, Power Rangers was nothing more than the Japanese series…

Wilson – Movie Review

Wilson – Movie Review Rating: B (Good) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Fox Searchlight Pictures Daniel Clowes’s style of graphic novels, about real people in absurd comic situations, lends itself well to filmmaking. The prime example is Terry Zwigoff’s Ghost World, a brilliant translation from comic to screen. With Wilson, Clowes adapts…

Beauty and the Beast – Movie Review

Beauty and the Beast – Movie Review Rating: B (Good) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Walt Disney Studios In Disney’s vast catalogue of animated titles, Beauty and the Beast is generally regarded as one of their best works. The decision to make a live-action version is sure to create suspicion of the studio merely cashing in on a movie…

Goon: Last of the Enforcers – Movie Review

Goon: Last of the Enforcers – Movie Review Rating: C+ (Above Average) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy eOne Films There was little surprise when Goon resonated with ice hockey-loving Canadians, thanks to its winning humour and ensemble of wacky characters. Driving the plot was the rivalry between Seann William Scott’s Doug and Liev…

T2: Trainspotting – Movie Review

T2: Trainspotting – Movie Review Rating: B+ (Very Good) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Sony Pictures Trainspotting was a quintessential film for many young people during the 1990s and even entering into the new millennium. Danny Boyle directed this story of a group of heroin addicts with a lot of energy and despite its central message,…

Ed Roman – Red Omen – Album Review 

If you’ve ever heard something from the late 80s or early 90s and can’t quite put your finger on the feel of the era, Ed Roman has an album for you. On the cleverly titled Red Omen, Roman mixes the styles of Barenaked Ladies, Paul Simon, and even a touch of July Talk, along with metal and some gypsy jazz for an album with more genre hopping than a Weird Al record, that’s only funny until it’s…

The Last Word – Movie Review

The Last Word – Movie Review Rating: C- (Below Average) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy Elevation Pictures It’s almost always pleasing to see a veteran actress play the lead role in a new film. The key is to make sure the script they’re handed and the film surrounding them is worthy of their talents. Shirley MacLaine does deliver as the…

Ballerina – Movie Review

Ballerina – Movie Review Rating: C+ (Average) Trailer/Thumbnail Courtesy eOne Films It can sometimes be hard to have a critical hat on most of the time. Occasionally, you come across a film that is clearly not meant to be dissected in any meaningful way and is aimed at a specific niche audience that will probably appreciate it more.…