New review! With the physical release of HIM, Jeff Bulmer reviews both this occult football themed horror movie starring Marlon Wayans and the Collector’s Edition home release. Click to read his ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-him-...

New review! Meadowlarks tells the story of four adult indigenous siblings who meet for the first time after all being victims of the 60’s scoop. What starts out as a group of strangers eventually becomes something special. Read @plexsty.bsky.social’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-mead...

Have you checked out the latest podcast? Here are our double bill pairings we would make with Room. Kramer vs Kramer (Dakota’s pick), Prisoners (Matthew’s pick) and The Lovely Bones (Alex’s pick). What would you make as a double bill pairings? open.spotify.com/episode/44Rr...

New review! Heaven is a re-release of Diane Keaton’s 1987 debut film as a director where she made a documentary about interviewing people about their thoughts on heaven and the afterlife. Click to read @plexsty.bsky.social’s ⭐️⭐️.5 review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-heav...

New episode! We continue our A24 Retrospective series with 2015’s Room directed by Lenny Abrahamson and starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay. Guest Alex Southey joins the show to discuss it. Click link in bio to listen! open.spotify.com/episode/44Rr...

In honour of the great Martin Scorsese’s birthday, here is my ranking of the 17 films I’ve seen of his. What’s your favourite?

New review! Tatsumi follows a low level Yakuza cleaner who accidentally gets embroiled in a conflict when he tries to help out a young woman. Click to read Brodie Cotnam’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-tats...

New reviews! The Leiden International Film Festival in the Netherlands just wrapped up and @elysiacb.bsky.social was there to write about Sentimental Value, Arco, Eternity, Rental Family and more! Click link to read! contrazoompod.com/reviews-2025...

New review! Nuremberg tells the story of the famous Nazi trials after the war. Hermann Göring Was the highest ranked official tried and here we see what went into prosecuting him. Click to read @plexsty.bsky.social's ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-nure...

Frequent @contrazoompod.bsky.social guest Paulo Bautista, had the pleasure of attending the NYFF. He reports back with audio diaries on films he saw. thatshelf.com/contra-zoom-...

New episode! We have a special dispatch episode from frequent guest Paulo Bautista. He reviews 6 films he saw during the New York Film Festival including No Other Choice, Sentimental Value, Scarlett and more! Click link in bio to listen. open.spotify.com/episode/7gY1...

With the latest version of Frankenstein⁠ coming out from director Guillermo del Toro, @contrazoompod.bsky.social look's back at the history of this monster movie. thatshelf.com/contra-zoom-...

New review! The Things You Kill is a drama from Turkey about a man who slowly is losing everything in his life and struggles to keep things together. The film is Canada’s submission for the Oscars this year. Click to read @plexsty.bsky.social’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review! contrazoompod.com/reviews-the-...

New review! Reflection in a Dead Diamond is a deconstruction of the spy genre taking classic tropes and cliches and putting a microscope on them to show the grim reality. Click to read Jeff Bulmer’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-refl...

New episode! We continue our annual Halloween tradition by doing a special themed episode. With the release of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, we look at 3 versions of the classic horror film! Click to listen! open.spotify.com/episode/6yx9...

New review! The Ice Tower is a French film about a young orphan who hides on a film set where she befriends the star of the film within a film discovering how much they have in common. Click to read Brodie Cotnam’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-the-...

This movie is so goddamn good. Go watch this immediately, especially if you like Pontypool.

New review! Blue Moon tells the story of Lorenz Hart the former writer partner of Richard Rodgers on the night that the first Rodgers and Hammerstein show Oklahoma opened. Click to read Jeff Bulmer’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-blue...

New review! In The Piano Accident a young woman is famous for her inability to feel pain, so she makes lucrative viral stunt videos. When one stunt goes awry she gets blackmailed to cover up the secret. Click to read Brodie Cotnam’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-the-...

contrazoompod.com/category/rev... Latest for @contrazoompod.bsky.social Sirat from the Genre Gems Festival. #Sirat #FilmSky

New review! In Sirât a father and his son look for his adult daughter amongst the desert rave communities in Morocco in an odyssey of loss and techno. Click to read Brodie Cotnam’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-sira...

New episode! With the conclusion of the Vancouver International Film Festival we recap some of our favourite movies including Blue Moon, A Welcome Distraction, Blue Heron and more! Click to listen. open.spotify.com/episode/3ibx...

New review! Good News is a Korean drama about the real life hijacking of a plane in 1970 by Japanese communists. The film takes several liberties to help aid in the dramatic tension. Click to read Jeff Bulmer’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-good...

New review! Kiss of the Spider Woman is a remake of the classic musical about two men sharing a prison cell in Argentina and the use of retellings of fake classic Hollywood films. Click to read Jeff Bulmer's ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-kiss...

New review! Blue Moon is the second film of the year from director Richard Linklater. Ethan Hawke stars as famed lyricist Lorenz Hart is this deeply funny and tragic movie that takes place over one evening. Click to read Dakota Arsenault's ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-blue...

New review! A Welcome Distraction is a Vancouver based drama about processing grief and trauma mixed with the story about joining a cult like organization. Click to read Dakota’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-a-we...

New episode! Jeff Bulmer had the chance to sit down with legendary Inuktitut filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk, director of Wrong Husband that played at this years TIFF. Click to listen to their conversation! open.spotify.com/episode/6H72...

New blog post! The Toronto After Dark Film Festival, which screens the best in new horror, thriller and sci-fi runs from October 15-19th. Jeff Bulmer previews 4 of the films playing including Queens of the Dead, Primate and more! Click to read. contrazoompod.com/blog-toronto...

New review! Wrong Husband (Uiksaringitara) is an Inuit supernatural drama about love and family using unique and traditional storytelling methods. Click to read Jeff Bulmer’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review! contrazoompod.com/reviews-wron...

New review! Dreams is a movie about a wealthy white socialite who begins dating an undocumented dancer from Mexico and the effect his deportation has on them. Click to read Brodie Cotnam’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-drea...

contrazoompod.com/reviews-a-us... Latest for @contrazoompod.bsky.social First of my reviews from Genre Gems. A great first year for the festival. #Ottawa #FilmSky

New review! What happens when your ghost gets stuck in a vacuum? You become a tale of love and loss in the new Thai film A Useful Ghost. Click to read Brodie Cotnam’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-a-us...

New review! Ju Dou is a 1990 film from Zhang Yimou that has received a restoration and has been re-released. It is a love triangle story about a young woman who falls in love with the nephew of her abusive husband in rural China. Read Pedro Lima’s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-ju-d...

Just caught the absolute bonkers Deathstalker from Canadian special effects wiz Steven Kostanski. It’s like if the Monty Python decided to make their version of Lord of the Rings.

Started out my Vancouver International Film Festival with Christian Petzold’s latest film Miroirs No 3. It’s a quiet discontenting film about overcoming grief and trauma.

New review! Aniki-Bóbó is a restoration of a classic 1942 Portuguese film from legendary director Manoel de Oliveira. The film follows a young street gang in Porto and a developing love triangle. Click to read Pedro Lima's ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-anik...

New blog! The Genre Gems Film Festival is a brand new fest in Ottawa that plays the best in horror and genre movies. To help preview it Brodie Cotnam writes about 4 films he's excited for, including Dracula, Dead Lover and more! Click to read. contrazoompod.com/blog-genre-g...

New review! The Baltimorons is a solo directing effort from Jay Duplass of mumblecore fame. Here is a dramedy about a man needing emergency dental surgery on Christmas Eve and the hijinks that ensue. Click to read Elysia Brenner's ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-the-...

New blog post! With the 44th edition of the Vancouver International Film Festival about to kick off in a few days we preview five Canadian films that are playing including Mile End Kicks, Blue Heron and Tuner. Click to read! contrazoompod.com/blog-2025-va...

New reviews! Dakota Arsenault and Jeff Bulmer saw almost every Midnight Madness movie at TIFF, here is part one of their program round up covering Junk World, The Napa Boys and Dead Lover. Click to read! contrazoompod.com/reviews-2025...

New reviews! Dakota Arsenault and Jeff Bulmer saw almost every Midnight Madness movie at TIFF, here is part one of their program round up covering Normal, Dust Bunny and Fuck My Son. Click to read! contrazoompod.com/reviews-2025...

Secured my tickets to see One Battle After Another in IMAX. It was a tough decision between 70mm or IMAX hut I think I made the right choice.

New reviews! Dakota Arsenault and Jeff Bulmer saw almost every Midnight Madness movie at TIFF, here is part one of their program round up covering Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie, Obsession and The Furious. Click to read! contrazoompod.com/reviews-2025...

Check out the latest pod with guests @darrenmoviereviews.bsky.social and @beingtsj.bsky.social. We name our own oerson top 3 People Choice movies!

With the conclusion of #TIFF50, @contrazoompod.bsky.social along with guests Thomas Stoneham-Judge and Darren Zakus recap the festival naming their faves. thatshelf.com/contra-zoom-...

New review! Eleanor the Great is the directorial debut from Scarlet Johansson about an elderly woman who mistakenly passes off her friends holocaust survival story as her own. Click to read Jeff Bulmer's ⭐️⭐️ review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-elea...

New podcast! The Toronto International Film Festival has ended and we recap some of the films we saw including discussions on Wake Up Dead Man, Hedda, Obsession and more! Click link in bio to listen. open.spotify.com/episode/3txV...

New review! A Private Life is a French dramatic thriller about a doctor who helps investigate the mysterious death of a patient who she doesn't believe took their own life. Click to read Brodie Cotnam's ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review. #TIFF50 contrazoompod.com/reviews-a-pr...

New review! The Testament of Ann Lee is a musical about the Shaker movement in New England in the 18th century. The film stars Amanda Seyfried as the title character. Click to read Jeff Bulmer's ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 review. contrazoompod.com/reviews-the-...

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