28 Years Later: The Bone Temple – Feels Like a Mid-Season Detour The Bone Temple delivers some striking set pieces and a scene-stealing Ralph Fiennes, but loses the human bite that made its predecessor work, landing as a flashy mid-chapter rather than a satisfying sequel.

The Rip (2026) Review – A Netflix thriller that feels like a real movie The Rip is an entertaining pressure cooker that builds effective suspense, pops in the third-act chase, and stays watchable on sheer star chemistry.

Sleepwalker (2026) Review – Offers neither scares nor substance Sleepwalker has a solid hook, but it never finds real tension or insight, leaving you wishing you were the one sleeping.

The Mother and the Bear Review – Good Intentions Only Go So Far The Mother and the Bear is a low-key Winnipeg comedy-drama with a strong lead performance from Kim Ho-jung, but its central portrait stays at arm’s length.

The Choral Review – Off-key and Lacking Harmony The Choral might scratch British prestige itch, but its jumbled tone keeps the story from truly singing the way it wants to.

Rosemead Review – Lucy Liu will break your heart OVERVIEW Rosemead is a 97-minute family thriller-drama, the feature debut of cinematographer-turned-filmmaker Eric Lin, based on a real-life story. Lucy Liu plays Irene, a Chinese immigrant and widower who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer,…

We Bury the Dead – Ridley Carries Familiar Zombie Grief Trek We Bury the Dead explores grief against a backdrop of efficient zombie horror, though it suffers from familiarity in narrative structure.

Song Sung Blue (Review) – December’s Safest Movie Song Sung Blue delivers a sing-along crowd-pleaser for Neil Diamond fans, anchored by a great Kate Hudson performance, but it smooths out the deeper, more complex parts of the story.

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (Review) The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants keeps the classic dynamic intact and lands plenty of laughs, but it is not particularly memorable.

The Housemaid (2025) – A glossy thriller with too many endings The Housemaid is a slick, engaging thriller with strong performances and an effective twist that stacks endings and loses credibility.

Avatar: Fire and Ash (Review) – What IMAX 3D Was Made For Avatar: Fire and Ash delivers towering IMAX 3D spectacle and strong payoffs, even if the final act runs too long.

‘Code 3’ Review – A fast, darkly funny, often brutal portrait of paramedics. With an effective Rainn Wilson performance, Code 3 immerses us in the relentless pace of EMS, mixing gallows humor with the grim reality. It is not subtle, but it is effective.

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) – Worth It for Its Stunning Craft Avatar: The Way of Water’s plot can feel like homework, but the underwater imagery and third-act action staging are hard to resist.

Resurrection In Resurrection, Bi Gan takes us on an ambitious tour of cinema history, compressing a century of evolution of this still relatively young art into a series of long, immersive dreams.

Oh. What. Fun. Oh. What. Fun. might provoke some occasional chuckles, courtesy of a loose Michelle Pfeiffer, but with some of the most obnoxious characters seen in recent years and some very lame plot points, the film ends up turning its title into unintentional sarcasm.

Marty Supreme (2025) Review – Chalamet and Safdie at Full Power A loud, chaotic, and exhilarating portrait of ambition and obsession, with career-best work from Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow and Josh Safdie showing he can scale his style.

Merrily We Roll Along (2025) Merrily We Roll Along arrives on screen as a lively record of the hit Broadway revival, rich in Sondheim earworms but hurt by cramped framing and restless cutting.

What to Watch This Weekend What to watch this weekend in Canada and Brazil. Five picks across theaters and streaming, plus links to full reviews.

The Baltimorons (2025) Review – Holdovers Meet Before Sunset It takes a while to find its rhythm, but once it does, The Baltimorons reveals itself as a heartfelt Christmas movie that works well during the holidays.

Zootopia 2 (Review) – A Worthy, Softer Follow Up Zootopia 2 will please fans of the original, offering a worthy follow up that expands its fascinating world while delivering plenty of laughs, even if the main characters lose some of their charm.

Zootopia (2016) Review – Just Short of Disney’s Emotional Peak Zootopia offers plenty of entertainment through its charismatic leads and imaginative world, all while exploring a relevant theme with clarity, even if it doesn't quite reach the emotional power of the top animated films.

What to Watch This Weekend What to watch this weekend in Canada and Brazil. Five picks across theaters and streaming, plus links to full reviews.

Wicked: For Good (2025) Review – Earnest, but Still Limited by the Musical’s Flaws Wicked: For Good doesn’t change the source material “for the better”, but its fidelity, performances, and craft will have fans rejoicifying.

Keeper (2025) – Absolutely Not a Keeper Keeper wastes Tatiana Maslany’s strong performance and all its atmosphere on a story that falls apart the moment you think about it.

What to Watch This Weekend What to watch this weekend in Canada and Brazil. Five picks across theaters and streaming, plus links to full reviews.

The Running Man (2025) Review – Edgar Wright Loses His Spark in a Flat Adaptation The third Now You See Me film may overestimate how much we care about these characters, dragging through a laboriously long middle section, but its clever twists and stylish energy make it a surprisingly enjoyable…

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In Your Dreams Brisk yet overly familiar, In Your Dreams pairs a gentle sibling arc with a simplified take on divorce and a generic dream world.

Predator: Badlands works as a stand-alone adventure film thanks to its visual effects and thrilling action, even if its bland characters keep it from fully engaging.

Father Mother Sister Brother (NYFF 2025) Jim Jarmusch's "Father Mother Sister Brother" beautifully explores sibling dynamics through small, poignant moments across three chapters. With humor and tenderness, it celebrates familial bonds, inviting viewers to reflect on their own relationships.

Anniversary Jan Komasa’s Anniversary begins as a sharp portrait of political division but collapses into overblown dystopia, losing sight of its emotional truth.

The Black Phone 2 The Black Phone 2 offers effective scares, evocative visuals, and a confident director at work, but never quite convinces you that The Black Phone needed a sequel.

Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2025 Toronto After Dark 2025 brought horror and joy back to Toronto, honoring Adam Lopez’s legacy through a spirited and fan-filled return.

Shelby Oaks Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks shows his love for horror, but it never finds its own identity, feeling more like a collection of scares than a cohesive whole.

Regretting You When Franco isn’t on screen, Regretting You isn’t entirely hopeless, but it constantly misses its most meaningful opportunity: to let mother and daughter heal together through shared loss rather than through parallel love stories.

Reflection in a Dead Diamond (TADFF 2025) Reflection in a Dead Diamond is a spy film turned fever dream. It is daring, ambitious, and treats restraint as a villain, yet so relentless that fascination turns to fatigue.

Primate (TADFF 2025) A viciously entertaining creature feature that knows exactly what it is, Primate delivers exactly what you’d hope for from a killer-chimp movie.

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (NYFF 2025) Despite presenting itself as a deep character study, Deliver Me From Nowhere remains surface level and overly reverent, ending up shallow without entertainment and introspective without insight.

TIFF 2025 A month after TIFF 50, I look back on an unforgettable festival filled with great films, long days, and Lavazza cold brew.

Murdaugh: Death in the Family (Series) A well-acted and accessible look at the Murdaugh case, Hulu’s new series trades shock for empathy and brings surprising humanity to the real-life story.

The Blue Trail 🇧🇷 (TIFF 2025) Led by a deeply felt performance from Denise Weinberg, and filled with empathy and tenderness, The Blue Trail turns an act of resistance into a meditation on what it means to remain human in a mechanized world, even as it drifts in its final act.

Wasteman (TIFF 2025) Cal McMau’s debut Wasteman showcases two rising stars and gritty realism, but its minimal script limits how far the film can go.

The Captive (TIFF 2025) Alejandro Amenábar’s The Captive brings the story of Miguel de Cervantes’ captivity to the screen with lavish production and biblical scale, yet its restrained tone keeps it from fully connecting emotionally.

Nuremberg (TIFF 2025) Glossy, theatrical, and packed with Oscar-clip moments, Nuremberg revives the famous tribunal with prestige polish and a towering performance from Russell Crowe.

Driver’s Ed (TIFF 2025) Driver’s Ed has Farrelly back in his comfort zone, but this lightweight diversion feels more like a forgettable streaming filler than a festival-worthy premiere.

New Year’s Rev (TIFF 2025) Although simplistic, repetitive, and rough around the edges, New Year’s Rev still manages to win you over with its catchy enthusiasm, very much like Green Day itself.

Easy’s Waltz (TIFF 2025) Featuring bland direction, Easy’s Waltz is ultimately sunk by a badly miscast Vince Vaughn, leaving Al Pacino as the film’s lone standout.

Poetic License (TIFF 2025) Poetic License finds sincerity among the laughs in a comedy that feels fresh, anchored by an Oscar-worthy turn from Leslie Mann.

Anemone Daniel Day-Lewis commands the screen in Anemone, and while its painterly flourishes impress, the film feels more like a vanity project than an engaging emotional journey.

Roofman (TIFF 2025) A true-crime tale too bizarre to believe becomes a film that entertains with its wild premise while uncovering humanity at its core.