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Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Featured Festival Coverage Reviews

VIFF 2023: ‘Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person’ Brings Fresh Blood to Familiar Themes | Exclaim.ca

Friday, 29 September, 2023Friday, 29 September, 2023By Matthew

The coming-of-age story is a well-worn tale, but one that still has a lot of mileage if a filmmaker can find a new angle. Director Ariane

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The Fall of the House of Usher
Featured Festival Coverage Reviews

The Fall of the House of Usher Review: Mike Flanagan Remixes Edgar Allan Poe with Excellent Results | That Shelf

Friday, 22 September, 2023Saturday, 23 September, 2023By Matthew

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most influential and vital voices in horror, penning some of the most influential works of the genre in

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Ahsoka
Reviews

‘Ahsoka’ Thankfully Transcends ‘Star Wars’ Nostalgia | Exclaim.ca

Wednesday, 23 August, 2023Sunday, 1 October, 2023By Matthew

It’s fair to say that Disney+‘s various Star Wars shows have been a mixed bag. While the fan base remains rabid, the shows have not all been met

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Birth/Rebirth
Featured Reviews

“Birth/Rebirth” Doesn’t Have Enough to Bring It to Life | ForReel

Tuesday, 22 August, 2023Wednesday, 23 August, 2023By Matthew

…writer-director Laura Moss instead delivers a film with a fascinating twist on the Frankenstein story – at least in theory. Judy Reyes plays Celi, the

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The Witcher Season 3 Volume 2
Reviews

The Witcher Season 3, Volume 2 Starts Strong and Ends Flat | That Shelf

Sunday, 30 July, 2023Saturday, 23 September, 2023By Matthew

If you recall, when I reviewed the first part of the season one month ago, I said, “It feels like this season will be made or

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Reviews

Oppenheimer Review: Christopher Nolan Explores the Price of Knowlege in One of the Best Films of the Year | ForReel

Wednesday, 26 July, 2023Wednesday, 23 August, 2023By Matthew

Fans of Nolan’s work will not be surprised that he accomplishes this with multiple overlapping narratives. The first follows Oppenheimer from his early university days

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The Witcher, Season 3
Reviews

The Witcher Season 3, Volume 1: History Repeats Itself | That Shelf

Thursday, 29 June, 2023Wednesday, 26 July, 2023By Matthew

It feels like this season will be made or broken by the final three episodes, releasing in late July. That’s not to say that it

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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Reviews

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Sinks into Incoherence | Exclaim.ca

Monday, 26 June, 2023Wednesday, 23 August, 2023By Matthew

There’s a moment in the third act of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts where the bad guys have taken possession of the transwarp key (the central MacGuffin

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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Season 16
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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 16 Sneak Peak: The Gang is Back in Fine Form | That Shelf

Friday, 2 June, 2023Monday, 31 July, 2023By Matthew

When a long-running series returns for a new season, the first question is always, “will it still be good?” With It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia now entering

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Little Bird
Reviews

Little Bird Review: A Must-Watch Canadian Story | That Shelf

Saturday, 27 May, 2023Monday, 24 July, 2023By Matthew

Set in both the late 1950s and the early 1980s, the story follows Bezhig Little Bird, a young girl (played by Keris Hope Hill) who

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Class of '09
Reviews

Class of ’09 Is Too Unrefined to Be Great | Exclaim.ca

Tuesday, 9 May, 2023Monday, 24 July, 2023By Matthew

The result is a series with unmet potential (at least in the first half) that will likely receive unfavourable comparisons to shows like Black Mirror or Westworld. That

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STAR WARS: VISIONS, Volume 2
Reviews

Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 Review: Nine Exciting Expansions of the Star Wars Universe | That Shelf

Wednesday, 3 May, 2023Monday, 24 July, 2023By Matthew

Star Wars, as a franchise, needs some expansion. This isn’t to say that there aren’t many entries in the franchise, rather that, with few exceptions, they tend

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Polite Society
Reviews

Polite Society Doesn’t Follow Coming-of-Age Conventions | Exclaim.ca

Tuesday, 25 April, 2023Thursday, 29 June, 2023By Matthew

Polite Society hits the ground running, jumping and kicking in the first few minutes, and never lets up its pace or infectious, offbeat energy. It’s a

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Star Trek: Picard
Reviews

Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Review: A Fun, Final Adventure | That Shelf

Saturday, 22 April, 2023Saturday, 22 April, 2023By Matthew

On the whole, Star Trek: Picard has been a mixed bag. With a languid pace in its first season, followed by a ridiculous time-travel plot (even by Star Trek standards) in

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Shrinking
Reviews

Shrinking Grows Past Its Familiar Story| Exclaim.ca

Friday, 27 January, 2023Thursday, 29 June, 2023By Matthew

With so much content these days, it can sometimes feel like there are no new stories. Shrinking, AppleTV+’s new series starring Jason Segel, covers familiar territory: an

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