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Matthew

I am a Rotten Tomatoes-approved, freelance film & television critic and podcast host from Vancouver, Canada!  I am a co-founder of the Cascadia Film & Television Critics Association and a voting member of the International Film Society Critics, Pandora International Critics, and the Online Film & Television Association.

I maintain bylines at Exclaim!, Awesome Friday!, That Shelf, ForReel, Movies We Texted About, KeithLovesMovies, and I can be heard regularly on the Contra Zoom Podcast and The LAMBCast.

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  • Zero Dark Thirty | Awesome Friday!

    Zero Dark Thirty | Awesome Friday!

    Everything in this film is utterly compelling. When we finally get to the final act of the raid on bin Laden’s compound by Navy Seals, the idea that realistic military tactics and execution thereof aren’t filmable in a meaningful way is shown to be false. In fact, any time anyone says this to you from now on, tell them to watch Zero Dark Thirty. Link: https://awesomefriday.ca/2013/01/review-zero-dark-thirty/

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  • On Frame Rates | Awesome Friday!

    On Frame Rates | Awesome Friday!

    There are two noticeable side effects of HFR. The first is that things seem to move faster. This is because your brain isn’t filling in so many gaps like I mentioned above, but honestly, this one goes away quickly. It took me maybe 10 minutes to get used to how things appeared in HFR, but once I was, I felt like I was seeing a movie for the first time. Link: https://awesomefriday.ca/2013/01/on-frame-rates/

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