NIGHT RAIDERS – a film by Danis Goulet – SPOILERS Beyond it’s timely political message, NIGHT RAIDERS is an excellent bit of science fiction that vividly illustrates the suggestion that technology may be evolving into a form that is more …
TIN CAN – directed by Seth A Smith – SPOILERS At the start of things we hear a newscaster (voiced by Shelley Thompson) saying: “Since its May discovery, the fungal infection has quickly swept across the Maritime provinces and Quebec. …
CONTROL – a film by James Mark – SPOILERS On a sunny afternoon, a five-year-old girl (Evie Loiselle) sits in the sand by the sea and sings “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.” A woman appears, and the scene is intercut …
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE – a film by David Cronenberg – SPOILERS Not nearly as gory as, for instance, Guillermo del Toro’s CABINET OF CURIOSITIES, this story might be an attempt by Cronenberg to envision the impact of his work …
ASHGROVE – directed by Jeremy LaLonde – SPOILERS It is a tale of two couples. Jennifer Ashgrove (Amanda Brugel), a scientist tasked with solving the mysteries of a worldwide plague, is married to Jason Ashgrove (Jonas Chernick), a writer who …
VESPER – a film by Kristina Buoลพytฤ and Bruno Samper – (limited spoilers) We first see her searching for root vegetables in the mud, but that is not her primary occupation. A year after her mother disappeared, thirteen-year-old Vesper (Raffiella …
SLASH/BACK – directed by Nyla Innuksuk – (limited spoilers) In the town of Pangnirtung on Baffin Island, on the east side of Cumberland Sound, four girls, Maike (Tasiana Shirley), Uki (Nalajoss Ellsworth), Jesse (Alexis Wolfe), and Leena (Chelsea Prusky), decide …
VOLITION – directed by Tony Dean Smith – SPOILERS ⁓ “Everything you see has played out before, you just don’t know it. Most people live out their lives only experiencing the present moment – that fleeting snapshot that’s here for …
SIMULANT – directed by April Mullen – written by Ryan Christopher Churchill – SPOILERS ⁓ This is the story of Faye (Jordana Brewster) and Evan (Robbie Amell), a wealthy married couple who purchased simulant replicas of themselves as a means …
THE SHROUDS – a film by David Cronenberg – (SPOILERS) ⁓ The Shrouds is a study in obsession and possessiveness. It is thematically similar to Lenore, and Annabel Lee, and just the sort of macabre tale Edgar Allen Poe might …
LEVELS – a film by Adam Stern – (speculative recap) ⁓ Joe’s smart apartment (voiced by Amanda Tapping) wakes him at 7am. The camera pans across Joe’s bookshelves, and the only conspicuous volume is “Dead Time” by Stephen White, a …
LOVELAND (aka “Expired”) – a film by Ivan Sen – (SPOILERS) ⁓ In a version of Hong Kong that hasn’t happened yet, a hitman named Jack (Ryan Kwanten) follows a cop into an alleyway and in exchange for a wad …
