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 Pangnirtung, on the coast of a Baffin Island fjord, four girls, Maike (Tasiana Shirley), Uki (Nalajoss Ellsworth), Jesse (Alexis Wolfe), and Leena (Chelsea Prusky), decide to take a boat up …
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 …
