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4/5
Urchin (2025) Blaize Exeter The humour and levity, in contrast with the more intense moments, keep you engaged throughout, and I thoroughly recommend experiencing Urchin in a theatre.
Posted Nov 06, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Still Single (2025) Beatriz Ferreira You’ll be pleasantly surprised with this behind-the-scenes look into Toronto’s only two-Michelin-star chef’s charismatic personality, which reveals delicious flavours and deep reflections on excellence and loneliness.
Posted Sep 15, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
100 Sunset (2025) Neesa McRae-McNicholls A nostalgic and artistic mediation on the complexities of identity, interconnection, and time – or lack-thereof.
Posted Sep 15, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
Butterfly on a Wheel (2025) Patricia Dolor Reflects the reality of countless people who struggle in silence, reminding us that there is a quiet beauty in simply surviving each day.
Posted Sep 15, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Canceled: The Paula Deen Story (2025) Neesa McRae-McNicholls The documentary was directed in a “classic-sit-down” style, keeping the audience at eye level with each individual on screen. This approach created an intimate atmosphere, one that felt like having a conversation at home. It felt real.
Posted Sep 12, 2025  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Frankenstein (2025) Beatriz Ferreira Frankenstein remains as one of Toro’s best works yet.
Posted Sep 12, 2025  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Modern Whore (2025) Roveena Jassal Although the film steers away from portraying sex workers as victims or begging for public pity, it does feel a bit like a social campaign to legalize the industry, which Werhun does hope is a result of the movie.
Posted Sep 12, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Hedda (2025) Roveena Jassal Hedda dazzles in design and Thompson’s performance, but rambles on.
Posted Sep 12, 2025  Edit critic review
3/5
Ballad of a Small Player (2025) Tyreike Reid It's a conversation starter, filled with twists and turns, meant to get audiences thinking.
Posted Sep 12, 2025  Edit critic review
The Wild Robot (2024) Janiece Campbell In a run time of 101 minutes, The Wild Robot effortlessly succeeds in reeling the audience into a tear-jerking and relatable story of parental love, hope and believing in yourself.
Posted Sep 26, 2024  Edit critic review
Hold Your Breath (2024) Janiece Campbell Captivating, visually stunning and frightening. The tense psychological thriller Hold Your Breath marks the feature debut of directing duo Karrie Crouse and Will Joines.
Posted Sep 26, 2024  Edit critic review
We Live in Time (2024) Breanna Marcelo We Live in Time navigates life’s unexpected moments while capturing a beautifully messy romance.
Posted Sep 25, 2024  Edit critic review
The Substance (2024) Breanna Marcelo This disturbing, traumatizing and highly entertaining film is the hyperbolic product of body horror and is nothing you've ever seen before.
Posted Sep 25, 2024  Edit critic review
All We Imagine as Light (2024) Anushka Yadav I really enjoyed this film because it was a refreshing and bold piece of art that explores the power of womanhood, and the deep cultural, class and religious divisions that continue to haunt the country till now.
Posted Sep 25, 2024  Edit critic review
Flow (2024) Roveena Jassal Flow is a movie for all of us who are questioning if we are truly in control of our lives, and teaches us that sometimes, all we need to do is step back, breathe, and go with the flow.
Posted Sep 25, 2024  Edit critic review
Saturday Night (2024) Roveena Jassal Michaels and Shuster's on screen relationship was intriguing as it touched on what it's like to work in the industry as a couple, especially when Shuster was debating whether to use her maiden name or her married name.
Posted Sep 25, 2024  Edit critic review
The Deb (2024) Roveena Jassal Although The Deb is more than a love story of friends, teenage boy drama, and an outdated ball in a country town, it’s a relatable film about growing up and balancing the many different parts of yourself as a young woman.
Posted Sep 25, 2024  Edit critic review
The End (2024) Rachel Goodman Though peppered with great moments, Oppenheimer’s endeavour to marry two diametric genres is ultimately ill-fated.
Posted Sep 17, 2024  Edit critic review
The Last of the Sea Women (2024) Rachel Goodman Its overarching celebration of the shared tenacity and thick-skinned character of this small but mighty band of fisherwomen is what makes the film a resounding success.
Posted Sep 17, 2024  Edit critic review
Concrete Utopia (2023) Breanna Marcelo Myeong-hwa (Park Bo-young), also brings a remarkable realness to her character as well...
Posted Nov 10, 2023  Edit critic review
Next Goal Wins (2023) Breanna Marcelo Next Goal Wins humorously depicts the power of hope and the value in celebrating losses.
Posted Nov 10, 2023  Edit critic review
The Boy and the Heron (2023) Breanna Marcelo Miyazaki's precious gift to those searching for life's answers.
Posted Nov 10, 2023  Edit critic review
2/5
The Mask (1961) Norman Wilner It's of strictly historical interest.
Posted May 08, 2023  Edit critic review
3/5
Poor Agnes (2017) Norman Wilner Ramaswaran understands the appeal of Burke’s testy, impatient antihero he knows we’ll be willing to overlook an awful lot just to see where things end up for her. When Agnes is on screen, nothing else matters. Lucky her.
Posted Feb 06, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
Bros (2022) Glenn Sumi A comedy classic that is as likeable and mainstream as its title, but deeply subversive too.
Posted Sep 15, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) Glenn Sumi While the cheesy genesis scenes of Weird Al’s clever songs are amusing, it’s more fun to play spot the cameo. Often, as in the above-mentioned pool scene, celebs will be dressed up as other celebs, providing a visual representation...
Posted Sep 13, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Aftersun (2022) Glenn Sumi Although quiet, the film builds to an emotionally devastating climax involving a Queen song that you’ll never hear in the same way again.
Posted Sep 13, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai Imagine the teens from Euphoria hacking each other to bits. That’s what Bodies Bodies Bodies goes for but in a way that’s somehow less gross and traumatic, and more fun.
Posted Aug 13, 2022  Edit critic review
1/5
Day Shift (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai Would have gone down easier had there been some chemistry between the two leads.
Posted Aug 12, 2022  Edit critic review
Fall (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai Mann crafts this ride like a horror movie, with enough jump scares, gory sights and twists that make you howl while hanging on to its every vertigo-inducing frame.
Posted Aug 12, 2022  Edit critic review
2/5
Easter Sunday (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai The movie, sloppily directed by Super Trooper’s Chandrashekar, recycles gags from Koy’s excellent stand-up that revolve around his overbearing mother (Lydia Gaston) and eccentric extended family.
Posted Aug 05, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Prey (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai Midthunder giving a muscular performance but can’t wrestle Prey away from the franchise, which makes the Comanche people feel like ornamental props in a better-than-average Predator movie rather than fully formed characters who own their narrative.
Posted Aug 05, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Bullet Train (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai The movie deserves extra props for making Aaron Taylor-Johnson – who has always felt like dead weight in movies like Kick-Ass and Godzilla – an appealing on-screen presence who actually holds our interest up until the Bullet Train goes off the CGI rails.
Posted Aug 05, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Vengeance (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai Vengeance has philosophical ambitions – trying to deconstruct modern storytelling and what it says about us as a society – that are greater than its grasp. Though I did enjoy watching the movie chase its own tail with that pursuit.
Posted Jul 29, 2022  Edit critic review
Thirteen Lives (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai Howard also resists the urge to emphasize the true story’s white saviour element.
Posted Jul 29, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
DC League of Super-Pets (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai More fun than Justice League.
Posted Jul 29, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Fire of Love (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai The images of walls of fire crashing down with the force of Niagara Falls or exploding into rocks underwater is reason enough to witness Fire Of Love.
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Nope (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai As usual with Peele, there’s a lot unpack, what with the symbols and allegories that gesture toward the business of spectacle: wrangling the incredible and the tragic for our entertainment or curiosity.
Posted Jul 22, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai [Lesley Manville is] basically giving Paddington in a Phantom Thread setting.
Posted Jul 15, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Persuasion (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai Dakota Johnson plays Elliot as the kind of woman who has 87K Twitter followers eating up the laid-back 280-character barbs that guard her wounded heart.
Posted Jul 15, 2022  Edit critic review
2/5
The Gray Man (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai I can’t help but think that Winter Soldier was a fluke.
Posted Jul 15, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
The Sea Beast (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai A surprisingly fun, well-written and sweeping adventure that lands most of its gags and sentiment, and even thrillingly pushes the boundaries of animated action.
Posted Jul 08, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai [Taika Waititi] wants you to know that he’s the kid with red crayon scribbling all over a genre that is often more stone-faced than it should be.
Posted Jul 08, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021) Radheyan Simonpillai It's the quiet and contemplative moments - where not much really happens but the possibilities seem endless - that stick with you.
Posted Jun 30, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
The Black Phone (2021) Radheyan Simonpillai For such a basic abduction premise, there are a lot of moving parts and details that either don’t go anywhere or lead to a whimper of a payoff.
Posted Jun 24, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Slash/Back (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai The charming cast and depictions of navigating daily life in a harsh but strikingly beautiful climate make the whole thing worthwhile.
Posted Jun 24, 2022  Edit critic review
2/5
Elvis (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai Never before has a movie spent such a disproportionate amount of time on a white man doing nothing about the civil rights movement.
Posted Jun 24, 2022  Edit critic review
2/5
The Man From Toronto (2022) Radheyan Simonpillai By now you should be familiar with Hart’s banter in movies like this. When working with such witless material, his improvisational gags can land like comfort food.
Posted Jun 24, 2022  Edit critic review
3/5
Fire Island (2022) Glenn Sumi Joel Kim Booster and Andrew Ahn's gloriously diverse and subversive romantic comedy makes terrific Pride Month viewing.
Posted Jun 11, 2022  Edit critic review
4/5
A Chiara (2021) Radheyan Simonpillai Carpignano delivers a fascinating take and perspective in familiar territory, focusing on how a crime family’s fallout affects a young girl’s sense of self.
Posted Jun 03, 2022  Edit critic review
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