I accidentally stumbled on the Hamilton's Trash Cinema page on Facebook years ago and assumed it was just a place where the admin could post photos of the rare VHS tapes he acquired - and I didn't recognize half of the movies that popped up! The ones I did recognize...
VICIOUS LIPS is a mess of a film. The poster promises the intergalactic rock’n’roll adventures of an all-women new-wave band, but the final result is a disorienting half-finished nightmare. It’s got a great premise: The up-and-coming rock band The Vicious Lips must...
J.R Bookwalter's book that chronicles his first decade of filmmaking is finally back in print! Now you too can learn about the trials and tribulations of making THE DEAD NEXT DOOR, ROBOT NINJA and ZOMBIE COP. Watch the video below for my review Spoiler: It wasn't...
The Soldier is a John le Carré style cold-war spy story shot as a mood thick procedural punctuated by moments of hyper-violence (Featuring James Bond). It's as if Soderbergh made an action film in the early eighties and Sam Peckinpah shot the second unit. For a long...
A few months ago, I was surprised to read there was a 1974 documentary called Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939. "Wow," I thought to myself "There was enough Canadian Cinema during that time to warrant a whole documentary?" No, not really. Canada...
“I always fast forward this part” - The Director of The Soultangler watching his own film. When I was a burgeoning cinephile, I wanted everything to be an extension of THE EVIL DEAD, DAWN OF THE DEAD or DEAD ALIVE. The movies didn’t have to look expensive, but they...
****SPOILERS AHEAD, BUT COME ON, THERE ARE NO SURPRISES IN THIS FILM**** This movie was made for me. It has a scene where a Gundam fights Mecha Godzilla with the Iron Giant! I LOVE ALL THOSE THINGS How can I hate it? Well... Ready Player One has three great...
Total Running Time Of Bonus Features: 80 minutes In the exploitation classic Class of 1984, the teachers have to deal with crazy punk kids who want them dead. In the video era gem, Class of 1999, the punk kids are the ones have to deal with the crazy teachers, who...
It's always frustrating to read a THE BEST FILMS OF ____ list, get excited about a film I've never heard of, and then discover that its only played at a few festivals and there are no immediate plans for its release. The reality of today’s media-choked world is that...
The Canadian Screen Awards (A.K.A "The Canadian Film Awards AKA "The Genies" AKA "The Canadian Oscars) are Canada's most prestigious cinematic award ceremony. Because I like making lists, I've collected all the Best Picture winners on one page to a illustrate a...
