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My favourite of the 5 nominees for Documentary Feature is Come and See Me In the Good Light, a film about the last months of poet Andrea Gibson's life before succumbing to cancer. It is beautiful and inspiring in ways that are honest and raw. I highly recommend it.
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Captured in their own words the final days of poet Andrea Gibson's life play out like a beautiful tribute to life, love, and diversity. Their relationship with their partner and wider circle of love r...
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February 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
My favourite of the 5 nominees for Documentary Feature is Come and See Me In the Good Light, a film about the last months of poet Andrea Gibson's life before succumbing to cancer. It is beautiful and inspiring in ways that are honest and raw. I highly recommend it.
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warning... it has nothing to do with legendary grunge band Nirvana
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February 12, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is finally opening in cinemas this weekend and I can't recommend it highly enough.... unless you have any vertigo. The shaky-cam in this thing did a number on me. But go see it!!
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Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2026)
How does one begin to describe Nirvanna the Band, the Show, the Movie , an absurdist adaptation of an absurdist TV series inspired by an abs...
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February 12, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is finally opening in cinemas this weekend and I can't recommend it highly enough.... unless you have any vertigo. The shaky-cam in this thing did a number on me. But go see it!!
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Unlike the first two films, which were both nominated for many Oscars including Best Picture, Fire and Ash is only up for 2: Visual Effects & Costume Design. I felt the series was running out of steam. Perhaps the Oscars did too. My thoughts below.
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Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
There is a moment in the third act of Fire and Ash that really summed up the experience of watching the film for me. I'm going to spoil a m...
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February 12, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Unlike the first two films, which were both nominated for many Oscars including Best Picture, Fire and Ash is only up for 2: Visual Effects & Costume Design. I felt the series was running out of steam. Perhaps the Oscars did too. My thoughts below.
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Amy Madigan for Best Supporting Actress is Weapons' only Oscar nomination but it is well deserved. The film should have had more nominations. My thoughts below.
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Weapons (2025)
Weapons manages to be both an evocative puzzle of a movie and a classic feeling horror film that draws on genre conventions in a way that p...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Amy Madigan for Best Supporting Actress is Weapons' only Oscar nomination but it is well deserved. The film should have had more nominations. My thoughts below.
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I had to watch Ella McCay to see if it was as bad as everyone was saying and of coarse it's not. It's not great. It's awkward but it has its moments. But it is easily not the worst film of 2025.
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- I checked this out because people were calling it the worst movie of the year and it is no where near that - it's not great, suffers from clunky plotting and some disjointedness - but there are some...
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February 11, 2026 at 12:29 AM
I had to watch Ella McCay to see if it was as bad as everyone was saying and of coarse it's not. It's not great. It's awkward but it has its moments. But it is easily not the worst film of 2025.
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Best Actor nominee Ethan Hawke for his wonderful performance in Blue Moon is my favourite the nominees. Blue Moon is also up for Original Screenplay. It's available to rent digitally and some cinemas are still showing it.
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Blue Moon (2025)
I am a sucker for "talky" movies. Sit me down and let me watch actors banter back and forth with a witty and cerebral script and I'm in heav...
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February 10, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Best Actor nominee Ethan Hawke for his wonderful performance in Blue Moon is my favourite the nominees. Blue Moon is also up for Original Screenplay. It's available to rent digitally and some cinemas are still showing it.
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Nominated for Best Animated Feature, Little Amelie is a beautiful film that I strongly recommend you go see. It's available in some cinemas and to rent digitally. It is my favourite of the 5 films in this category.
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Little AmΓ©lie or the Character of Rain (2025)
For me animation is a way to tell stories in ways that can't be told through live action. In the west we think of these films a being for ch...
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February 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Nominated for Best Animated Feature, Little Amelie is a beautiful film that I strongly recommend you go see. It's available in some cinemas and to rent digitally. It is my favourite of the 5 films in this category.
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Rose Byrne is nominated for Best Actress for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, the film's only Oscar nomination. She's wonderful in a movie that is hard to watch. If you are interested it's available to rent digitally. My thoughts below.
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review of If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)
- a film that is a remarkably powerful and potent portrait of the stress of motherhood -exaggerated, but not unrealistic, examination of how so much falls onto the female parent in heterosexual parent...
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February 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Rose Byrne is nominated for Best Actress for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, the film's only Oscar nomination. She's wonderful in a movie that is hard to watch. If you are interested it's available to rent digitally. My thoughts below.
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At least it's directed by the not-creepy Safdie brother and doesn't star Kevin O'Leary.
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February 8, 2026 at 4:08 AM
At least it's directed by the not-creepy Safdie brother and doesn't star Kevin O'Leary.
Nominated for Best Make Up and Hairstyling at this year's Oscars, the Smashing Machine is a pretty solid watch even if you aren't a fan of either MMA or Dwayne Johnson (who does a very decent job here.
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The Smashing Machine (2025)
Sports movies, especially those based on real life stories, aren't usually my bag. They follow a formula I find tiresome and they glorify th...
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February 8, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Nominated for Best Make Up and Hairstyling at this year's Oscars, the Smashing Machine is a pretty solid watch even if you aren't a fan of either MMA or Dwayne Johnson (who does a very decent job here.
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Luc Besson (The Professional, The Fifth Element) has directed a new take on Dracula but I failed to see what about it felt new. My thoughts below.
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Dracula: a Love Tale (2026)
Luc Besson takes a little bit from here and a little bit from there to make his rather sympathetic to the monster adaptation of the legendar...
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February 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Luc Besson (The Professional, The Fifth Element) has directed a new take on Dracula but I failed to see what about it felt new. My thoughts below.
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With the Winter Olympics starting today I thought it was a good time to continue my 2026 Canadian Film Rewatch Project with the curling themed rom-com Men With Brooms. Sadly it really doesn't hold up. At least Paul Gross and Molly Parker look super hot.
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- sadly this film does not hold up - the humour is cringy and the drama feels forcedΒ - the cast is stacked and it still feels like theyβre phoning it in - at least Gross and Parker both look super ho...
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February 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
With the Winter Olympics starting today I thought it was a good time to continue my 2026 Canadian Film Rewatch Project with the curling themed rom-com Men With Brooms. Sadly it really doesn't hold up. At least Paul Gross and Molly Parker look super hot.
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Pillion will finally reach North American cinemas in a couple weeks. It's very much worth catching in cinemas. My thoughts below.
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Pillion (2026)
I think what struck me about Pillion , in the context of queer cinema, was how it is reminiscent of the sort of gay films popularized in the...
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February 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Pillion will finally reach North American cinemas in a couple weeks. It's very much worth catching in cinemas. My thoughts below.
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The Breadwinner movie cause yeah dads trying to be parents is hilarious π
February 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The Breadwinner movie cause yeah dads trying to be parents is hilarious π
Nominated for Best Animated Feature, Arco is a beautiful, tear jerking film that reminds me how much I miss hand drawn animation in Hollywood films. It's now playing in cinemas and I can't recommend it enough. It's good for all ages.
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Arco (2025)
I wish Hollywood made more hand drawn animation. Thank goodness it's still prevalent in other parts of the world. The gorgeous French film A...
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February 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Nominated for Best Animated Feature, Arco is a beautiful, tear jerking film that reminds me how much I miss hand drawn animation in Hollywood films. It's now playing in cinemas and I can't recommend it enough. It's good for all ages.
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February is Black History Month so I am continuing my 2026 Canadian Film Rewatch Project with one of my favourite films of 2023, Clement Virgo's amazing film Brother, a film I highly recommend.
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Brother (2023)
Clement Virgo's electrifying film Brother hits harder than I thought it might. He employs a powerful framing sequences, jumps us back and f...
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February 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
February is Black History Month so I am continuing my 2026 Canadian Film Rewatch Project with one of my favourite films of 2023, Clement Virgo's amazing film Brother, a film I highly recommend.
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Nominated for Best International Film,The Voice of Hind Rajab is a powerful and devastating film now playing in cinemas. My thoughts below.
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The Voice of Hind Rijab (2025)
Director Kaouther Ben Hania has taken the audio from a real distress call to the Red Crescent, as well as some social media video of the res...
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February 1, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Nominated for Best International Film,The Voice of Hind Rajab is a powerful and devastating film now playing in cinemas. My thoughts below.
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Switching back to new movies, I enjoyed the new Sam Raimi films but honestly I wish it had been even more bonkers than it is. My thoughts below.
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Send Help (2026)
Raimi has made a bonkers survivalist/revenge comedy and it is a lot of fun. Sometimes it pulls back from the edge a little too much for my t...
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January 31, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Switching back to new movies, I enjoyed the new Sam Raimi films but honestly I wish it had been even more bonkers than it is. My thoughts below.
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The final Best Picture nominee is Bugonia, a film that surprised me as Lanthimos' films more often than not do not resonate for me. While I enjoyed it I do struggle with elements of the ending. My thoughts below. It is available to rent digitally.
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Bugonia (2025)
Bugonia is the sort of film that wants to keep you guessing and it is very effective in making you do so. The film is rather relentless in ...
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January 31, 2026 at 5:14 PM
The final Best Picture nominee is Bugonia, a film that surprised me as Lanthimos' films more often than not do not resonate for me. While I enjoyed it I do struggle with elements of the ending. My thoughts below. It is available to rent digitally.
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Did you know you can stream a documentary about the First Lady Michelle Obama on Netflix? Wouldn't it be cool if it got streamed a record amount this weekend? just saying...
January 31, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Did you know you can stream a documentary about the First Lady Michelle Obama on Netflix? Wouldn't it be cool if it got streamed a record amount this weekend? just saying...
Almost done posting about the Oscar Best Picture nominees so I'll take a detour to look at some new films, including The Wrecking Crew which is way more fun than it should be. My thoughts below.
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The Wrecking Crew (2026)
Soto knows how to make really fun films. The Wrecking Crew is another that is far more fun than it should be. The action is on point, the s...
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January 30, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Almost done posting about the Oscar Best Picture nominees so I'll take a detour to look at some new films, including The Wrecking Crew which is way more fun than it should be. My thoughts below.
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F1 is nominated for Best Picture and it is the most mainstream, normie film of the bunch. It is your very standard, crowd-pleasing, blockbuster. I didn't get super excited about it but it is a descent film. My thoughts below.
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F1 (2025)
F1 stands for Formula One (as everyone knows) and it applies to this movie in more ways than one. Not only does it centre on the car racing...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:47 PM
F1 is nominated for Best Picture and it is the most mainstream, normie film of the bunch. It is your very standard, crowd-pleasing, blockbuster. I didn't get super excited about it but it is a descent film. My thoughts below.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. Itβs dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. Itβs dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
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While it's not my favourite film adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel, I really enjoyed Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein. It's nominated for Best Picture, and 8 others. It's available on Netflix if you haven't seen it yet. My thoughts below.
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Frankenstein (2025)
Much has been said about how visually striking del Toro's long awaited adaptation of the legendary science fiction novel is. From the art di...
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January 29, 2026 at 3:17 PM
While it's not my favourite film adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel, I really enjoyed Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein. It's nominated for Best Picture, and 8 others. It's available on Netflix if you haven't seen it yet. My thoughts below.
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