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We have a special video @contrazoompod.bsky.social episode where Jeff Bulmer takes the reins to interview ⁠Paying For It⁠ writer and director Sook-Yin Lee.
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Contra Zoom Pod Episode 322: Paying For It Interview with Sook-Yin Lee
A special Contra Zoom Pod video episode sees Jeff Bulmer take the reins to interview ⁠Paying For It⁠ writer and director Sook-Yin Lee.
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February 10, 2026 at 9:47 PM
.@contrazoompod.bsky.social begin looking at all the Best Picture-nominated films and the odds they have to win. For this first episode of 2026, they look at ⁠Sinners⁠, ⁠Hamnet⁠ & ⁠F1⁠.
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Contra Zoom Pod Episode 323: Sinner’s Hamnet of F1
Contra Zoom Pod begin looking at all the Best Picture-nominated films and the odds they have to win. Here, they look at Sinners⁠, ⁠< em> Hamnet⁠ , and F1.
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February 10, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Markiplier makes a promising, horrifying directorial debut with #IronLung, a film that will have you feeling like you're drenched in blood.
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Iron Lung Review: Markiplier’s Bloody Directorial Debut
Unnerving, unsettling, and downright horrifying, Markiplier makes a promising directorial debut as he combines claustrophobia, blood, and Lovecraftian horror in Iron Lung.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Adam Meeks's Union County is an authentic, thoughtful, and inspiring view into the long road to sobriety. #sudance2026
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Union County Review: An Authentic Look at Overcoming Addiction
Adam Meeks' first feature Union County is an authentic and hopeful portrait of the long road to recovery featuring a strong performance by Will Poulter.
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February 8, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Blunt, sweaty, and completely unconcerned with subtlety,#TheRip is dad-movie fun.
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The Rip Review: An Entertaining, Dad-Coded Police Thriller
Reuniting Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, The Rip is an entertaining, dad-coded police thriller.
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February 8, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Sometimes it really is an honour to just be nominated. As we count down to the #Oscars, @bilantoniou.bsky.social picks the top 10 Best Picture nominees that won absolutely nothing.
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The Classics Shelf: The Top 10 Best Picture Nominees That Didn’t Win Anything
For a movie that has campaigned hard and made it to the final group of nominees, a Best Picture loss is a disappointment, but winning at least one category throughout the night helps soothe the pain. Going home completely empty-handed, however, has to be a much bigger sorrow.
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February 8, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Sam Raimi's #SendHelp is for all of the sickos out there. Nasty, gnarly, and mean in all of the right ways, it's a helluva good time.
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Send Help Review: This One’s for the Sickos
Sam Raimi's Send Help is for all of the sickos out there. It's gnarly, nasty, and mean in all of the right ways.
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February 7, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Beth de Araujo's #Sundance winning feature #Josephine is a heartbreaking drama about the loss of innocence.
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Josephine Review: Sundance 2026
Featuring a career best performance from Channing Tatum and an incredible debut from Mason Reeves, the Sundance Award winning Josephine will break your heart.
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February 7, 2026 at 9:53 PM
#Sundance2026: We take a look at some of the short films (¡Pika!, Sauna Sickness, Jazz infernal, Together Forever) that played at #Sundance this year.
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¡Pika!, Sauna Sickness, Jazz Infernal, Together Forever: Sundance 2026 Review
We take a look at some of the Sundance short films, ¡Pika!, Sauna Sickness, Jazz infernal, and Together Forever, that screened at the festival this year.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:05 PM
#Sundance2026: Once Upon a Time in Harlem is masterful film that provides audiences with a new way to view the Harlem Renaissance and those involved in it. #sundance
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Once Upon a Time in Harlem: Sundance 2026 Review
Once Upon a Time in Harlem is masterful film that provides audiences with a new way to view the Harlem Renaissance and those involved in it.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:43 AM
This one hits hard. A once-in-a-lifetime talent. An icon. A National Treasure. Catherine O'Hara, Canadian star of Home Alone, Beetlejuice, and Schitt's Creek, passes at 71.
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Canadian Film and TV Icon Catherine O’Hara Passes Away at 71
O’Hara passed of a sudden illness today. Tributes and celebrations of the Canadian film and TV icon's life flooded social media.
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February 1, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Josephine and Nuisance Bear lead the winners of this year's #Sundance Film Festival.
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Josephine, Nuisance Bear Lead Sundance Film Festival Winners
Josephine starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan and Nuisance Bear by Canadian filmmakers Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman lead Sundance winners.
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January 31, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Sam Riley shines in #Islands—a sun-drenched, sweat-soaked mystery. Read the review by @smatthew.bsky.social:
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Islands Review: Sam Riley shines in this sun-drenched mystery
Sam Riley shines in Islands—a sun-drenched, sweat-soaked mystery also starring Jack Farthing and Stacy Martin.
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January 31, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Ugo Bienvenu's #Arco is a dazzling cinematic journey of adolescence during times of drastic change.
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Arco Review: A Dazzling Exploration of Adolescence
Ugo Bienvenu's Arco is a dazzling cinematic odyssey of adolescence during hardship, told through the eyes of a time-travelling 10-year-old boy.
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January 29, 2026 at 1:40 PM
@contrazoompod.bsky.social covers the Oscar nominations! They discuss #Sinners setting a record, wonder if One Battle after Another is the frontrunner and more.
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Contra Zoom Pod Episode 321: 2026 Oscar Nomination Reactions
The CZP guys talk about the Oscar nominations. They discuss Sinners setting a record, wonder if One Battle after Another is the frontrunner and more.
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January 28, 2026 at 11:58 PM
2026 #Oscar Nominations: #Sinners makes history, Wicked: For Good gets shut out, and Marty Supreme, One Battle after Another, Hamnet, and Frankenstein are all in with a chance.
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January 22, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Canadian filmmaking team Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli pile on the eerie atmosphere in their sophomore film, #Honey#Bunch. Catch the new trailer before it hits theatres this Friday!
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Honey Bunch Trailer: All is Not What It Seems
Canadian filmmaking team Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli pile on the eerie atmosphere in their sophomore film, Honey Bunch. Catch the new trailer before it hits theatres this Friday!
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January 19, 2026 at 7:08 AM
While #WordsOfWar may take some liberties in telling the story of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, it's a compelling drama about freedom of speech and reporting during hard times.
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Words of War Review: A Timely Look at the Power of the Free Press
Though Words of War lacks complete accuracy- as is common in the biopic genre- it still musters up a mostly true story about an incredibly important topic.
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January 18, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Amanda Seyfried leads The Testament of Ann Lee, Mona Fastvold's idiosyncratic exploration of religious faith, spiritual leadership, and psychological portraiture.
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The Testament of Ann Lee Review: Amanda Seyfried Leads Idiosyncratic Musical
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January 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Lucy Liu gives a career-defining performance in #Rosemead, playing a terminally ill woman trying to deal with her schizophrenic teenage son.
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Rosemead Review: A Career Best for Lucy Liu
Lucy Liu gives a career-defining performance in this cautionary tale of love, death and mental illness.
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January 17, 2026 at 1:07 AM
DEEPFAKING SAM ALTMAN is an illuminating, hilarious, and chilling look at the state of artificial intelligence and the way it's shaping our future.
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Deepfaking Sam Altman Review: Artificial Empathy
Deepfaking Sam Altman is an illuminating, hilarious, and chilling look at the state of artificial intelligence and the way it's shaping our future.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:03 PM
A tale of movers and Shakers: Amanda Seyfried and Mona Fastvold join us to discuss their divine musical The Testament of Ann Lee.
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Amanda Seyfried and Mona Fastvold on The Testament of Ann Lee and Divine Music
An interview with The Testament of Ann Lee star Amanda Seyfried and director Mona Fastvold on their divine musical about movers and Shakers.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Daisy Ridley gives a poignant performance in We Bury the Dead, a zombie survival horror film that gives an intimate portrayal of grief, @yikesitsamy writes
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We Bury The Dead Review: An Intimate Portrayal of Loss & the Undead
Daisy Ridley stars in zombie survival horror We Bury the Dead, which borrows common tropes to tell a resonant portrayal of grief.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:21 AM
A tale of movers and Shakers: Amanda Seyfried and Mona Fastvold join us to discuss their divine musical The Testament of Ann Lee.
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Amanda Seyfried and Mona Fastvold on The Testament of Ann Lee and Divine Music
An interview with The Testament of Ann Lee star Amanda Seyfried and director Mona Fastvold on their divine musical about movers and Shakers.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:07 AM
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple might already be 2026’s best horror film, and its scariest monsters aren’t the infected.
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Review – Sets the Horror Bar for 2026
Bleak, brutal, and deeply human, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple proves the franchise’s rage virus still has teeth.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:06 AM