“Barbenheimer” made for one fateful day at the theaters. Was it the double feature to save cinema? — I can’t remember the last time there was this much buzz surrounding not just one upcoming film release, but two at the same time. For it to come from two films that couldn’t be more different from each other made this ‘Barbenheimer’ phenomenon all the more compelling. The film industry…

My two cents on who will and who should win at this year’s Academy Awards — Do I really need an introduction for this? If you’re simply here to just see all my picks and predictions neatly — and chaotically — packaged in a fun ballot fill-in + doodled thoughts, you can scroll to the bottom of this post before roasting my opinions. Best Cinematography

Gina Prince-Bythewood creates an entertaining blockbuster that is ultimately empowering despite its controversial historical depiction. — It might be the end of Black History Month, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a perfect time to talk about The Woman King. I think this is a great film to talk about when looking at modern representation of marginalized groups. Black people and specifically black women have been…

My favourite films from the past year. — Awards season is upon us, and in celebration of that, I thought it was the right time for me to talk about my favourite films of the year. Honestly, I planned on releasing this sooner, but as fate would have it, I wasn’t able to see some of the movies…

The wait is finally over. — *Contains spoilers for episode 1 of HBO’s The Last of Us. You’ve been warned.* At the tender age of 17, well into my prime years of gaming, I was introduced to a new game; The Last of Us. It wasn’t long there after that I fell in love with the…

Talking about ‘The Fabelmans’, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, and ‘Empire of Light’ from my day at TIFF — Recently, I was lucky enough to attend the Toronto International Film Festival. I was only able to go on a particular day, and that meant seeing as many movies as possible. With it, came my first triple feature, which was stacked with movies generating some Oscar buzz going into the…

Reviewing every movie (and show) I’ve seen these past two months each in 100 words or less. — Happy September everyone! Summer is in its twilight stages but it didn’t leave without giving us more movies to watch. Like the last edition of this series, a significant amount of my watch time consisted of TV shows. …

A great Netflix mockumentary series that fell victim to the content machine. — Thunderdome is a Fanfare series where our writers good-naturedly debate some matter of pop culture and then leave it to the readers to decide. Read each post and vote at the bottom! In the digital age of limitless discourse and online movie review sites like iMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Letterboxd…

and how it made me a fan again. — SPOILER ALERT: This piece discusses in detail the events of Stranger Things 4 Vol. 1 & 2. If you do not want anything spoiled, please click off and come back after you’re caught up. “Stranger Things should have ended after one season.” That’s something I’ve been saying since Stranger Things…