An opulent, but overblown and exhausting Indian blockbuster arriving just in time to kick off the Diwali movie season, Thugs of Hindostan wants to be a swashbuckling epic that’s part …
Andrew Parker
Andrew Parker
Andrew Parker fell in love with film growing up across the street from a movie theatre. He began writing professionally about film at the age of fourteen, and has been following his passions ever since. His writing has been showcased at various online outlets, as well as in The Globe and Mail, BeatRoute, and NOW Magazine. If he's not watching something or reading something, he's probably sleeping.
Boy Erased, the second directorial effort from actor and writer Joel Edgerton, takes an uncomfortable and wholly moving look at a young man, full of doubt, who’s sent to an …
A chilling, innovative, and sometimes darkly comedic look at the rise of modern day fears and the scars of fascism, Christian Petzold’s Transit takes a premise that has been mined …
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man takes a jocular, but unnecessary and one-sided look into the cult of personality that has been built around one …
An examination into the life and career of Jacques Mayol, Lefteris Charitos’ documentary Dolphin Man seeks to do for freediving what Free Solo did for rock and mountain climbing.
A fitting and charming animated retelling of one of author Theodor Geisel’s most beloved children’s books, Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch won’t unseat the 1966 television special as the best take …
Bodied, director Joseph Kahn’s predominantly comedic deep dive into the world of battle rap and how the art form stands as a reflection of any number of societal hypocrisies is …
The light beer equivalent of Braveheart, David Mackenzie’s competent, but relatively pointless epic Outlaw King has plenty of bloodshed, lots of actors shouting impassionedly, expertly lensed melees, picturesque locations, and …
80% war movie, 20% horror flick, and 100% fun, director Julius Avery’s gory throwback adventure and exploitation picture Overlord is one of the best thrillers of the year.
The Girl in the Spider’s Web acts simultaneously as an entertaining, if admittedly lesser sequel to David Fincher’s previous adaptation of the same literary characters to the big screen a …
