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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Continuing my 2025 Canadian Films Rewatch and spooky month with the cult classic Ginger Snaps!

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A ★★★½ review of Ginger Snaps (2000)

- camp and deliciously B-movie, Ginger Snaps has held up amongst horror fans - feminist horror has a long history of strong entries and this film is squarely in the cannon - its trajectory was from un...

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 2d

Probably my favourite new film of the weekend was the indie darling Good Boy, a horror film shot from the perspective of a dog. Its another example of why 2025 really is the year of the horror film. My thoughts below.

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Good Boy (2025)

It is great when a horror movie can be genuinely unnerving and creepy (so few are) and there is a tone to Good Boy that achieves this. Perh...

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 3d

The Lost Bus isn't a terrible movie but it didn't do much for me and felt fairly paint-by-numbers. My slightly spoilery thoughts below.

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The Lost Bus (2025)

The Lost Bus is fairly cliche riddled and never overcomes the based-on-a-true-story movie-of-the-week tropes infused throughout. It isn't t...

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 3d

I'd be happy for June Squibb to live forever and keep making movies cause I always love seeing her on the big screen, even when the movie like Eleanor the Great, Scarlett Johansson's directoral debut, is rather mid. My thoughts below.

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Eleanor the Great (2025)

First I'll start out by saying I hope Squibb lives forever so she can keep starring in movies cause I don't care what movie it is, she is al...

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 4d

The new collaboration between Cillian Murphy and director Tim Mielants is quite strong with a few weaker aspects but is a very satisfying watch. My minor spoilery thoughts below.
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Steve (2025)

The novella the film Steve is based on (also written by screenwriter Porter) is focused on Lycurgo's character, Shy, and his interiority. ...

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 4d

Lots of new films this weekend so lets get to it, starting with the rather forgettable but generally watchable Play Dirty. My spoiler free thoughts below.

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Play Dirty (2025)

Play Dirty doesn't start off well. The opening sequence, set up like an adrenaline fuelled cold open, is rather dumb. Not only does it not m...

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 6d

It’s October and spooky season so I am focusing my 2025 Canadian Film Rewatch Project on a genre Canadian film makers excel at: horror. Im starting with one of my all time favourite horror films, Blood Quantum.

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A ★★★★½ review of Blood Quantum (2019)

I have always said, and will continue to argue, that so called "genre" films are often the best films to tackle real issues, giving us insight into our real world through fantastic story telling. When...

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 8d

On this National Day of Truth and Reconciliation I continue my 2025 Canadian Film Rewatch project with a new film, coming to cinemas soon, from the director of Wildhood is the powerful At the Place of Ghosts featuring a beautiful score from Jeremy Duthcer.
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A ★★★★ review of At the Place of Ghosts (2025)

- after his amazing film Wildhood, writer/director Bretten Hannam has been a film maker on my radar - his ambitious new film Sk+te’kmujue’katik (At the Place of Ghosts) is powerful and beautiful to wa...

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 10d

I highly recommend you go see Queens of the Dead once it gets its wide release next month. So much camp fun but it also offers something more than that. My spoiler free thoughts below.

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Queens of the Dead (2025)

Yes Queens of the Dead is camp fun and leans away from the scary side of zombie movies and into the comedy. But as the group of queer and tr...

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 12d

Not since The Holdovers has there been such a moving and funny not-Christmassy Christmas movie. The rom-com The Baltimorons is oddly delightful and a must see. My thoughts below.

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The Baltimorons (2025)

I love it when a film uses a genre structure (in this case rom-com) to tell a very different story. The Baltimorons is set up like what we ...

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 12d

Below are my thoughts on both of director Richard Linklater's 2025 films:

Blue Moon:
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Nouvelle Vague
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A ★★★½ review of 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 heaven. I know this isn't for everyone but it's my jam. Linklate...

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 13d

bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 14d

Taking a small break from the festival to see some mainstream films. Sadly A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is as disappointing as everyone says. My thoughts below.

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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)

The biggest problem with this Big Bold Beautiful Journey is that it really isn't any of those things. The film feels remarkably small, takes...

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 15d

Only one film at the festival today, but it was a banger. I loved the new adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman, mostly because I'm now obsessed with breakout star Tonatiuh! Lopez is stunning too. My thoughts below.

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Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025)

Director Condon is good at musicals as proven by his Dreamgirls film and his other Kander/Ebb musical adaptation, the Oscar winning Chicago ...

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 16d

I took a pause in my film festival schedule to catch a film in mainstream cinemas and I'm going to push back against the critics that are being harsh on this. While not perfect I found Him to be a strong debut by a new film maker with a bold voice.
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Him (2025)

I have to push back at the negative reception Him has received upon its release. While not perfect, Tipping doesn't quite stick the landing...

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 17d

This year's Palme d'Or winner at Cannes is well worthy of that award. My thoughts on It Was Just an Accident below.

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It Was Just an Accident (2025)

The story behind It Was Just An Accident is as compelling as its rich and engaging story. Filmed in secret, breaking all sorts of Iranian l...

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 18d

A couple days into CIFF and here are my thoughts on some of the films I saw so far. First up Park Chan-wook's latest film, the black comedy No Other Choice. Shout out to the Canadian screenwriter Don McKellar who worked on this film.

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No Other Choice (2025)

No Other Choice feels like a bit of a departure for Park Chan-wook, known in the west mostly for violent revenge crime like his Revenge Tri...

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 21d

My go-to Robert Redford comfort movie (also miraculously featuring Poitier, Phoenix, Aykroyd, McDonnell, Stathairn, Kingsley) to honour a great actor, human, and one of the handsomest men to ever light up the silver screen.

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 21d

Today I am continuing my 2025 Canadian Films Rewatch Project with a double header. Director Sarah Polley's documentary Stories We Tell, and her (deconstruction of) romance Take This Waltz.
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A ★★★★★ review of Stories We Tell (2012)

- one of my favourite documentaries of all time - appears to be about one thing but becomes about that... and so much more - fearless and deeply intimate work by director Sarah Polley in what is perha...

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 25d

Last night I saw what is easily going to be one of my favourite movies of the year, a film that I left completely shook. Below are my thoughts. I don't get into spoilers until the end with warnings so stop reading there if you haven't seen it yet.

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bcollinsmith.bsky.social @bcollinsmith.bsky.social · 25d

Summer is ending so I thought I'd continue my 2025 Universal Monsters Rewatch Project with the most summery of the series, Creature From the Black Lagoon. While the other films are shot in moonlight, this one is mostly in the sun. My thoughts below.

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Universal Monsters - Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)

The Creature from the Black Lagoon was the final Universal Monster introduced during the classic age, and he came along almost two decades ...

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