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Godzilla vs. Kong Review

April 24, 2021

NOTE: "Godzilla vs. Kong" is available to view in theatres here in North America, and elsewhere in the world wherever theatres are permitted to be open. It's also available to stream for free at home via HBO Ma...

Brent’s Top Ten Most Anticipated Movies of 2021

Brent Botsford

January 3, 2021

Entertainment, Movies

The concept of looking forward to movies is kind of a strange one as we head into 2021. Since movie theatres spent most of 2020 shut down and/or devoid of new releases, the movie industry had to do some pretty ...

88%

Freaky Review

Brent Botsford

November 24, 2020

Entertainment, Movies, Reviews

I can't help but wonder what I might have thought of Freaky in any year other than 2020. In this extraordinary year of deserted movie calendars and theatrical strife however, Freaky is ideally positioned to thr...

73%

Trolls World Tour Review

Brent Botsford

June 24, 2020

Entertainment, Movies, Reviews

You know that it's been a hell of a weird year when Universal builds an entire marketing campaign around billing an unimpressive R-rated movie like The Hunt as a proudly controversial release, to general apathy...

60%

The Hunt Review

Brent Botsford

May 1, 2020

Entertainment, Movies, Reviews

The Hunt presents a story hook that you've definitely seen before. A bunch of random people are dropped into the wilderness, and then upper-class jerks hunt and kill them all like animals. It's a premise that d...

90%

The Invisible Man [2020] Review

Brent Botsford

February 28, 2020

Entertainment, Movies, Reviews

Back in 2017, Universal attempted to launch (or, more accurately, re-launch) their own shared universe of cinematic horror icons, the Dark Universe, which would be a shared continuity through which Universal's ...

28%

Cats [2019] Review

Brent Botsford

January 10, 2020

Entertainment, Movies, Reviews

NOTE: I was 'privileged' enough to see, "Cats" in its originally released cut, without the subsequently 'upgraded' visuals that Universal provided in a 'patch' to theatres. Yes, "Cats" is so awfully made that i...

75%

Downton Abbey [Movie] Review

Brent Botsford

September 15, 2019

Entertainment, Movies, Reviews

Plenty of British entertainment exports have enjoyed significant popularity here in North America, between well-known examples like Harry Potter, 007 and Doctor Who, who are now arguably just as popular outside...

60%

The Secret Life of Pets 2 Review

Brent Botsford

June 23, 2019

Entertainment, Movies, Reviews

The Secret Life of Pets was, in many respects, a perfect summing up of what animation outfit, Illumination is about, at least beyond contributing to endless waves of Minions marketing. The Secret Life of Pets w...

58%

Glass Review

Brent Botsford

February 19, 2019

Entertainment, Movies, Reviews

Despite a series of high-profile failures, controversial writer-director, M. Night Shyamalan finally appeared to be on the right track again in 2017, when he delivered Split, far and away one of the year's best...

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