Brian Roan

[Review] In the Heart of the Sea

The history of Hollywood’s distortion of and digression from the facts of supposed ‘true stories’ is long and infamous. Any movie that claims to be “based on a ...

[Review] The Good Dinosaur

It is a shame that The Good Dinosaur should have to be released so shortly after this year’s other Pixar film, Inside Out. Following in the wake of the earlier ...

[Review] The Peanuts Movie

When any beloved property is adapted in a new medium for the big screen there is bound to be a slew of anxiety that comes along with it. The odds of someone tak...

[Review] Pan

The undeniable and frankly fatal issue with any prequel is that the audience knows walking in where the story must end. You don't see a movie called Dracula Unt...

[TIFF Review] Sparrows

Finding solace in constancy - times of turbulent change and ever-shifting paradigms of social expectations can be a source of intense stress - and the desire fo...

[Review] Breathe

In many ways, a friendship is more difficult to navigate or justify than a romantic relationship. Romance is a singular event, confined to a single person at a ...

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