ICC #110 – Matt Farley Has Won At Life
We discuss the career of Director/Writer/Star/Songwriter Matt Farley and his offbeat regional feature films DON'T LET THE RIVER BEAST GET YOU, LOCAL LEGENDS, FREAKY FARLEY and SLINGSHOT COPS. With Special Guest Peter Kuplowsky (Programmer of Midnight Madness...
ICC #101 – The Best Films of 2017
The title says it all: It's the best films of 2017 We have a PATREON! Join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode of ICC every week. This week we discuss the best film-related stuff we liked (and hated this year) books, disappointments and...
ICC# 97 – Don’t Go Taking Johnnie To For Granted
We tackle the work of Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To and discuss his journeyman roots that evolved into his distinct cinematic style and the future of passionate film artist in the Mainland Chinese machine. Featuring, bullets, gangsters and a handful of romantic musical...
Better Watch Out (Because “Nice Guys” Ruin Everything)
Read more from Chloë Brett>> *Content Warning for discussion of sexual abuse* The holiday season is upon us whether we like it or not and what better way to embrace the festive spirit then to curl up with a mug of hot chocolate and a Christmas themed home...
Why The Hell Don’t We Watch Canadian Cinema?
I set out to make a list of important Canadian films that have never been properly released (which you can read below after this preamble), but there was one question that kept popping up in mind as I did it, one that I couldn't help but obsess over every time...
A Year in Film – 2017 Nicolas Cage Retrospective
A Year in Film - 2017 Nicolas Cage Retrospective By Chloë Brett We all know James Franco is fast coming for Nicolas Cage’s throne but the king of “How Many Movies Did He Put Out This Year?” has yet to be knocked down. In the past 3 year Nicolas Cage has been in 13...
Humongous (1982) – A Canadian Slasher Staple
Humongous isn’t that big. He's more on the large side, a little misshapen, but to call him humongous would be plain insensitive. He was brought up to believe that humanity was evil, so it's only logical that he brutally murders everyone that stumbles onto his island...
Passion Play – The Majestic Flying Fox
I have seen "Passion Play" before today. Now, if you were to have asked me about it, I probably would have said. "It's a movie where Megan Fox has wings and is a stripper or something like that." You'd think I had forgotten about it because it's straight out awful....
Mulberry Street – A Mischief of Zombies
Mulberry Street - A Mischief of Zombies By Bob Blaschuk Mulberry Street is a first time offering from writers Jim Mickle and Nick Damici, who went on to write "Stakeland", and "We Are What We Are." Mickle also directed this one, and that is about as good of a pedigree...
My Desperate Rationalization of the Time Travel in Joseph Kahn’s DETENTION
I didn't love DETENTION the first time I saw it. I probably got a little too excited when I heard it was going to be a John Hughes style high school comedy married to Joseph Kahn's hyperactive directorial style, slasher movie tropes, and time travel craziness. I was a...
