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TV review: Queen Of The Oil Patch is a brilliant reality series
APTN show about an Indigenous entrepreneur and drag queen in macho Fort McMurray deftly touches on difficult themes more
Review: when movie stars play Tag, everybody wins
The frantic, often shrieky new comedy features Jon Hamm, Ed Helms, Jake Johnson and Hannibal Buress chasing Jeremy Renner – and it's a lot of fun more
Review: Becoming Who I Was meanders until its powerful conclusion
Documentary about a child monk and his mentor/servant’s journey to a Tibetan monastery is worth the trek more
Review: Beast tells a story we’ve seen and heard before
Michael Pearce’s film about a damaged woman drawn to a damaged man while their community is gripped by murders is a competent but middling genre exercise more
Review: Incredibles 2 could have flown much higher
Brad Bird’s animated superhero sequel mostly restages the stuff that worked in the 2004 original more
Review: SuperFly remake has lots of flash but is forgettable
Director X’s version of the blaxploitation classic is less provocative – and features a less compelling lead actor – than the original more
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TV review: The Staircase has not aged well
Netflix's updated version of the classic true-crime documentary series is a missed opportunity more
Review: Ocean's Eight doesn't measure up to the previous numbers
And not because Sandra Bullock’s Debbie Ocean is a poor substitute for George Clooney's Danny, but because Gary Ross is a poor substitute for Steven Soderbergh more
Review: The Accountant Of Auschwitz is short but mighty
Documentary tracking a war crimes trial packs a ton of info and issues into a powerful pic more
Review: The Quest Of Alain Ducasse will make your mouth water
Documentary about the master chef serves up international food porn and intriguing ideas about sustainability more
Review: indie film Fail To Appear is simple yet powerful
Antoine Bourges’s Toronto-set feature debut is formally rigorous but surprisingly moving more
Review: horror pic Hereditary lives up to the hype
Ari Aster’s film about a family coming apart is terrifying even without the supernatural elements, but it settles into a conventional groove near the end more
Review: legal drama Prodigals is all smoke, little fire
A blank lead and unconvincing relationship triangle mar this indie film set in Sault Ste. Marie more
Review: Metamorphosis is a proactive doc about climate change
Canadian-made documentary sidesteps the ugliness of human impact on the earth in favour of capturing nature's resilience more
Review: Hotel Artemis is Reservoir Dogs meets John Wick during The Purge
You’ll want to see this gritty, funny thriller before your friends see it and spoil all the best parts more
Review: Won’t You Be My Neighbor? makes a hero out of Mr. Rogers
Morgan Neville’s film shows how the TV icon fearlessly dealt with profound issues on his show for preschoolers more
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TV review: Ryan Murphy's musical Pose is unflinching
After a one-note pilot, this chronicle of New York ball culture in the 80s gathers weight and prioritizes knowing LGBTQ viewers more
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TV review: Succession is a vicious comedy about the super-rich
HBO's corporate dramedy is not about the one per cent, but the titans who set the table for the one per cent to come and feed more
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Review: Adrift stays afloat thanks to actors
Shailene Woodley holds the screen effortlessly as a woman who spent 41 days lost at sea after she and her fiancé were caught in Hurricane Raymond more
Review: Black Kite fails to launch
Tarique Qayumi’s drama shot clandestinely in Kabul strains to highlight its central metaphor more
