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Antiviral (2012)
4/10 A premise that tips the scales too far into unbelievability can fatally undermine a story.
 • Matthew Puddister
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
8/10 When it comes to pure, jaw-dropping spectacle, the Avatar films are still the gold standard.
 • Matthew Puddister
Gangs of New York (2002)
5/10 Martin Scorsese is one of the most celebrated living filmmakers, but his artistic limitations have rarely been more evident than in Gangs of New…
 • Matthew Puddister
Canada Flushes Away $2.5 Billion More to Ukraine
Prime Minister Mark Carney is handing over $2.5 billion more in Canadian public money to Ukraine for “economic assistance”, enabling the International…
 • Matthew Puddister
Black Christmas (1974)
6/10 Considered one of the first slasher movies, Black Christmas is fairly tame by today’s standards.
 • Matthew Puddister
Once More Against Doomerism
Chris Hedges’ recent column “Rebranding Genocide” does a commendable job of explaining how Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza continues…
 • Matthew Puddister
A Society Where Young People Are the Unhappiest Generation Has No Future
The 2024 edition of the World Happiness Report, an annual study of global happiness published by the University of Oxford’s Wellbeing Research Centre…
 • Matthew Puddister
Matthew Puddister
Matthew Puddister
Journalist and amateur film critic. RCP/RCI. Concerned citizen of planet Earth.
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