Jordan Parker
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https://parkerandpictures.wordpress.com/Jordan Parker is a PR professional and journalist in Halifax, and these reviews appear first on his film blog Parker & the Picture Shows.
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Film review: Target Number One is a formidable feat of Canadian filmmaking
The very first film to release theatrically in Halifax Regional Municipality post-COVID lockdown is one hell of a welcome back for aficionados.
Three-arc story Target...
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Digital review: Greyhound drifts by on Tom Hanks’s presence and immersive action
There was a time when a Tom Hanks movie was easily considered an event film.
From Apollo 13 to Forrest Gump. From Saving Private Ryan...
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Digital review: Tainted is a lazy concept with a mediocre cast
Not one person in the half-measure crime film Tainted looks like they’re having fun, and not just because of the subject matter.
Ex-con Lance is...
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Digital review: Da 5 Bloods is a rollicking, jolting event picture
Part war picture, part adventure film and full political race relations opus, Spike Lee takes all these different ideas and genres and creates one...
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Digital review: Davidson makes his mark in Apatow’s endearing The King of Staten Island
There are some roles actors are absolutely born to play. They say familiarity breeds contempt, and yet sometimes going close to home churns out...
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Digital review: Artemis Fowl is an uninspired dud
It’s one thing to miss the mark on a film with a regular budget. But when a $200 million, CGI-laden Disney film like Artemis Fowl...
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Digital review: 2040 strikes a chord in a sensitive time
One thing that everyone seems to forget when it comes to climate change, future generations are the people who will have to deal with...
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Digital review: Scoob! captures some wonderful animation, but loses classic cartoon feel
There are so few things I've enjoyed more in my life than Saturday cartoons. Among them, Scooby-Doo has been a feel-good fixture in my...