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Description: Brian McKechnie is the founder and editor of Criticize This! Email him at brian@criticizethis.ca.

Posts by Brian McKechnie

Review: A Town Called Panic
Posted on February 19, 2010 | No Comments
Sitting through A Town Called Panic is like watching someone on LSD play with a bucket of toys for 75 minutes. Based on a Belgian television show, it’s a crazy...
New On DVD: February 16, 2010
Posted on February 16, 2010 | No Comments
Law Abiding Citizen Pick of the Week – Gerard Butler stars as Clyde Shelton — a regular guy who takes justice in his own hands after his wife and daughter...
Review: The Wolfman
Posted on February 12, 2010 | No Comments
It’s the return of the classic monster movie! Universal Pictures has gone back to their old Hollywood roots and delivered an awesome werewolf tale that channels the vibe of Lon...
Review: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Posted on February 12, 2010 | No Comments
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is directed by Chris Columbus — the director behind the first two Harry Potter films, so it’s not a surprise that the...
New On DVD: February 9, 2010
Posted on February 9, 2010 | No Comments
A Serious Man Pick of the Week – Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) is a good father, husband and physics professor. It’s 1967 and he lives an ordinary life: he works,...
Blu-ray Review: The Godfather (1972) & The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Posted on February 8, 2010 | No Comments
The Movies Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974) are considered to be two of the greatest films about organized crime ever made. They both...
Interview: Director Adam Green on ‘Frozen’
Posted on February 5, 2010 | No Comments
Writer-director Adam Green grew up skiing in the Massachusetts area where the ski hills were only open Friday through Sunday. He always wondered what he would do if the chairlift...
New On DVD: February 2, 2010
Posted on February 2, 2010 | No Comments
Zombieland Pick of the Week - The zombie apocalypse has happened and only a few people are still alive and kicking. Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), who narrates the story, is alive...
2010 Oscar Nominations and Predictions
Posted on February 2, 2010 | 2 Comments
The nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced this morning (February 2, 2010) by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2008 Oscar nominee Anne...
New On DVD: January 26, 2010
Posted on January 26, 2010 | No Comments
Mary and Max Pick of the Week – My second favourite animated film of last year (after Fantastic Mr. Fox). Mary and Max tells the story of Mary, an 8-year-old...
Review: Tooth Fairy
Posted on January 22, 2010 | 1 Comment
Chinese water torture is a form of torture that is, according to Wikipedia, “supposed to drive its victim insane with the stress of water dripping on a part of the...
VIDEO: Talking With Saoirse Ronan and Rose McIvor About ‘The Lovely Bones’
Posted on January 14, 2010 | No Comments
The Lovely Bones is a film that will pull you in and rip your heart out for two hours. Based on the best-selling Alice Sebold book, the story is told...
‘Polytechnique’ Wins Rogers Best Canadian Film Award
Posted on January 13, 2010 | No Comments
Denis Villeneuve’s film Polytechnique beat out Bruce McDonald’s Pontypool and Benoît Pilon’s The Necessities of Life to win the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award for 2009 from the Toronto Film...
New On DVD: January 12, 2010
Posted on January 12, 2010 | No Comments
Moon Pick of the Week – After spending close to three years alone on the moon mining Helium-3, a gas used to create energy on Earth, Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell)...
Review: Leap Year
Posted on January 8, 2010 | No Comments
If you saw the trailer for Leap Year and thought, “Gee, that looks like a good movie,” then you most likely will enjoy the film. If you saw the trailer...