The Film Father - Making an Offer You Can’t Review

  Starring : Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Hayden Panettiere, Courtney Cox et. Al Directed by Matt Bellini-Olpin and Tyler Gillett Where It’s Available : Netflix in Canada, Paramount+ in the US Perhaps one of the nicest surprises of ‘post’-pandemic movies was the 2022 self-proclaimed ‘Requel’, Scream 5. It took us back to Woodsboro, introduced a new cast of characters and sprinkled in a lot of nostalgia with some smart screenwriting that really played with the expectations of the crowd while building a new crew that could effectively ‘reboot’ the franchise (while maintaining the previous lore).  I enjoyed it way more than I expected to, so when I was cruising Netflix last Saturday and saw that the latest feature, Scream 6 (Jesus - they’ve been making these movies for 28 years now) was available I jumped at the opportunity to watch. And for the most part, I was pretty happy with this decision. The sequel to the ‘requel’ (a clever portmanteau that implies a reboot/sequel - som...

Hello Internet! I’ve been a father to a wonderful, bright, goofy little neurospicy ball of joy for 52 months now and it’s been… a ride. He was born two months before the world ended (member those days?) but while I assume his newborn/toddler years have been slightly abnormal, I have literally no frame of reference for what would constitute ‘normal’ (which is .. good, in a way..? I guess..?). It’s been a trip, personally, though. One thing they never tell you about fatherhood is how much *time* it takes. Thinking about it logically, I mean, sure - all of a sudden you’re responsible for a literal Human Life other than your own. You help it grow, nurture it, sustain it. This takes love. This takes energy. But more than anything it takes *time*. In The Beforetimes (ie. BD - ‘Before Dude’) I would go to 30-40 movies per year. I’ve gone to see five total in theatre since his birth. Sure, a deadly global pandemic plays into that a teeny bit, but it’s really a case of time management. When you...