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Christian Blake (2008)
Dreadful
There isn't much good to be said about this film, it's bloody awful. Poorly written, poorly directed with amateurish acting. None of the actors seem well trained in their craft, then again they really don't have much to work with; due to severely under-lit gloomy settings three of the male characters resemble each other and I wasn't sure whether they were cops, bad guys or prison attendants. Time shifts in the story make it really hard to follow with uneventful, lame flashbacks. Unnecessary colour filters over key scenes are annoying & one can only presume that they were added to hide production errors or in an attempt to add some much needed tension. The 'action' scenes consist of attendants from the prison/dungeon running around swearing, and the 'payoffs' are excruciatingly inept. Really, don't bother.
The Last Pogo Jumps Again (2013)
Not just one of the best rockumentaries...
This is not just one of the best doc(rock)umentaries I have ever seen, it's up in my Top 100 films, period. It's really the story of how Toronto went from being a three-horse town to mega-city status, thanks to the influence this counter-culture scene. Like any good documentary, you go into it based on a smattering of information -- enough to catch your interest -- and come out better informed. In this case you don't have to know the bands or the people in the film to enjoy it, it's funny, informative & most of all truly entertaining. Don't let the running length put you off, I've seen it twice in theatres & can't wait for the DVD.