Attack the Block: A film review

 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Last year there was a film that seemed to garner a lot of buzz, but sadly never made it to the big screens here in Canada; not Vancouver anyway. I rarely am one to give into hype, but this one had me genuinely interested. And fortunately, the trailers that I saw didn't really give that much away. Attack the Block follows a group of teenaged thugs that, after mugging a woman, come across a strange creature that literally falls from the sky. After the creature attacks them and mauls the face of their leader, Moses (John Boyega), they beat it to death and take it somewhere safe to eventually claim their prize, after all, it's a life form that fell from the sky. However, more creatures are falling to the ground as the night continues, but they're all much bigger and more vicious. And they seem to have taken a very special interest in Moses and his gang.

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One Day: A film review

 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Romance films tend to follow a pattern that does not differ much from their romantic comedy counterparts. Usually boy meets girl, boy falls for girl, girl isn't so impressed with boy, but boy decides that he must romance girl until she falls for him. Girl finally falls for boy's wooing, things go splendidly, and then boy not just one dumb thing, but a second, sometimes a third, until finally she ends it. Boy usually sits in the rain, crying and having flashbacks to when they were an item, then boy does something that restores girl's faith and trust in him, and they live happily ever after, or at least we hope so when the final credits pass by. One Day is not that film, but instead something much better and more true to life.

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