William Brownridge
About William Brownridge
Raised on a healthy diet of Star Wars and every horror film on a video store shelf, Will has been watching movies since before he was able to talk. Inspired by an ever growing passion for film, and the occasional mind control experiment, Will began writing film review on his personal blog, The Film Reel. When the mind control experiments actually worked, he was able to secure a position with Toronto Film Scene. He now waits patiently in the TFS basement for October to come every year, when his love for horror films finally pays off.
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  • 17 May 2013
    Review: Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children
    In 1994, General Roméo Dallaire was the UN Force Commander during the Rwandan genocide. Now retired, Dallaire is haunted by memories of child soldiers, recruited by various groups to fight their wars. In an attempt to put an end to the use of children in combat, General Roméo Dallaire heads...
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  • 17 May 2013
    Review: The Angels’ Share
    Robbie (Paul Brannigan) has barely avoided a prison sentence from an assault charge, helped by the fact that he’s about to become a father. His girlfriend’s family hates him, and after years of being an unemployed thug, Robbie wants nothing more than to change his life. Given community service for...
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  • 08 May 2013
    Review: The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
    When Leon’s (Aaron Poole) mother passes away, he returns to her home to take care of final affairs. Inside her home, Leon finds that she has spent much of her life buying the antiques that Leon sold over the years. She was also a member of a very strange cult,...
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  • 03 May 2013
    Review: ChristCore
    ChristCore is a documentary taking an inside look at Christian hardcore music and its influence on the next generation of Christians. Following new band Messengers, and Christian hardcore superstars Sleeping Giant, as they tour the country, ChristCore explores how this subculture of Christian music is becoming a connecting force between...
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  • 02 May 2013
    Prayer in the mosh pit: An interview with ChristCore director Justin Ludwig
    Opening Saturday, May 4, 2013 at The Royal, ChristCore is a documentary about the Christian hardcore scene, specifically two bands, Messengers and Sleeping Giant, as they tour across the country. Directed by Justin Ludwig, the film offers an unbiased look at Christian youth and how they’ve come to accept a...
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  • 01 May 2013
    Hot Docs Review: This Ain’t No Mouse Music!
    In 1947, a teenage Chris Strachwitz fled from Germany to America where he found a place in music history. As the founder of Arhoolie Records, Chris traveled America in search of the kind of music you couldn’t find at the top of the charts. Not content to set an artist...
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  • 30 Apr 2013
    Hot Docs Review: The Devil’s Lair
    In the Cape Flats of South Africa, life is an ongoing struggle. Many people resort to drugs, as an escape from daily life or as a means to make money. Braaim is one of them. He’s a husband, a father, and the leader of a local gang, the NTK. An...
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  • 30 Apr 2013
    Hot Docs Review: The Great Hip Hop Hoax
    Growing up in Scotland, Billy Boyd and Gavin Bain dreamed of making it big in hip hop music. Both talented rappers, mixing a sound like the Beastie Boys with a lyrical style similar to Eminem, it seemed like a sure thing. Attempting to get a deal proved useless. People thought...
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  • 29 Apr 2013
    Hot Docs Review: Alcan Highway
    For years, Hese has dreamed of his ultimate home, but it’s not exactly what you’re expecting. A traveler at heart, Hese has always wanted to build his own RV. Originally from Finland, Hese is now in Alaska, where he has bought a truck that hasn’t run for 40 years. With...
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  • 29 Apr 2013
    Hot Docs Review: Finding The Funk
    Director Nelson George takes viewers through the history of funk music with his documentary Finding The Funk. From the early influences of jazz and how James Brown taught the world ‘The One’, to the heavy use of funk in hip hop, George travels from basements to record studios to concert...
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  • 28 Apr 2013
    Hot Docs Review: American Commune
    In 1970, a group of hippies and their spiritual leader, traveled to Tennessee and founded the commune, The Farm. This is where sisters Rena and Nadine Mundo were born and spent much of their young life. Although the commune doesn’t exist anymore, Rena and Nadine travel back to the area...
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  • 28 Apr 2013
    Hot Docs Review: 12 O’Clock Boys
    Pug is a young boy living in Baltimore with his mother and siblings, dreaming of the day he can join the 12 O’Clock Boys. They’re a group of dirt bike riders who travel through the streets of Baltimore, clashing with police and ignoring the fact that what they’re doing is...
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  • 27 Apr 2013
    Hot Docs Review: Fall And Winter
    Director Matt Anderson traveled around the globe to bring the story of our ruined environment to the screen in Fall And Winter. Through interviews with various philosophers, bio-architects, psychologists, and journalists, the film explores our history and how man has been destroying the world around him for longer than we...
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  • 27 Apr 2013
    Hot Docs Review: Tiny: A Story About Living Small
    It seems hard to believe that any person could live in a space smaller than 100 square feet, but many individuals in the tiny house movement are doing just that. Christopher Smith decided to be one of them, so with the help of his girlfriend Merete Mueller, the two begin...
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  • 26 Apr 2013
    Review: Becoming Redwood
    When he was just two years old, Redwood (Ryan Grantham) watched as his parents broke up. While his mother walked away, Redwood listened to the radio as they spoke about Jack Nicklaus, and how winning a green jacket at the Masters could change his life. It was then that Redwood...
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  • 26 Apr 2013
    Review: Tai Chi Hero
    After Lu Chan (Yuan Xiaochao) saved Chen Village from an army of steampunk soldiers, the villagers have allowed him to learn their Chen Style Tai Chi after he marries Yuniang (Angelababy), the daughter of Grandmaster Chen (Tony Leung Ka-Fai). When Yuniang’s brother returns to the village, he begins spreading the...
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  • 25 Apr 2013
    Hot Docs Review: Furever
    With the pet industry making billions of dollars each year, the lengths that people will go to pamper their pets is astounding. This outpouring of love and money doesn’t stop when a pet dies, and Furever looks at the various ways in which people grieve their furry family members. From...
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  • 25 Apr 2013
    Hot Docs Review: Chimeras
    Though at different stages in their careers, Chinese artists Wang Guangyi and Liu Gang both use their work to explore the same ideas. Wang Guangyi is already a famous pop artist, making millions of dollars each year. Liu Gang is just beginning, using photography to explore ideas like dreaming of...
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  • 25 Apr 2013
    Hot Docs Review: Fatal Assistance
    Raoul Peck’s latest documentary, Fatal Assistance, explores the way that foreign aid was handled in Haiti after the horrific earthquake in 2010. When news of the disaster spread, billions of dollars were pledged to rebuild. One country after another begins planning support, as numerous NGOs head to Haiti to manage...
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  • 25 Apr 2013
    Hot Docs Review: Dragon Girls
    With over 20,000 students, the Shaolin Tagu Kung Fu school is a massive and overwhelming structure. Students spend almost twelve hours a day training endlessly in order to excel in their art, as well as learning respect and discipline. Dragon Girls follows three girls at various stages in the school,...
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