David Paul Baird is a film critic for The B.C. Catholic, and is assistant professor of theology at Catholic Pacific College.
Somehow both edgy and airbrushed, superficially sparkling and troubled beneath the surface, The Right Stuff offers a warts-and-all revisionist history of the personalities behind the origins of NASA and the United … Continued
The Queen’s Gambit, a Netflix original limited series, tells the fictional story of an orphaned girl and chess prodigy in the 1950s who launches out into adulthood and the international … Continued
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (streaming on Netflix) is an intelligent, punchy, well-paced, and timely courtroom drama about a group of real-life 1960s political activists charged with inciting riots in … Continued
Like a lot of mediocre films, the charm of Yellow Rose is mostly in the idea. In this case big pitch is an intriguing one: an undocumented Filipina immigrant, Rose Garcia, … Continued
Mum’s the Word is an “interactive documentary” that gives voice to some of the hundreds of thousands of Canadians over the last century victimized by what is being called the … Continued
Every piece of fiction demands as its price of entry some suspension of disbelief. Accept that a wardrobe serves as a portal between worlds … that aliens exist … that … Continued
With its pleasant visuals, solid performances, and faith-friendly perspective, Fatima offers a gently embellished retelling of the early 20th-century apparitions of Our Lady to a trio of Portuguese children. It is … Continued
For anyone who has watched at least one zombie virus outbreak flick, Zombie for Sale drags one leg across very similar territory. Yet for anyone predisposed to watch at least one … Continued
For those of us who seldom travel to Manhattan or do not have a thousand dollars to drop on theatre tickets once we’re there, the billion-dollar cultural phenomenon of the … Continued
It is a rare film that makes me want to turn around and straight away watch it again. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, which is the latest … Continued