Fast reviews for busy people! Watch as I review three movies in less time than it takes to stamp your foot! Have a look as I race against the clock to tell you about the family drama “Ezra,” the inspirational “The Great Escaper” and the cheerleading drama “Backspot.”
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I sit in with NewsTalk 1010 host Jim Richards on the coast-to-coast-to-coast late night “NewsTalk Tonight” to play the game “Did Richard Crouse Like This?” This week we talk about the family drama “Ezra,” the inspirational “The Great Escaper” and the cheerleading drama “Backspot.”
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I join “CTV News Toronto at Five” with host Natalie Johnson, to talk about the family drama “Ezra” and the inspirational “The Great Escaper.”
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I join CP24 to have a look at the family drama “Ezra,” the inspirational “The Great Escaper” and the cheerleading drama “Backspot.”
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I join the CTV NewsChannel anchor Roger Peterson to talk about the family drama “Ezra,” the inspirational “The Great Escaper” and the cheerleading drama “Backspot.”
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I sit in with CKTB morning show host Steph Vivier to have a look at the family drama “Ezra,” the inspirational “The Great Escaper” and the cheerleading drama “Backspot.”
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I sit in on the CFRA Ottawa morning show with guest host Graham Richardson to talk the new movies coming to theatres and streaming including the family drama “Ezra,” the inspirational “The Great Escaper” and the cheerleading drama “Backspot.”
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LOGLINE: DJ, drummer, writer, director, and web series creator D.W. Waterson makes their feature directorial debut with “Backspot,” the story of a cheerleader (Devry Jacobs) whose perfectionism manifests itself with compulsive behavior. When she and her girlfriend (Kudakwashe Rutendo) are selected to be part of an elite squad, under the eye of an uncompromising coach (Evan Rachel Wood), the anxiety attacks intensify.
CAST: Devery Jacobs, Kudakwashe Rutendo, Evan Rachel Wood, Wendy Crewson, Shannyn Sossamon. Elliot Page is listed as one of the film’s producers.
REVIEW: Like a riff on “Whiplash” set against the rigors of elite cheerleading, “Backdrop” is a choppy examination of the pursuit for excellence. With a restless, jittery camera, Waterson captures the “no apologies, no fear” intensity of the training sessions and the frenetic excitement of the cheerleading performances, even if their fondness for close-ups over establishing shots gets in the way of showing those performances to full effect. But it’s in the actual storytelling where the film fails to stick the landing. Issues of respect, body image and abusive relationships are broached, but never meaningfully examined. Instead, the movie skims along the surface, leaning into its maximalist style, entertaining the eye, at the expense of engaging emotionally.
