HEART EYES takes the blood-soaked cake for sweetest slasher
by Kimberly L., Staff Writer
Like a Whitman’s Sampler, Heart Eyes was full of familiar Easter Eggs and homages to 90s slashers and romcoms in equal measure.
Random Acts of Violence
Written and directed by Jay Baruchel with writing help by Jesse Chabot
Starring Jesse Williams, Jordana Brewster and Jay Baruchel
Running time: 1 hour and 25 minutes
by Nikk Nelson
I’ve always rooted for Jay Baruchel. The other day, re-watching Are You Afraid of the Dark (TV), I actually recognized him as a kid in the episode “Dead Man’s Float” from 1995 because I am a cinema freak of nature. He’s been steadily working that long. Sixty-four acting credits, including one of his latest efforts, Random Acts of Violence (2019), where Jay also served as director, co-writer and producer. This is his second directed feature, the first being Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017), which I have not yet seen, but I remember liking the original. Horror doesn’t run much through his filmography save for the kid’s show and Just Buried (2007) so I was excited to see what he could do at the helm of the genre in a good ol’ piece of canucksploitation. One last Baruchel plug, I think everyone should see Man Seeking Woman (TV).
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