Victor Stiff

Victor Stiff is a Toronto-based entertainment journalist and member of the Toronto Film Critics Association. He is the News Editor and Senior Critic at ThatShelf.com and host of UFO Movie Club and Dope Black Movies on YouTube. Victor has contributed to the Canadian Academy, POV Magazine, Global News, The Playlist, Screen Rant, We Got This Covered, In the Seats, and Sordid Cinema. Victor received the TFCA’s 2019 Emerging Critic award and served as a jury member at the 49th Festival du nouveau cinéma. He’s currently a Golden Globe voter and programmer for the Rendezvous With Madness Festival.

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Best Films of 2022: A Video Tribute

CELEBRATING 2022’S BEST MOVIES This best films of 2022 video is a tribute to all the movies I loved last year. It’s as simple as that. I don’t care if a film earned $5 or $50 million. Arthouse, studio tentpole, animation, and found footage are all fair game. If a movie filled me with joy …

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Missing 411: The U.F.O. Connection Review: A Horrifying Mystery

Missing 411: The U.F.O. Connection is the most haunting UFO documentary out there – and I’ve seen them all.   The premise sees the film’s director and star David Paulides take viewers through a series of baffling missing person cases tied to reported UFO activity. The result is a chilling watch that poses an intriguing mystery, even …

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Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 3 Episode 5 – Paranormal Rangers Review

THE PREMISE Unsolved Mysteries‘ episode Paranormal Rangers plays like a real-life version of The X-Files. The episode kicks off with the title card stating, “In 2000, two Navajo rangers were assigned to investigate reports of paranormal activity on the reservation. The Following accounts are from their case files.” That promise is enough to make any …

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Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 3 Episode 2 – Something in the Sky Review

“I am discounting reports of UFOs. Why would they appear only to cranks and weirdos?” — Stephen Hawking “If we were being visited, I’m thinking we’d have something better than fuzzy, monochromatic video of objects that apparently reveal themselves only to Navy pilots.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson SKEPTICS VERSUS EXPERIENCERS For UFO skeptics, witness testimony …

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TIFF 2022: I Like Movies Review

TIFF 2022 REVIEW Seventeen-year-old movie snob Lawrence Kweller eats, breathes, and dreams about films. He’s in his final year of high school and plans to attend NYU’s prestigious film program. But here’s the catch: Lawrence lacks the technical and social skills to cut it at film school. But these little details won’t stop a world-class …

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Shock Docs: The Visitors Review: Whitley Strieber Relives his Abduction Nightmare

WHO IS WHITLEY STRIEBER? Whitley Strieber is a legendary figure in ufology. Strieber promoted his 1987 novel Communion as a true story about his encounters with alien beings. The best-selling book made international headlines and redefined pop culture’s understanding of UFOs and E.T.s. Communion details Strieber’s 1985 abduction from a cabin in upstate New York. …

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Prey Review: If It Ain’t Broke…

  Predator is a perfect action movie. The film took a Hollywood badass (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and dropped him in a jungle to fight a 7-foot-tall space badass (the Predator). That’s a flawless premise right there. And the 1987 horror sci-fi flick turned its monstrous Predator into a legendary pop culture figure. Today, people love the …

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Nope Review: Jordan Peele’s Best Movie Yet

  Horror movies get a bad wrap. More than any other genre, people define horror by lowbrow cliches; trashy premises, low production values, and excessive nudity and violence. So, when a standout horror flick arrives on the scene, critics shuffle it off into a separate category called elevated horror – creepy, smart, well-crafted horror flicks …

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Ariel Phenomenon Review: Why Can’t We Admit What We Don’t Know?

I won’t beat around the bush. Ariel Phenomenon presents one of the most incredible real-life stories ever told. If you believe these events happened exactly as portrayed in the film, then Ariel Phenomenon offers a doorway to a new worldview. In that case, the film makes a powerful argument that our reality is teeming with …

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Alien Endgame Review: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid

The UFO community isn’t a monolith. Among true believers, there are two large factions butting heads over why E.T. is visiting earth. First, there are the people who believe aliens are cosmic space brothers. This train of thought gained momentum way back in the ’50s with the wave of UFO contactees. This group thinks alien …

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