If you were out on a dark and stormy night, the last creatures you want to run into would be the likes of Dracula, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, The Bride of Frankenstein, Frankenstein, The Creature From the Black Lagoon and The Invisible Man. They are pretty argue down Continue Reading
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Halloween movie review: Crimson Peak
It is impossible to watch Guillermo del Toro’s latest gothic horror masterpiece, Crimson Peak, without wondering if there is more to be feared from the living than the dead. It is a question that Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska), would have more cause to muse on than most, after her Continue Reading
Halloween short: Dream a little dream of Freddy Krueger
OK so here’s two things you don’t usually see together – Freddy Krueger from the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and 1931 song “Dream a Little Dream of Me”, recorded by among many others Mama Cass Elliot of The Mamas and the Papas. But in this highly entertaining Continue Reading
Movie review: Mistress America
People, by and large, are not a terribly self-aware bunch. Sure they know what do they and don’t like in broad, abstract terms – chocolate vs. vanilla ice cream, beach holiday vs. the snow – and even on some deeper existential questions, but in general, many of us are Continue Reading
Talent that will not be denied: Trumbo defies censorship in new trailer
SNAPSHOT The successful career of 1940s screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) comes to a crushing end when he and other Hollywood figures are blacklisted for their political beliefs. TRUMBO (directed by Jay Roach) tells the story of his fight against the U.S. government and studio bosses in a war Continue Reading
Think you know everything about Canada eh? Doco Being Canadian may make you reconsider
Stereotypes are funny things. Sure they allow pretty much everyone to get a handle on an issue, a person or an entire nation in record time, and yes, there are some elements of truth to them, but by and large, they’re not really all that accurate, and hence, not Continue Reading
Is there Life After Gravity? There is, and it’s beautifully shot
SNAPSHOT Life After Gravity, is a thriller on a global scale — intergalactic, really — about the blessings and poisons of extraordinary power, the many conflicts of its pursuit, and the birth of a new era for our civilization when we’re suddenly relieved of the trappings of gravity. (synopsis Continue Reading
Movie review: The Dressmaker
If revenge is a dish best served cold, then Myrtle “Tilly” Dunnage’s (Kate Winslet) arrival back in her small, dusty backwater hometown of Dungatar in 1951 after many years away in involuntary exile, heralds the mother of all frozen banquets. Not that this is immediately obvious in the opening Continue Reading
Twisted Cinema: iconic movie scenes and posters made of balloons
Rob Driscoll aka The Bowtie Balloon Guy is one very talented man. Not only is he a magician, entertainer and photographer but he is also able to twist balloons into fantastically engaging shapes like nobody’s business. His latest project makes brilliant use of his talents, with all manner of Continue Reading
So emotional: Deleted Inside Out clip shows more of Riley’s imaginary friends
We all had imaginary friends growing up. And then suddenly we didn’t as the years advanced and the characters that so filled our childhood years with delight, colour and wonder, were no longer needed, consigned to some soon-to-be-forgotten part of our memories that only the most sentimental of us Continue Reading