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Critical Perspectives: The Un-Reality of The Wolf of Wall Street
Posted by: Elizabeth Hughes Belzil • February 9, 2014 @ 4:49pm
I saw The Wolf of Wall Street in early January, a few weeks after its release in a New Jersey multiplex nestled in a dingy strip mall not unlike the one where Jordan Belfort (the Wolf) founds his corrupt brokerage firm. By this time I had already heard the varied reactions of both critics and friends.
Interview: Comic Debra DiGiovanni of Match Game and Video on Trial is a "Late Bloomer"
Posted by: Paul Little • January 27, 2014 @ 10:17pm
The first thing you realize when watching Debra DiGiovanni -- whether it's on stage or during her appearances on television shows such as Comedy's Match Game or Much Music's Video on Trial -- is that she's ridiculously funny.
Interview: Billy Reid, creative force behind YouTube children's hit "Pancake Manor"
Posted by: Paul Little • January 27, 2014 @ 5:10am
In this new era of music, when iTunes downloads and YouTube views are just as important as (or, one could argue, more important than) album sales and radio plays, it's quite the feat for any musician to have their videos played nearly 30 million times on YouTube.
In prepping this article, I had one goal in mind: Shed a bit of light on some of this year's finest work in TV comedy.
Five Things You Need To Know Before You Become A Critic
Posted by: S.P. Young • November 14, 2013 @ 2:33am
Have you ever thought of becoming a critic?
Do you have an opinion on a movie, television show, or in music that you want to share with the rest of the world? It turns out that most people, if not all people, have some kind of a critical opinion. Whether or not people want to expend the effort to write it down or to record it, is a different story.
Interview: Match Game's Darrin Rose crossing Canada with a cast of comics for Just for Laughs
Posted by: Paul Little • November 9, 2013 @ 6:21pm
Just for Laughs is a comedy institution -- an iconic name not just in Canada but around the world.
Top Fives: Horror Movies (That You've Probably Never Seen)
Posted by: Tony Hinds • October 31, 2013 @ 12:13pm
Horror films are a dime a dozen and the good ones are becoming increasingly difficult to find. Well, no need to fret over your pillow case of candy. We've found five great ones.
A little over a week ago the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival ended so what better time to ruminate on the good and the bad. And what better way to do so than create a "best and worst" list? (Sure, lists are reductive to the point of absurdity, they force an arbitrary ranking system, I usually come to regret them at some point, etc., etc.
TIFF 2013 Interview: Director & cast of The Dick Knost Show
Posted by: Elizabeth Hughes Belzil • September 15, 2013 @ 8:30am
In all the hubbub of the Toronto International Film Festival, sometimes it's easy to forget where you are. Amidst the wall of people crowding the streets, the buzz of foreign languages, and Hollywood celebrities emerging from black SUV's you might be at any major world film festival.
TIFF 2013 Interview: Director Pirjo Honkasalo
Posted by: Elizabeth Hughes Belzil • September 13, 2013 @ 4:06pm
A teenage boy stares at his reflection in a fogged mirror shrouded in darkness. Moments later the same boy watches a train derail off a bridge. Then he is trapped in one of the train's cars as it fills with water. He impotently slams his hands against the ceiling in an attempt to free himself.
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