Review: The Master

Posted by: Tony Hinds  •  October 5, 2012 @ 1:13am

Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master is a fascinatingly intellectual film. But, not an emotional one. It washes over you like a tidal wave, knocking, flipping you upside down. Its visual beauty is unquestionable and the performances are brilliant but, his characters hold the audience at arms length.

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Supernatural: We Need to Talk About Kevin

Posted by: Kyle Tetarenko  •  October 4, 2012 @ 10:29pm

It's season eight and Supernatural is back.

After a full year in God's armpit, Dean managed to escape from purgatory but not alone.

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Review: Darcy Michael - One Skinny Bitch

Posted by: Tony Hinds  •  October 4, 2012 @ 4:16pm

Vancouver comic Darcy Michael's new stand-up special, One Skinny Bitch -- not quite a comedy DVD as it's available exclusively for download -- opens with our man locked outside of the venue. He bangs on the door, shivering in the cold.

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Joe Avati: Back to Basics Tour Interview

Posted by: Mark McLeod  •  October 1, 2012 @ 8:49pm

Australian-Italian comedy superstar Joe Avati heads back to Canada this fall as part of his Back to Basics World Tour.

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Glee: Makeover

Posted by: Mike Walkey  •  September 30, 2012 @ 8:48pm

It's been a fun start to the fourth season of Glee so far, despite some predictability. And so here lies the first episode with a major cliff-hanger ending.

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Fringe: Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11

Posted by: Andrew Burns  •  September 30, 2012 @ 8:46pm

It's the beginning of the end. Fox's fan favourite sci-fi series Fringe returns for its fifth and final season. Yes, it may only be a half season, only 13 episodes, but late last season myself and other loyal fans were just happy our beloved series had been renewed.

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Flashpoint: No Kind of Love

Posted by: S.P. Young  •  September 30, 2012 @ 12:16am

"Get out. Not everyone gets to."

"No Kind of Life" has one of those stories that despite trying to tug at the emotional strings, it just can not be taken seriously at all. Like many other episodes of Flashpoint, the main antagonist is a sympathetic criminal.

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Review: Looper

Posted by: Tony Hinds  •  September 28, 2012 @ 12:20pm

What is so amazing about Looper –the new sci-fi/ action master work from Brick and The Brothers Bloom director Rian Johnson- is that it is not just another movie about time travel.

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Blu-Ray Review: The Avengers

Posted by: Andrew Burns  •  September 27, 2012 @ 11:22pm

Earth's mightiest heroes defeated their box office adversaries this summer and now Marvel & Disney are back crush their home video completion with The Avengers on Blu-Ray. And much like the Avengers themselves there are many different options to choose from when deciding which version to add to your personal movie library.

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Book Review: The Screenwriter's Roadmap by Neil Landau

Posted by: Tony Hinds  •  September 27, 2012 @ 6:33pm

"Here is the problem: The dumb people aren't gonna get it. And the smart people are going to be offended that you didn't think they were smart enough to get it."

– Sheldon Turner, screenwriter-- Up in the Air; X-Men: First Class


A screenwriting how-to book can be a tricky thing.

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