Movies
Paranormal Activity 3: Tweet to decide who sees it first!
Posted by: Mark McLeod • October 4, 2011 @ 12:08pm
Do you have a Twitter account, love horror movies, and and want to be one of the first people worldwide to have a chance to see Paranormal Activity 3? Well, then you're in luck, because Paramount Pictures has launched their first-ever global "Twee to See it First" contests to kick off the eagerly-awaited 3rd installment of the thriller franchise.
Walkey Talk: Fall Movie Preview - Serious Film Lovers Only!
Posted by: Mike Walkey • September 30, 2011 @ 8:11pm
I'm not one of these self righteous film critics who always complain that movies aren't as good as they used to be. There are plenty of wonderful films out there to be enjoyed, one just requires a little extra effort to seek them out. Maybe I can help.
Here is the time of year that film buffs love. Summer is over, let's get serious.
TIFF 2011 Interview: Director & cast of Man on Ground
Posted by: Elizabeth Hughes Belzil • September 19, 2011 @ 7:48pm
With its endless capital and battalion of stars, Hollywood habitually eclipses everything else and leaves North American cineplexes turgid with stale super-hero flicks, listless comedies, and their sequels.
With a mediocre summer movie landscape filled with tired pirates, repeat bachelor parties, an unfunny fighter pilot wearing jewellery, rusty scrap metal in slowmo, and bland cowboys & aliens, there was an unlikely film about a Norwegian legend and a rainbow bridge that hammered out all that competition; and now its available for your home entertainment viewing pleasure.
The name Drew Powell might not be familiar to you, but chances are you've seen more of this actor's work than you would think. In the past few years, he's appeared in several television guest spots on Psych, Leverage, In Plain Sight, and House, just to name a few.
Interview: Blue Collar Boys director Mark Nistico
Posted by: Elizabeth Hughes Belzil • September 14, 2011 @ 7:43pm
Mark Nistico strolls into the Filmmaker's Lounge on the second floor of the Hyatt Regency in downtown Toronto flanked by his mother and brother -- his gait suggests an inkling of hesitation; a feeling of not quite belonging. The director is younger than most, lean and lanky with the shadow of a beard lending his visage an air of maturity it might otherwise lack.
Nobody wants to go back to classes in September. They're boring, time consuming, and have pretty lame teachers most of the time. Not this class though. Not the First Class.
TIFF 2011 Interview: Director Ingrid Veninger
Posted by: Elizabeth Hughes Belzil • September 13, 2011 @ 7:28pm
For the second time I was given the pleasure of interviewing Toronto-based filmmaker Ingrid Veninger. Since the debut of her film Modra at last year's festival, she has become one of the most recognizable new faces in Canadian cinema. Physically, she is distinctive as well: her dreadlocked hair sits massed atop her head, almost threatening to topple her itty-bitty frame.
In honour of the Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, I revisit Paul Greengrass's masterpiece United 93, released in the spring of 2006.
I've seen many films about 9/11, both documentaries and fictionalized accounts. I've become obsessed with accumulating footage and knowledge of this American tragedy with international repercussions.
When there is blood and chum in the cinematic waters that's always the first sign the summer season of movies is over and Halloween is not that far away.
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