Edit: This top five was posted last year, but given that many of you weren’t reading this space back then, I figured I’d trot it out again. Thanks for reading, and Happy Holidays! – Hatter. There are all sorts of Christmas traditions for my family. Midnight mass. Betting on how long it will take my…
Doubleback: TROPIC THUNDER
Edit: I’ve mentioned before that I felt movies I don’t get to see in a theatre are ones I shouldn’t write a full-out review for. Still, there are a lot of titles I miss catching the first time around that I want to share a thought or two about. These movies are the ones I’ll…
DOUBT
Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty
People Get Ready (2008 SAG Nominations)
And then there was one… The Screen Actors Guild announced their year-end nominees today, which leaves The Directors Guild as the last body to announce their nominees and give us all a clue who might be nominated for an Oscar next month. Some interesting choices were made, full nominee list can be found below. Outstanding…
The Difference
As the game clock ticks down on 2008, each day another city’s film critics name their year-end-bests. The only two with any major intrigue are New York and Los Angeles, mostly because of the size of their media circles. However there are one or two dozen others – Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, and so on…
Hungry Like a Wolf (X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE Trailer)
One of my favorite things about this time of year is how audiences start getting trailers for next year’s big ticket movies and get appropriately geeked out. Right on cue, we have Hugh Jackman getting his Logan on once again in the upcoming X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE. Commence geeking out in 3…2…
Talk to Me
Small reminder to anyone in Toronto that the $3/Free-If-You’re-a-Member screening of IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE happens this conning Friday night. 7pm at The Bloor Cinema. Beyond that, I’m ashamed to admit that I’m phoning one in today. But not to leave you empty handed, take a look at the clip below for forty inspirational speeches…