I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again – I’m glad the pub night for Toronto Movie Bloggers is on a Tuesday. With Wednesday being the post that I put up a trailer, makes it much easier to “phone one in” as the hangover fades. Here’s another flick that’s playing Hot Docs this year –…
Midnight Radio: Life in Technicolor part i
We now interrupt this regularly scheduled blog to talk documentaries… Today begins a special series of my regular Matineecast, talking about all thing festival related. The format will be a little different than usual, namely episodes will be a bit shorter (though this one is normal length), and slightly more raw as I won’t be…
The Real Thing pt. V (Hot Docs Preview)
Gotta love it when your podcast server site doesn’t want to co-operate just as you intend to bombard it with new material. Here’s hoping mypodcast.com gets things sorted out soon! However, on with the show, and on with my final look forward at one of my top five most anticipated films of this year’s Hot…
I Want It All (THE STORY OF FURIOUS PETE Trailer)
Last night I watched an advance-screener copy of this film which is playing at Hot Docs next week. Suffice it to say, it was a bad idea to watch and try to eat dinner at the same time…
The Real Thing pt. IV (Hot Docs Preview)
In case you haven’t been following, my posts in “The Real Thing” series have been snapshot previews of the films I’m most looking forward to seeing at the Hot Docs festival. With the previous three, I was going on brief synopsis and reputation. But for this fourth entry, for DISH: WOMEN, WAITRESSING, & THE ART…
Fortunate Son (CASINO JACK AND THE UNITED STATES OF MONEY Trailer)
While this weekend will be all about KICK-ASS and the fun that comic book movies can bring, the shadow of Hot Docs is looming larger and larger by the day. have I hyped it up enough yet? One of the movies that are playing this year is CASINO JACK AND THE UNITED STATES OF MONEY,…
The Real Thing pt. III (Hot Docs Preview)
There’s something to be said for a person telling their own life story post-humously, even if I’m not deeply interested in the person’s life in the first place. It’s this haunting technique that originally drew me to KURT COBAIN: ABOUT A SON, and TUPAC RESURRECTION…and it’s what draws me to AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE.…