Saw this one coming a few miles down the road – my local Blockbuster closed on the weekend. Now before I go any further, allow me to state for the record that this will not be a post bemoaning the death of this corporate entity, nor its place in our moviewatching habits. For me, the…
A few of you might already know about this, but with two days left to go in this year, I wanted to share a goal that I set for myself with everybody who reads this blog. In the final days of 2009, I tossed around ideas of what I wanted for The Dark of The…
Those critters seem pretty harmless, wouldn’t you say? Well for one young boy, they were the source of cinematic trauma. Last week, when I spoke with Douglas Trumbull, I started the conversation off with one of my five questions. I broke the ice with Mr. Trumbull by asking him if he could recall his first…
Let it never be inferred that I am not an equal opportunist. Seems as though my beloved ferociously disagrees with my take on the most recent Harry Potter film, and wanted an opportunity to decry my idiocy from the rooftops. How could I deny her the chance? So please take a look at Lindsay’s reasoning…
I’ve been thinking. (Shut up!) Yesterday evening while looking for a bit of inspiration, I stopped by one of my favorite non-movie blogs Cover Me: a site dedicated to the art of the cover song. Last night I got a smile as I listened to an evocative arrangement of one of my least favorite Springsteen…
Since November began, some of you might have noticed a little addition to the design of this blog – specifically, in the banner. What you see there is a poppy, and it’s something that we pin to our coats and jackets here in Canada in the days leading up to Remembrance Day (which is today,…
Last week, a friend of mine with a particular fondness for films said “so long”. It’s one of these things where I know “so long” will only be for a while…but how much of a while is what I don’t know. Could be months, could be years. What’s interesting is that I’ve been through this…
