I could sit here and try to critique this film, but the simple truth is that it’s pretty much critic proof. It has a few flaws – technical questions mostly, nothing that comes close to ruining things – but the simple truth is that BEING ELMO has three things going for it that will melt…
Some actors seem unbreakable: They go on and on with each passing year and always seem to be just as sharp and genteel as they were when they first came on to the scene. They age gracefully and take on a warm sense of wit. On Broadway, Carol Channing is that sort of personality. So…
Now that was a movie! That’s what I love about watching films with other movie bloggers – sometimes they can read your thoughts perfectly. SENNA is indeed more than just a documentary about the life of F1 Racing legend Ayrton Senna. It takes the vibrant colours of a both a hero and the very sport…
The sun has gone down on a Wednesday night in Toronto. What was a bright and sunny May day after what has been a rather miserable spring has turned into a rather chilly night. I’m not usually the sort to hang out on a rooftop drinking beer when the temperature drops down to single digits,…
Listening to the the emotional confessions that make up PROJECT NIM, I found one question repeating in my head: With how emotionally involved all the scientists were getting in the experiment, how could they possibly have counted on purely quantifiable mathematic results? You might set out to prove that it’s possible to create a drug…
Wednesday night found me in a slightly louder environment – namely a brisk rooftop patio where I was introduced to this guy… He’s the subject of BEAUTY DAY, an awesome documentary by director (and fellow blogger / podcaster) Jay Cheel. Jay is very much in demand around Hot Docs so this episode will be short…
Elton John once said that some musicians are born into the wrong era; that there are many artists on the scene right now (and more from the past) that would have done immensely better commercially had they been playing to an audience with a different sensibility. While Sir Elton might not have named him specifically,…
