“You gotta see this…” Much like Sam handing Andy her headphones and promising that a song would totally change his life, the odd movie has been pointed out to me over the years. Sometimes I’ve been told everything except the cameraman’s birthday, sometimes I’ve simply been handed a dvd and told “Just watch it”. Off…
I did this six months ago, and had so much fun with it I thought I’d give it another go. It’s another interactive day at The Matinee… Ask me any movie related question about myself that you’d like. As the day goes on (and as long as the questions keep coming) I’ll continue to update…
Talk to me people. Between regular episodes, special episodes, Hot Docs coverage and TIFF coverage, I’ve racked up a little more than forty Matineecasts in the fourteen months I’ve been doing them. Listening back to some of those first episodes, I can sense an improvement…but I’m always looking for ways to try new things and…
I just realized that it was ten Christmases ago that I got my first dvd player. So there’s a small touch of coincidence that this Christmas, a blu-ray player with a tag addressed to yours truly made its way under our tree! (Thanks honey). Upon connecting this shiny new toy to our system, I was…
Without getting into specifics, I recently listened to a conversation where a film I love was torn to shreds. I couldn’t defend my precious film’s honour in the least. What’s more, it was quite evident that even if I could, the participants of the conversation wouldn’t be swayed. But that’s alright, it gave me an…
I’ve had a long yet sporadic conversation with a fellow movie geek about rating movies – specifically, in giving something a top score (10 out of 10, 5 out of 5, or where The Matinee is concerned, 4 out of 4). While I believe that most other scores can’t be taken at a glance, a…
In Your Eyes, Who Is Still “Money”?
