I’m not entirely sure why, but I seem to suddenly be surrounded by musicals. Last weekend I watched MAMMA MIA!…next weekend I’ll be seeing the stage production of “Avenue Q”…interspersed with that, was a long conversation with a family member who’d just come back from an NYC trip full of Broadway productions. They’re following me…
Definitely, Maybe
So here we are, $158M later, basking in the glow that was the highly-hyped DARK KNIGHT. This whole experience has been amazing, and even though I plan on seeing it once more in theatres, I’m ready to move on. It’s hard to explain, but my mood since yesterday night is akin to how I feel…
Know Your Enemy
Like what I’ve done with the place? Thanks…I’ll refer you to my decorator. If there’s one thing I think we can all agree on, it’s the fact that BATMAN BEGINS did an amazing job of rebooting a franchise many thought had been left for dead. The story feels a bit more grounded, it’s reached even…
I Don’t Mind if You Forget Me
I’m beginning to believe that there is something worse than a bad movie, for both the film makers and the audience. I think that worse than making a bad movie, is making one that is just plain forgettable. There have been some pretty bad flops made in the history of Hollywood – PLAN 9, WATERWORLD,…
Oh Canada
Today is Canada Day…our national holiday up here in the north, and the date celebrated as the birthday of our nation. Of course, in true polite Canadian form, no battles or declarations actually ever happened on this date – it happens to be the date where four of our provinces came together to form a…
Wasted Time
Weird lil’ moment for me this weekend. A guy named Lou Kije read my review on THE HAPPENING and actually posted a comment (still somewhat of a rarity for me). His comment was directed to his loathing of the movie and how I’d been too kind in my appraisal of it. Lou actually hated the…
Summertime Blues
In a recent issue of Entertainment Weekly, columnist Chris Nashawaty bemoaned what has become of summer movies. He gripes that just about every release between the beginning of May and the end of August is either an over-stuffed blow-em-up, or a superhero franchise in the waiting. However, Nashawaty mentioned that it wasn’t always so. That…