Just a little heads up for anyone in Canada who’s looking for more hilarity from the likes of Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg (the director and star, respectively, of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz). Specialty channel Showcase is currently airing episodes from their cult British TV series Spaced, which is, as they say, [...]
Do you live in or near the Toronto area? Do you enjoy beating on people with blunt objects? Are you a massive geek with nothing better to do on a Friday night? Well then head on over to the front steps of the Royal Ontario Museum this Friday November 16th at 9:30 pm and take [...]
Worst action figure ever.
Is that supposed to look like Nicolas Cage? Who knows if he actually allowed them to use his likeness or not. Either way it made me laugh.
Apparently the Fairview Cinemas in St. Catharines are on the verge of shutting down, and being that they are the only place in the area that occasionally shows indie films, it makes me appreciate the Brock University Film Society that much more.
Here’s the preliminary schedule for winter 2007 screenings:
Jan. 7th - The Journals of Knud [...]
Movie fans in the Niagara Region may be interested to hear that the Brock University Film Society has announced the first part of its schedule for the Fall semester. This is one of the few places in the area to see great independent and foreign films that would typically only be playing in major cities [...]
Forget about Superman Returns, if you are looking to experience a great story involving the Man of Steel, I urge you to pick up the trade paperback of a comic mini-series called Superman: Red Son right now! I just recently got around to reading it and I loved it. It puts Bryan Singer’s dull soap [...]
Gattaca is one of my favourite science-fiction movies of all time. If you haven’t seen it you really should rent it. It deals with issues regarding genetic engineering, and in the movie parents are able to handpick the traits they want their children to have and manipulate their genes to guarantee that they will be [...]
If I had to choose one word to describe German director Werner Herzog it would be eccentric. If I had to choose three words they would be eccentric, genius, and indestructible. The man has directed many movies over the years, the majority of which most people will never have heard of. He documents strange people [...]