The Poseidon Adventure (1972) – Ronald Neame

Irwin Allen. The name is automatically associated with the television series Lost In Space and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, but he’s also inextricably linked with the disaster film sub-genre of action movies, and today’s film on the 101 Action Movies List, produced by Allen cemented the formula for the genre. The Poseidon…

Toronto After Dark – Shorts After Dark

In the midst of a brilliantly busy Saturday in Toronto, including the annual Zombie Walk and the Grand Opening of the iconic comic book store The Silver Snail in its new Yonge Street location, I settled into the balcony of the Bloor Cinema to watch the shorts program of this outstanding festival. Featuring 9 shorts of…