Having its Canadian Premiere this afternoon at the Scotiabank Theatre at 1:45, this joyous mixtape celebrates life and music through that most intimate and revealing art… dance. Filmed on location in Buenos Aires, everyday folk cut loose before a static camera while family, friends and pets watch, go about their daily lives or join the party. (Sometimes…
Month: April 2014
Hot Docs 2014: 112 Weddings (Doug Block)
It’s tough for me to call a favorite this early in the Hot Docs schedule, but Doug Block’s incredible film, 112 Weddings, has won me over completely. If you are going to see it tonight at its international premiere at the Isabel Bader theatre at 7pm, I can only offer these three words to you:…
Trailer Tracks: The X-Files – Fight The Future (1998) – Rob Bowman
I was a huge X-Phile, and I suppose in some ways I still am, I’m re-watching the series on Netflix when I have a spare mo, but man… I remember the first time I saw this trailer in the theater, people were wondering what it is, until that one moment, when the screen goes…
Trailer Tracks: The Monster Squad (1987) – Fred Dekker
Man, do I remember THIS movie, written by Shane Black, with creature effects by the legendary Stan Winston… Who wouldn’t want to be in a Monster Squad? And these kids get to take on Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, Wolfman, the Creature and the Mummy!!
Hot Docs 2014
It’s that time again!! Hot Docs, alongside Toronto After Dark, is one of my favorite film festivals that Toronto hosts yearly, and I am so looking forward to seeing what’s in store for us this year. Yes, there are big titles I’m looking forward to seeing, the documentary about Community creator, Dan Harmon, Harmontown, George…
Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982) – Trunk From the Past & Once a Tiger…
This week’s installment of the Bellisario classic features some high adventure as Jake (Stephen Collins), Sarah (Cailtin O’Heaney), Corky (Jeff MacKay)and Jack the one-eyed dog find themselves squaring off against an Egyptian curse. Airing 3 November 1982, and written by John Pashdag and Brady Westwater, the story gives us some back story on Sarah, as it begins in 1937,…
Trailer Tracks: Star Trek – The Motion Picture (1979) – Robert Wise
I’m a huge Trek fan, and while a lot of people argue about the pondering, slow-pace of this film, I still love it. The music by Jerry Goldsmith, the effects, the sense of wonder and mystery as they explore deeper into V’Ger… I’m even partial to the uniforms! I remember seeing this as a…
Wreck-It Ralph (2012) – Rich Moore
I’ve had this film in my collection for a while, but realized I never wrote up a look at it, and honestly, it was an excuse to sit back and enjoy it again, which I did. The story is set in an arcade, where we encounter Wreck-It Ralph (John C. Reilly), the bad guy…
The Rockford Files (1975) – The Aaron Ironwood School of Success & The Farnsworth Stratagem
Season 2 of The Rockford Files gets underway with private investigator, Jim Rockford (James Garner), caught up in an episode that focuses on family, so it makes sense that Rocky (Noah Beery Jr.), Beth (Gretchen Corbett) and Becker (Joe Santos) – who just took his lieutenant’s exam, are all present. Angel (Stuart Margolin), sadly,…
Trailer Tracks: North By Northwest (1959) – Alfred Hitchcock
Today, a look at the original trailer for one of my fave Hitchcock films! Starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, and Martin Landau, this cross-country adventure of mistaken identity is brilliantly enjoyable!
The Mind Reels 