Ahh… The beauty of Netflix. It lets me watch movies that I have never seen, and in some cases, movies I would never have paid money to see. And that brings us to the first installment of Caught In The Net(flix) where I review films or television shows that are available on Canada’s Netflix. Since…
Author: TD Rideout
An Evening with CSM
William B. Davis. Cigarette Smoking Man. Canadian Actor and Legend was in town last night to promote his memoir… Where There’s Smoke… Held in an intmiate setting at the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom on Queen Street West and part of the “This Is Not Reading Series” the event was moderated by CTV film critic Richard Crouse….
Not Sidekicks…
Ok Lost Girl. You’ve got me hooked. I’m involved in the story and the characters, I’ll watch you every week. How about something back in return? I love all the characters of the show (even when they seem to be acting like douches… no names Wolfy McWolfson), but now that you’ve established yourself (and we…
Visit Scenic Haven…
Stephen King. Like so many others, his books were a rite of passage in my teen years. I still remember the first one I read… Salem’s Lot (loved the way he interpreted vampires). It was the third longest book I had read at that time (following Lord of the Rings, and Shogun) and I flew through…
Episode 1with Elizabeth Beard
Episode 1. Join us, Sue Maynard and Timothy D Rideout as we sit down with our first guest, photographer Elizabeth Beard at the Metro Toronto Zoo to introduce ourselves and talk about what we want to do with the blog and the podcast. It’s a short introductory episode to get our feet wet. Let us…
The Hunger Games – Defending The Districts
The Hunger Games. Wow. It’s easy to dismiss a teen fiction book as just that, teen fiction, but more and more it appears that there are great stories being told in this arena. And for us here at The Mind Reels, The Hunger Games is one of those. We’re very passionate about it, and of…
My First Movie Experience…
1975. My parents had a ‘discussion’, about whether I should be able to go to the drive-in with them. I was 3, going on 4. Happily (for me at any rate), according to her version of the story, my mother won out and I was introduced to the world of movies and escapism with what has become…
WATCH THIS SPACE!
Welcome to The Mind Reels… What? Yet another pop culture blog from people who have opinions about movies, TV shows, books, comics and toys? I’m afraid so, and welcome to it. What makes The Mind Reels different? Well, for one, we’re not always going to be reviewing all the newest and latest, though there will…
