Haunted house stories take a fine hand to craft and make them entertaining, believable, and scary. Cherie Priest accomplishes all of that with her superior horror novel, The Family Plot. Music City Salvage is barely staying afloat, and Charles Dutton the owner, risks everything to keep it afloat when he buys the Withrow house for…
Tag: 2016
TAD 2018: Prey (2016) – Dick Maas
Tonight at Scotiabank Theatre Toronto After Dark unleashes some claws and fangs with this film from the Netherlands, Prey. And Amsterdam had better watch out because a computer generated (and occasionally animatronic) lion is stalking the streets in this riff on man versus nature. When a massive lion wanders into town the bodies begin piling…
The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years (2016) – Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman
As I have moved on to viewing Star Trek: The Next Generation for the blog, I thought it was high time to dive into the second volume of The Fifty Year Mission by Trek fans Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross. The first volume, as previously reviewed chronicled the the Original Series, the features, and…
My Best Friend’s Exorcism (2016) – Grady Hendrix
Where do I even start with this book? I enjoyed this one so much. We were in the local Chapters, and I was immediately caught by the cover. It’s designed to look like a 1980s horror movie on VHS. And the story embraces everything you loved about the 80s – the shows, the music, the…
Reelies 2016 – Winners!
Here it is, folks! The long-awaited announcement of the 2016 Reelie award winners! As you may have noticed during the voting rounds, we did things a little bit differently this year. For one thing, we focused only on Canadian television, rather than television and film. As well, there was only one round of voting…
REELIES 2016 – Favourite Actress in a Series
This is it! The final category! Some might even say that we’ve saved the best for last, so get your voting fingers ready and support your favourite actress(es) in a series today! You can vote once per hour, all week long, and for as many nominees as you wish! Comment, share and most importantly, VOTE! …
REELIES 2016 – Favourite Actor in a Series
Canadian TV is really coming into its own, especially in recent years, and as such, we have a powerhouse line-up of actors available to duke it out and be pronounced as your favourite! There were so many possibilities, actually, that we had to narrow the list down a bit just to make it more manageable!…
Reelies 2016 – Favourite TV Series – Sci-Fi
Time to vote for your fave Canadian sci-fi TV series! You can vote for as many series as you like, and make sure to get your votes in once per hour, all week long! Share the link to help your favourites get to the top! The nominees for Favourite TV Series – Sci-Fi are:
Reelies 2016 – Favourite TV Series – Comedy
The next round of voting is now open! Vote for your favourite Comedy TV Series – and vote often! You can vote for as many nominees as you wish, and you’ll be able to vote once per hour, all week long! So spread the word and push your fave to the top! The nominees for…
REELIES 2016: Favourite TV Series – Drama
Let it begin! Voting for the first round of our annual Reelie Awards is now open! This year, there will be only ONE round of voting per category, so make sure to keep coming back all week long to make sure YOUR favourite wins! You can vote as often as you like, and for as many…
Silence (2016) – Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese’s beautifully shot passion project, Silence, is unveiled on blu-ray from Paramount Pictures today. Based on the novel by Shusako Endo the film is vibrant and gorgeous, while it plays with some tough questions about religion, faith, cultures and beliefs. Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson share top billing in this film, but…
Allied (2016) – Robert Zemeckis
Available today from Paramount Pictures is director Robert Zemeckis’ wartime romantic thriller, Allied. Opening in French Morocco, the film is a deliberate throwback to the romantic war films of yesteryear. In the first half of the film there are intentional callbacks to films like Casablanca and Notorious, calling to mind our memories and emotions…
