Crossroads was written by Erik Jendresen, dramatizing events from Stephen E. Ambrose’s non-fiction book exploring the 101st during World War II. This episode, first aired on 30 September, 2001, and is the halfway mark of the Tom Hanks (who also directs this episode) and Seven Spielberg produced mini-series. The main narrative of the episode follows…
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Band of Brothers (2001) – Carentan, and Replacements
The third episode of the iconic Band of Brothers mini-series, produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, Carentan, first aired on 16 September, 2001. It was written by E. Max Frye who used historian Stephen E. Ambrose’s non-fiction book about the 101st, Band of Brothers, to bring it to life. Once again, the episode is…
Band of Brothers (2001) – Currahee, and Day of Days
In 2001, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg oversaw the production of HBO’s Band of Brothers, a fantastic chronicle of everyday men caught up in the events of World War II, from their cohesion as a unit to the end of World War II. Based on the non-fiction book by acclaimed historian Stephen E. Ambrose, the…
A Bridge Too Far (1977) – Richard Attenborough
A Bridge Too Far is a solid and amazing film. It also suffers from the time it was made, and the films that followed it. It’s packed with big names. It is literally an all-star cast in a way that doesn’t happen anymore. All of them working to bring the story of Operation Market Garden…
Toronto After Dark 2017: Eat Local(s) – Jason Flemyng
At 7pm tonight at Scotiabank Theatre, Toronto After Dark is hosting the Toronto premiere of Eat Local(s). A fun vampire romp that is sure to please audiences, the cast is stacked with recognisable faces and names, Charlie Cox (Daredevil), Mackenzie Crook (The Office), Eve Myles (Torchwood), Freema Agyeman (Doctor Who), Dexter Fletcher (Band of Brothers)…
Boardwalk Empire – The Complete Third Season Blu-Ray
HBO was kind enough to send me an advance copy of their hit series Boardwalk Empire, starring Steve Buscemi, to take a look at. I wasn’t sure how to approach this one, as I am first and foremost very much NOT a fan of the gangster genre. I appreciate the Godfather series as cinema,…
Justified – Season 1 (2010)
Elmore Leonard is one of the most prominent American crime writers and his short story, Fire In The Hole serves as the jumping off point for the series Justified. It was developed for FX by Graham Yost. Yost has had his fingers in a number of projects I’ve enjoyed, most notably Band of Brothers and From The Earth…
Fan Expo Edition!
So Fan Expo is over for another year, sigh. Oh well. Sue and I had a great time, and had some wonderful chats, and there are chats we missed out on that we’re still trying to run down, as well as more still to come, but this week, we have an amalgam of interviews…
Fan Expo Day 4
Somehow, Day 4 of Fan Expo has come and gone – and it’s all over for another year. Wow. It’s been an amazing weekend, and each day just seemed to hold the bar or raise it in terms of awesomeness. This morning should have been a sign! Sue and I checked in at the Media…
Sneakers (1992)
You tend to forget how awesome this movie is. I have a friend at work who is working his way through the thriller genre on Netflix, and I asked if he’d ever seen Sneakers. He said no, and promptly settled in to watch it, and started raving about it immediately. Which made me think that…
The Mind Reels 