Reelies 2015 – Final Round – Favourite Film Actress

And we’re back again!!! As before, this one is for all the nuggets, and every vote counts! Voting for this round will be open for one week only, so make sure to come back and vote often to ensure your favourite film actor comes out on top! You can vote as often as you like…

Hot Docs 2016: The Mind Reels chats with Aim for the Roses

  Hot Docs is well under way and Sue and I are having a great time!! We’ve seen some great films, and have had some wonderful interviews. We chatted with John Bolton and Mark Haney, the director and subject of Aim for the Roses, a doc, by Bolton, about a concept album, by Haney, about a failed attempt…

Hot Docs 2016: Wizard Mode -Nathan Drillot & Jeff Petry

  Robert Gagno is a brilliantly talented pinball wizard, he is also autistic.  And amidst the flashing lights, electronic sounds, and crowds of people, he comes of age as he travels to Pinburgh, the pinball  competition mecca of the world. Wizard Mode introduces us to Robert, a young man, with an easy smile, a knack…

Reelies 2015 – Final Round – Favourite Film Actor

  We’re back from our brief hiatus covering Canadian Screen Week! Still exhausted, but back! As before, this one is for all the nuggets, and every vote counts! Voting for this round will be open for one week only, so make sure to come back and vote often to ensure your favourite film actor comes…

Reelies 2015 – Final Round – Favourite Film Director

    This one is for all the nuggets, and every vote counts! Voting for this round will be open for one week only, so make sure to come back and vote often to ensure your favourite film comes out on top! You can vote as often as you like (though only once per hour),…

Reelies: Week Three, Round One – Favourite TV Actress

Voting for this round will be open for one week only, so make sure to come back and vote often to ensure your faves make it to the final round! You can vote as often as you like – once per hour – and for the same nominee or spread your votes out to different…

Reelies: Week Two, Round One

    Favourite TV Actor Voting for this round will be open for one week only, so make sure to come back and vote often to ensure your faves make it to the final round! You can vote as often as you like – once per hour – and for the same nominee or spread…

Black Christmas: Season’s Grievings Editon (1974) – Bob Clark

  Some people love the happy joyous type of films at Christmas, and while there is something to be said for all that good-will, happy endings and schmaltz that seem to highlight most of them, that morbid, macabre underside of humor and the holidays seem to be more appealing… As much as I loved Scrooged,…

TIFF 2015: Portal to Hell – Vivieno Caldinelli

  TIFF tends to be filled with hidden gems, each one tucked away and made all the more pleasing when you find it. So let Sue and I give you a little nudge in the right direction… Portal To Hell!!! is part of the Short Cuts Programme 4 and is nothing short of pure gold. Running…

Chatting with Reelside co-creator Raj Panikkar

Currently airing on The Movie Network is this fantastic little documentary series that explores Canadian talent in front of and behind the camera. With time spent with Stephen Amell, Michael Hogan, Graeme Manson, Seth Rogen, and honorary Torontonian George Romero amongst others. We didn’t get a chance to sit down and chat with one of…