It’s that time of year, when things start to get very busy very quickly. In a couple of weeks, it will be time for time, a few weeks after that, vacation, but this weekend… This weekend it’s time to get my geek on and celebrate all the fandoms as Toronto’s Fan Expo gets underway. I…
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Northern Exposure (1994) – Eye of the Beholder, and Shofar, So Good
Ed (Darren E. Burrows) gets to live a bit of a dream when he works as a private investigator working on an insurance fraud case. He’s given all the gear he needs to prove that Hayden (James L. Dunn) is lying about his injury. Ed is conflicted. He’s into the gig, but a little upset…
Fan Expo 2024 Day 1
It’s that time of year in Toronto again. The summer is winding down, there is the first hint of the crispness of fall in the cooling evening air, which can mean only one thing. No not pumpkin spice lattes, it’s time for the CNE, TIFF, back-to-school prep, and the gathering of geeks from all over…
Magnum P.I. (2020/2021) – No Way Out, and First the Beatdown, Then the Blowback
Magnum (jay Hernandez), Higgins (Perdita Weeks) and T.C. (Stephen Hill) find themselves in a Die Hard situation in No Way Out. Written by Barbie Kligman the episode was first broadcast on 18 December, 2020. The trio are at the immigration offices as someone is investigating the fact that Higgins’ name has shown up on two…
The Ninth Gate (1999) – Roman Polanski
Johnny Depp finds himself caught up in a literary supernatural film noir that serves as the next entry in the chapter of The Devil’s Work in DK Canada’s Monsters in the Movie. Using the novel The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte as its basis the film follows a book detective, Corso (Depp) who is hired…
Toy Story 2 (1999) – Lee Unkrich, Ash Brannon, and John Lasseter
The Movie Book from DK Canada continues to entertain, and it’s next big recommendation was Toy Story, which I’ve previously covered off, but I was delighted to see that on the What Else To Watch list there were other Pixar films that were primed for a re-watch. So I threw in the blu-ray and settled…
Heart-Shaped Box (2007) – Joe Hill
After enjoying Hill’s short story collection a couple of weeks ago, as well as his fantastic work on Locke & Key, I decided to give a full novel a try, and the result ends up being a very satisfying ghost story, as we dive into a world of sex, violence and rock’n’roll. Judas Coyne (not…
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990) – Hollow Pursuits, and The Most Toys
Captain’s log: stardate 43801.4 First airing on 30 April, 1990, this episode, written by Sally Caves introduced fan favourite Reginald Barclay (Dwight Schultz) to the Trek Universe. Barclay is smart, but shy, suffers from some anxieties, and releases them through escapes to the holodeck. In fact, he slips away every chance he gets, as, within…
Ultimate Lego Star Wars (2017) – Chris Malloy, and Andrew Becraft
Lego, Star Wars, much like chocolate and peanut butter, some things just belong together. Lego has become inextricably tied to everyone’s childhood, and some of us leave it behind when we step towards that thing called adulthood, others will always have a love for it, and sometimes a massive collection to go with it. When…
Fan Expo 2016: The Interviews
Sue and I had a great time at Fan Expo, and thanks to the fine folk at Vistek, who outfitted us (check out their rentals, and their store here in Toronto), we got some great images, and some wonderful interviews from the press day organised by Touchwood PR check them out below. First up we…
The Mind Reels 