Now this – THIS movie is what my dreams were made of! I wanted to go to space – at least to Space Camp – so that I could learn all I needed to know about becoming an astronaut. The effects were actually pretty good for the time, and don’t look completely ridiculous today. …
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Trailer Tracks: Flight of the Navigator – Randal Kleiser
Aw yeah. This film from Walt Disney really hit home with me when it came out – and in many respects still today. It’s one of those stand-alone magical films that can take you back to your childhood in an instant, and make you feel like a kid again. Joey Kramer and Sarah Jessica…
Trailer Tracks: A League Of Their Own – Penny Marshall
Yet another entry on my Top 10 of All Time list is this classic, based on real life events tale about a group of women who agree to play baseball in a new national league in World War II America. I’m pretty sure the film only scratches the surface of what the women went…
Trailer Tracks: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial – Steven Spielberg
In my eyes, this is one of the world’s perfect movies. As a child, it filled me with wonder and ignited my imagination for apparently the rest of my life (so far, at least). As an adult, that wonder is still there, but is now accompanied by an appreciation for some of the more…
Trailer Tracks: Terminator 2: Judgment Day – James Cameron
I don’t think I’d even seen the original Terminator film when I headed to the theatre with a group of friends to see the sequel. I knew the basic plot, but otherwise settled in rather blind for this one the first time. The movie picks up years after the first one ended, with Sarah…
Trailer Tracks: Nightmare On Elm Street – Wes Craven
As a teenager, my brother, our friend and I, suddenly got into horror movies, and we began renting them on VHS and watching them together pretty much every week. Some were gross, many were cheesy, several were scary as hell, and all of them were good fun. While it was the 3rd film in…
Trailer Tracks: Teen Wolf – Rod Daniel
While Tim is away, Sue will play! I thought I’d start out my trailer tracks with a throw way, way back to a film that’s as good cheesy fun today as it was when it came out, Teen Wolf. One of several Michael J Fox vehicles to hit our screens throughout the mid-80’s, this one…
ICFF – Italian Contemporary Film Festival 2014
Toronto is a truly fortunate when it comes to the film industry. There are times when it seems you can’t turn around in this city without striding onto a film location, or finding out there is a film festival of some for or another being held. I LOVE IT! Starting today and running through to…
The Mind Reels Tackle the Canadian Screen Awards 2014
Sue and I were elated to be able to take part in the Canadian Screen Awards festivities this week, including two galas and the broadcast event this past Sunday night at the Sony Centre. We wanted to tweet and post all night, and even had a plan to do all kinds of #legoselfies, but…
Canadian Screen Awards Gala #1 – Press Room Adventures!!
Thanks to the amazing work at Touchwood PR (you know who you are!), Sue and I were invited to cover the Canadian Screen Awards this week. The week is filled with lots of things for the Canadian broadcast, film and television industry, all of it culminating in the broadcast Sunday evening, hosted by Martin…
The Mind Reels 