I quite enjoyed the Bram Stoker award winning YA novel Clown in a Cornfield, so it made sense that sooner or later I was going to take in the film adaption of the story. It makes me laugh that the book is very much defined as a teen book, but the film itself, because of…
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) – Wes Ball
I love the Planet of the Apes franchise, including the Tim Burton iteration. And I’ve enjoyed them all, to be clear, I don’t remember much of the animated series from when I was a kid, or the brief live-action series, but I know the rest of franchise. I was initially unsure about the Dawn/Rise/War trilogy…
Stargate SG-1 (2002) – Summit, and Last Stand
The Tok’ra come to Stargate Command with news of a Goa’uld summit, it seems a number of system lords, including Ba’al (Cliff Simon) Zipacna (Kevin Durand), Kali (Suleka Mathew), and Osiris (Anna-Louise Plowman) are getting together. And the Tok’ra have a plan to take them out. Written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, this episode…
Abigail (2024) – Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, and Tyler Gillett
After I enjoyed Radio Silence’s Ready or Not, Abigail climbed my list of things to watch in the immediate future. And It definitely entertains. Once again, a group of people find themselves trapped in a mansion (this time it’s the Guiness Manor in Ireland). This time it’s for twenty-four hours while they hold a young…
Stargate SG-1 (2000) – Pretense, and Urgo
Skaara (Alexis Cruz) returns! He escapes and reaches the Tollan who are going to hold him for triad, allowing the council to decide whether Skaara or his Goa’uld to claim his body. Pretense was written by Katharyn Powers and it debuted on 21 January, 2000. The Tollan, represented by Narim (Garwin Sanford) reach out to…
Robin Hood (2010) – Ridley Scott
Director Ridley Scott does away with the romp and romantic adventure that has permeated the Robin Hood myth down through the ages, and through a number of onscreen iterations to tell a more historical-based version of the tale. He packs it with stars, but the lack of derring-do may have kept audiences away, who knew…
Legion(2010) – Scott Stewart
More heavenly trouble arises in the next title up in DK Canada’s oh so enjoyable, Monsters in the Movies. This time, hell comes to Earth, as an apocalypse is brought about by a war within the ranks of god’s army over the fate of humanity. That just gets my mind churning, so allow me this…
Toronto After Dark 2017: Tragedy Girls – Tyler MacIntyre
BFFs, LOLs, LIKES, RETWEETs and MURDER. The Toronto After Dark film festival comes to a close this evening at Scotibank Theatre with the Toronto premiere of the exceptional dark comedy, Tragedy Girls. A Heathers for the cyber age, the film follows two students and best friends, Sadie (Brianna Hildebrand) and McKayla (Alexandra Shipp) who are…
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) – Gavin Hood
Hugh Jackman returns as iconic mutant Logan aka Wolverine in Fox’s next stumble and mishandling of a Marvel franchise, as I continue my journey with the X-men in the Sci-Fi Chronicles book. While there are some nice visuals, and moments, overall everything about this film falls flat, and one of the things that angered…
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…
The Mind Reels 