It’s December and Showcase has conspired to give Sue and I an early Christmas gift. We’ve been invited to the set of one of my favorite shows of the year, Defiance. We’ve been asked to come out, have a look around and chat with some of the cast. (Sadly, we weren’t permitted to take…
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Annie Hall (1977) – Woody Allen
The final recommendation following Manhattan in the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book is the Academy Award winning Annie Hall. And while even now, I don’t understand how this film beat out Star Wars for best picture, I can admit it was pretty good. Except for the fact that I don’t think Woody…
Trailer Tracks: Black Rain (1989) – Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott, alongside Spielberg, has long been one of my favoite directors, and I loved his work with Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw and Ken Takakura in this crime thriller that moves from New York to Japan. Showcasing the culture clash, the differences in police procedures and justice this one is just a great…
Manhattan (1979) – Woody Allen
The Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book’s next title and recommendations are a series of Woody Allen films, which should be interesting, because I’ve never been a huge fan. The main title of the section is Manhattan, and I’m a little divided on it. Backed with some beautiful Gershwin tunes, and shot in…
Trailer Tracks: Highlander (1986) – Russell Mulcahy
Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Christopher Lambert, music by Queen, and swords in modern-day New York… what’s not to like about this epic story?!?
Captain America: Winter Soldier (2014) – Anthony & Joe Russo
Marvel titles just keep coming! And this entry into the Marvel-evrse shows that the world and its characters are continuing to grow, and that, as of yet, the studios aren’t sacrificing story for spectacle. Chris Evans returns as super-soldier Steve Rogers in his first solo mission (that we’ve seen) since the events in New York…
The Hindenberg (2011) – Philipp Kadelbach
Releasing to DVD this week, Anchor Bay oversees the historic disaster that summarily ended the sophisticated age of travel that was the zeppelin, Hindenburg. Filmed as a German mini-series but shot in English, this excursion is a bit of a mixed bag. There are some really good things about this three-hour epic, and there…
It Happened One Night (1934) – Frank Capra
Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert spark in this romantic comedy that is one of the recommendations from Great Movies – 100 Years of Film title Bringing Up Baby. Capra has crafted a delightful film, and though somethings are a little dated and down right wrong, like the insinuation that sometimes a woman just needs…
Bitten S01E01 – Summons
Tonight on Space, Kelley Armstrong’s books come to live with Daegan Fryklind’s adaptation of The Women of the Otherworld series title Bitten. Filmed here in the Toronto area, the series itself is set in Toronto and upstate New York, specifically Bear Valley and the Danvers home, Stone Haven. It follows the story of Elena Micheals (Laura Vandervoort), a woman who…
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) – Paul Greengrass
Matt Damon returns as Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne in this third installment of the highly successful series. Like Supremacy, this entry on the 101 Action Movies list is also directed by Paul Greengrass, and this time around, they’ve pulled out all the stops as this high-throttle action film brings Jason home, stepping onto the shores…
