Orphan Black S01E04 – Effects of External Conditions

Wow. SPOILERS Below!! After last week’s episode amping up the mystery and the tension a bit, including the revelation that the hunter may in fact be another clone, Helena (Tatiana Maslany rocking yet another incarnation, this woman is truly amazing!). Tonight’s episode on Space kept it coming with some fantastic moments. With the hunt for…

Orphan Black S01E02 – Instinct

Tonight on Space, things get even crazier for Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) as she learns the threads of her own and Beth’s life are more complicated than she thought, both personally and professionally. SPOILERS may abound, so proceed with caution… Now, we as viewers already know Sarah and her doppelgänger are clones, we don’t know the…

Orphan Black S01E01 – Pilot

Space and BBC America launch a brand new series tonight, Orphan Black. We’ve heard rumors about it for a while, I’ve seen the trailer, which didn’t quite hook me, but my friend Tanya who worked on the show,told me that it’s going to be dark, sexy, and awesome. I wasn’t quite sure I agreed until…

Toronto After Dark Film Festival – Tim’s Tops

So The Mind Reels’ first year covering The Toronto After Dark Film Festival has come to an end, and it was FANTASTIC! Now that it’s over I thought it would be nice to compile my top 5 films of the festival. I want to be clear, I could have happily included A Fantastic Fear of…

I Walked With A Zombie (1943)

A Canadian nurse moves to the West Indies to look after a sick woman, but finds a world filled with voodoo and zombies! Frances Dee plays Betsy, the nurse brought to the West Indies to look after the wife of Paul Holland. After suffering a terrible fever, she seems to have dropped into a zombie-like…

Tim’s Tops of 2011

I’m gonna take a page from my creative partner, Sue, and give a run down of my favorite films of the year; though it appears that we do have a lot of the same films on our list. 1) The Muppets – This movie is sheer joy, and by far the best time at the…