The Carpenter-esque, Canadian-made, Ditched is available for streaming from the Toronto After Dark film festival today. I think I enjoyed the idea of it more than the actual movie itself. Melina (Marika Sila), a paramedic, wakes up in her overturned ambulance, and has to brace herself for a long violent night of the soul, as…
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TIFF 2021: Attica dir. Stanley Nelson
Taking a look at the five day rebellion, and hostage taking in September of 1971 at Attica prison, Nelson’s documentary is a stark, unflinching look at the prison system, the industry of it, the culture and race clash that is inherent in it, and the larger world as a whole. Filled with interviews from those…
Mission: Impossible (1968) – The Phoenix, and Trial by Fury
Phelps (Peter Graves) and his IMF team are back out in the field this week as I dive into another pair of assignments in Paramount Canada’s Mission: Impossible – The Complete Series on blu-ray. The Phoenix written by John D.F. Black from a story he created alongside Edward DeBlasio is first up, originally broadcast on…
Star Wars: Jedi Search (1994) – Kevin J. Anderson
Kevin J. Anderson launches his Jedi Academy trilogy this week as I travel back to 1994, and the original Star Wars Expanded Universe. I’m exploring each book by publication date, and there were a couple of things I loved right off the bat, which I either didn’t notice the first time I read it (I…
Star Wars: Rebels (2017) – In the Name of the Rebellion: Part 2, The Occupation, and Flight of the Defender
When we left Ezra (Taylor Gray), Sabine (Tiya Sircar) and Chopper (Dave Filoni) last week, Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker) had just rescued them from a mission into Imperial space. A good episode, but the follow-up was amazing! In the Name of the Rebellion: Part 2 was written by Matt Michnovetz. Forst airing on 23 October,…
Chuck (2010) – Versus the Cubic Z, and Versus the Coup d’Etat
Chuck (Zachary Levi) and Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) face some fears about their future, while fighting villains from their past, all while Morgan (Joshua Gomez) faces his first real challenge as a manager with a hot game release, and no product. Chuck Versus the Cubic Z was written by Nicholas Wootton and first aired on 4…
Peninsula (2020) – Sang-ho Yeon
I remember seeing Train to Busan back in 2016, at my fave film fest, Toronto After Dark, and was excited to see it just from the buzz around it at the festival. I was completely wowed,and have since recommended it constantly. I loved what Yeon did with the film, the way the story played out,…
Star Trek: Enterprise (2003) – Cease Fire, and Future Tense
Captain’s log: date unknown Chris Black pens this episode that first aired on 12 February, 2003. Captain Archer (Scott Bakula) and the Enterprise are called in to help mediate a dispute between the Vulcans and the Andorians who still seem to be chafing against one another, once again, over a small inhospitable planet. That of…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012) – Escape From Kadavo, A Friend in Need, and Deception
“Great hope can come from small sacrifices.” Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein), Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor) are still prisoners if the Zygerrian slavers in Escape From Kadavo. Rex (Dee Bradley Baker) and Obi-Wan are put to work in the mines, while the queen (Raija Baroudi) continues to take an interest…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011) – Carnage of Krell, Kidnapped, and Slaves of the Republic
“Our actions define our legacy.” The story arc of Jedi Master Krell (Dave Dennoy) comes to a conclusion this week with this episode penned by Matt Michnovetz. It originally aired on 18 November, 2011. Captain Rex (Dee Bradley Baker) and the rest of the 501st are shocked at Krell’s orders to execute Fives (Baker) and…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011) – Water War, Gungan Attack, and Prisoners
“When destiny calls, the chosen have no choice.” Jose Molina pens the season four opener that debuted on 16 September, 2011. Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter) and Senator Padme Amidala (Catherine Taber) head to the planet of Mon Calamari which is on the brink of civil war between the native Mon Cals and the Quarren. The…
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) – Nathan Juran
Setting aside the obvious whitewashing of the cast, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, the next film in the Dragons & Dinosaurs chapter of DK Canada’s extremely entertaining Monsters in the Movies is a lot of fun. And one that I have a bit of a history with. Growing up we moved around frequently (being in…
