It’s time for a little more Hitchcock as I dive into another old favourite, Shadow of a Doubt starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. A coming-of-age tale with a twist of murder, this film remains completely captivating thanks to the direction, the leading and the wonderful supporting cast which are all recognisable to anyone who…
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Toronto After Dark 2017: Dead Shack – Peter Ricq
Toronto After Dark’s Zombie Night gets underway this evening at 6:30 at the Scotiabank Theatre with a special presentation of the Canadian zombie film, Dead Shack, directed by Peter Ricq. A fun, if short and simple film, the story follows three youngsters, Jason (Matthew Nelson-Mahood) and his friends Colin (Gabriel LaBelle), Summer (Lizzie Boys) and…
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) – Clyde Geronimi, Hamikton Luske and Wolfgang Reitherman
Continuing my recommendations from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book for my screening of Snow White, I happily dove into this canine tale, which, much like the other recommendations so far, I hadn’t seen in years. Set in London, with a fantastic score by George Bruns, and based on the book…
Magnum, P.I. (1981) – J. ‘Digger’ Doyle & Beauty Knows No Pain
What Season 1 is over already?!?! That’s ok, it ends in a great way, the lovely Erin Gray stars in the first episode as the titular, J. ‘Digger’ Doyle. It also features Orson Welles as the voice of Robin Masters… This episode was written by Bellisario and aired on 9 April, 1981. In it,…
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Romero finds his way onto the 101 Horror Movies again with the follow-up to the classic Night of the Living Dead with Dawn of the Dead. First off, let me get this out of the way. I liked it. I also like the remake. I did, however, find that the film itself, the 139 minute…
NFCC – Batmobile & Tim and April
Last weekend Sue and I got to go to Niagara Falls to cover the wonderful Comic Con that was put on there. We had a great time, and if you haven’t seen all the pics, take a look at our Facebook page, or check out our Comic Con post from earlier in the week….
