We begin the race to the season finale this week with Utopia. Written by Russell T. Davies and airing on 16 June, 2017, the more I reflect on this one, the more I think it merely serves as just an extended prologue for the two-part finale. The Doctor (Tennant), Martha (Freema Agyeman) and Captain Jack…
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Under the Dome: The Complete Series
Releasing today from Paramount Pictures and CBS DVD is The Complete Series of the television adaptation of Stephen King’s massive novel, Under the Dome. The series features both King and Steven Spielberg as executive producers with Brian K. Vaughan as showrunner. Over the course of 38 episodes we get to know the folks of Chester’s…
REELIES 2016 – Favourite Actress in a Series
This is it! The final category! Some might even say that we’ve saved the best for last, so get your voting fingers ready and support your favourite actress(es) in a series today! You can vote once per hour, all week long, and for as many nominees as you wish! Comment, share and most importantly, VOTE! …
REELIES 2016 – Favourite Actor in a Series
Canadian TV is really coming into its own, especially in recent years, and as such, we have a powerhouse line-up of actors available to duke it out and be pronounced as your favourite! There were so many possibilities, actually, that we had to narrow the list down a bit just to make it more manageable!…
Reelies 2016 – Favourite TV Series – Sci-Fi
Time to vote for your fave Canadian sci-fi TV series! You can vote for as many series as you like, and make sure to get your votes in once per hour, all week long! Share the link to help your favourites get to the top! The nominees for Favourite TV Series – Sci-Fi are:
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (1987) – Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams is always bound to entertain, and as I dug into the story of Dirk Gently, I knew this one was going to be a ride. I read this one when it first came out, it ended up in my stocking or as a Christmas present. I never understood it, my mom would keep…
Dance of Death (2005) – Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
It’s been a while since I checked in with FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast, Preston and Child’s modern, American answer to Doyle’s Holmes. Last time we checked in with him, he was left in a bit of dire straits as his friend Vincent D’Agosta fled for his life. The story picks up a couple of short…
Penny Dreadful: The Complete Series
Paramount Pictures in association with Showtime is unleashing the Complete Series of the British Sky TV programme Penny Dreadful today. This danse macabre is by turns frightening, poignant, and completely unnerving. And it has never looked better. Featuring a gorgeous high definition transfer, the series looks and sounds fantastic as it takes the viewer deeper…
The Couturier of Milan (2017) – Ian Hamilton
Next Monday, the adventures of Ava Lee continue in Ian Hamilton’s latest instalment in the addictive, page-turning series that began with The Water Rat of Wanchai and continues now with book nine(!) and one novella – The Couturier of Milan. Over the course of these books, I have grown to consider Ava Lee a friend,…
TIFF Bell Lightbox – Trek Talks Go Boldly!
TIFF Bell Lightbox continues to pull out all the stops in their celebration of Star Trek’s 50th anniversary. In support of the iconic show, the Lightbox will continue to screen episodes and all 13 films of the series, as well as a fundraiser party, and the absolutely engaging, thought-provoking and stunning lecture series called Trek…
The Mind Reels 