Ed (Darren E. Burrows) struggles with his cinematic dreams, questioning whether he can actually make a film or not in Animals R Us. Written by Robin Green this episode first debuted on 14 October, 1991. There are a couple of narrative threads woven into this story, but the main one centers on Maggie (Janine Turner)…
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011) – Shadow Warrior, Mercy Mission, and Nomad Droids
“Who a person truly is cannot be seen with the eye.” We travel back to Naboo with Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter) and Padme Amidala (Catherine Taber)in this episode written by Daniel Arkin. Shadow Warrior debuted on 30 September, 2011. There is unrest under the surface of Naboo as the Gungans are seemingly on the verge…
South Park: The Complete Seventh Season
It’s time for another trip to the small Colorado town of South Park, as I dive into Season Seven of the enduring Comedy Central cartoon show. Released by Paramount Pictures, the Complete Seventh Season on blu-ray gives us a huge dose of comedy over the course of its fifteen episodes. This time out series creators…
Hot Docs 2016: The Slippers – Morgan White
Movie history, Hollywood dreams, conspiracies, finger-pointing, millions of dollars, back-stabbing, and the most iconic items in cinema history, Dorothy’s ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz are the topics up for perusal in White’s documentary, The Slippers. Having its Canadian Premiere this afternoon at the Lightbox at 3:15pm, the film delves into the world…
The Wizard of Oz (1939) – Victor Fleming (King Vidor, George Cukor, Mervyn Leroy and Norman Taurog – uncredited)
The next title in the family genre of the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book was too good to pass up. I mean how do I turn down the opportunity of pulling out my blu-ray copy of The Wizard of Oz and throwing it on for the evening? There has been so…
The Mind Reels 