Every one who visits this site knows I’ve raved about the gorgeous collection of books that DK Canada has in their library, and I love that they are bringing their passionate love of pop culture with them with a wealth of boos to entertain all readers. There are a number of great books to be…
Tag: trivia
Toy Story 4: The Official Guide (2019) – Ruth Amos
With Buzz, Woody and the rest of the gang returning to theaters this summer with Disney Pixar’s Toy Story 4, DK Canada thought it might help out younger viewers by releasing The Official Guide for the new film which lets us catch up with old friends, meet new ones, including Canada’s Greatest Stuntman, Duke Caboom!…
Marvel Encyclopedia – New Edition (2019) – Adam Bray, Tom Brevoort, Alan Cowsill, Andrew Darling, Matt Forbeck, Peter Sanderson, Micheal Teitelbaum, and Daniel Wallace
How well d you know the Marvel Universe? Do you know your Kree from your Skrulls? How about the original line up for the Guardians of the Galaxy? Do you know about the Secret Wars? Secret Invasion? Who’s Ironheart? How many iterations of the Avengers are there? While we sit and ruminate over what Phase…
Solo: A Star Wars Story – The Official Guide (2018) – Pablo Hidalgo
As a Star Wars fan, hell, as a pop culture fan, DK Canada gets me. Their constantly growing library of books, no matter what the subject, are always fun, informative, filled with trivia, gorgeous photos and illustrations, and always seem to be designed to give us a closer look at the subject matter. The official…
Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need To Know (updated and expanded for 2017) – Adam Bray, Cole Horton, Michael Kogge, and Kerri Doughtery
A couple of years ago, DK Canada sent me a book that could answer almost any question you may have had about the Star Wars universe in celebration of the upcoming The Force Awakens. Now they’ve done it again, releasing an expanded and updated edition of the text for the new Star Wars film, The…
Doctor Who (David Tennant) – 42 and Human Nature
The Doctor (Tennant) and Martha (Freema Agyeman) dive into a real-time episode this week. 42, while being the answer to life, the universe and everything, is how long the episode is in minutes once the titles have been removed. Written by Chris Chibnall the episode had its premiere on 19 May, 2007. The Doctor and…
Hugo (2011) – Martin Scorsese
I know I raved about Martin Scorsese’s passion project Silence when I watched it a few weeks ago, but every time I watch this magnificent adaptation of Brian Selznick’s novel; a tale of youth, discovery and the love of cinema, I end up citing it as my favourite of his films. Set in Paris, this…
Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary – Updated and Expanded (2014) – Jason Loborik, Neil Corry, Jacqueline Rayner, Andrew Darling, Kerri Doughtery, David John and Simon Beecroft
This week’s DK book is going to get a lot of use from me in the upcoming months, as I dive into the rebirth of Doctor Who (I’m almost done with my run through the original series as I write this). DK Books and the BBC have come together to create this very beautiful visual…
The Mind Reels 