This week my top DVD pick is the road trip comedy Due Date. It’s not as hilarious as Todd Philips’ previous films, but it is still a good right. On to the picks.
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This being the first year I saw all five best picture nominees BEFORE they were announced, I would think that I have a good idea where this year’s Oscars are heading. I already wrote my predictions for the major categories as part of a round-table for MONDOmagazine. You may check out the two-part article here…
This weekend sees the release of a film called The Thing. To most people, you would probably see the marketing related to the film and automatically assume that it is a remake of John Carpenter’s 1982 sci-fi/horror classic of the same name. It makes sense, since it is apparently following the recent trend of remaking…
The 20th edition of Fan Expo Canada has come and gone. I had a reduced experience at Fan Expo this year, since the convention conflicted a bit with my preparations for the Toronto International Film Festival. As such, I opted to only get a single day pass, for the first time since 2010. Not wanting…
It was an incredibly emotional night as I attended a “pre-application” community meeting at the Humber Cinema. The purpose of the meeting was for a condo developer to make their pitch for a new development on the site of the cinema and field questions, comments and concerns from the people in attendance. The meeting was…
I actually watched the nominees live this morning. Random thoughts: District 9 and Up were the stand-outs in the expanded Best Picture category The only real surprise in Best Actor is Jeremy Renner In the Best Animated category, the stand-out is The Secret of Kells, which I never heard of before. Best Song once again…
Bromance is the word of the day as I Love You, Man (also on Blu-Ray) comes out on DVD. I thought that if it wasn’t for the chemistry between Paul Rudd and Jason Segel that this may have ended up being an average film, however it ended up being quite decent with many good laughs….