On Friday, I posted a holiday schedule and said I would return to my regular posting on January 5.
However, I forgot that I planned on doing a week long series of Top 10 lists that will take place between January 5-9. Regular posts will then continue on the 12th.
Sean Patrick Kelly is a Toronto-based freelance film critic and blogger with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies from York University. Since founding his site in 2004, Sean has shared his passion for cinema through insightful reviews and commentary. His work has also been featured in prominent outlets, including Toronto Film Scene, HuffPost Canada, Screen Anarchy, ScreenRant, and Rue Morgue Magazine.
This week I make my third appearance on The Dew Over podcast. The topic this time around in the 2008 Oscars, with the episode featuring a number puns and references towards a certain popular film from that year. With there being a smaller panel than most episodes of The Dew Over, it opened the door…
With its release on Blu-Ray this week, I thought that Home Alone would be the first of the Holiday Films that I will be looking at this month. This film, which is now eighteen years old, was the film that made Macaulay Culkin one of the most famous child stars of all time (who in…
For the second year in a row, the Toronto After Dark Film Festival is going to present a pair of Spotlight Screenings, in advance of the full film festival from October 17-25. The screenings will take place on August 29 and September 26 at, Toronto After Dark’s new venue, the Scotiabank Theatre. Both nights will…
Before I move on to my picks for this week, I have to make an observation that I have noticed that Blu-Ray/DVD Combo packs are becoming much more common, with no less than two of this week’s releases having them. I suppose this is meant to further ease the transition as they continue to phase…
I’m a little late with this one, but I thought that I should still talk about my latest blu-ray purchase, the excellent British alien thriller Attack the Block. The disc is actually quite well featured, including a feature-length making-of documentary, as well as smaller features dealing with the creature effects, cast members, and descriptions of scenes that…
You know people have preconceptions about certain directors that can really hurt a film’s chances of being successful. With X-Men 3, Brian Singer left to do Superman Returns, and was replaced with Matthew Vaughn. People seemed OK with that even though Vaughn directed only one film (and produced Guy Ritchie’s films). But, just as things…
