SKM 20th Anniversary Snapshots – November 2005
2024 marks twenty years of me writing this site. While the actual anniversary isn’t until the end of August, I thought that one of the ways that I would mark this occasion is that I would once a month share snapshots of previous iterations of the site, with the help of the wonderful resource that…
Opinion: A Final Goodbye to the Humber Cinema
A moment that I have dreaded for the past three years has finally come to pass, as the Humber Cinema will be closing its doors for good tonight at midnight. Like many such closures in the city, the Humber is closing down to make way for a new condo development at the intersection of Jane…
The Cinematic Acid Trip of 2001: A Space Odyssey
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Reflections on a Decade of Film Blogging
On August 31, 2004 at 11:35am, a 22 year old film lover named Sean Patrick Kelly posted the introductory post for his new film blog “Sean P. Kelly On Movies,” located at http://skmovies.blogspot.com. A couple hours later, the first proper post was made, which was all about this young blogger’s hatred of film reviews. Fast…
Revisiting Donnie Darko – Ten Years Later
It’s a very special revisiting post for you today. Ten years ago today, I finally saw Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko for the first time after months of trying. The film was a victim somewhat of 9/11, in which it was essentially buried during its original theatrical release in October 2001. It wasn’t until it was…
MORE Movie Theatres of My Life
My last post, in which I reminisced on the many different Toronto-area cinemas I frequented, was quite well-received so I decided that I would write a follow-up post, listing more of the theatres that I have been to. Like I’ve said in the last post, I’ve probably been to most Toronto cinemas at least once (though there’s…
Movie Theatres of My Life
I’ve been going to cinemas for pretty much my entire life. I can probably say that I’ve been to most cinemas in Toronto at least once and there’s many that I still go to on a regular basis. I thought that after all the posts I made about the Humber Cinema last year, I should…