Three years into this year-end tradition and the list just keeps getting longer. Last year’s rankings of every new release movie I saw topped out at 110 but this year I hit 140. Of course, no matter how many films I saw, I have yet to recapture the magic that was the 2012 film season and […]
To celebrate the home entertainment release of their latest found footage thriller, Paramount Home Distribution has given us a copy of the disc to a lucky reader. I have to say “disc” because this thing isn’t just a standard DVD release, it’s a “Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD” release. It’s actually […]
It’s unfortunate that so few magicians receive the funding or programming support to perform regularly in Toronto. Rather than a rich landscape of illusionists within which, like in any performance genre, there are some great and some not-so-great performers, all we really have on this theatrical level is David Ben. In a technical sense, that’s […]
Click on the links below for our thoughts on the best entertainment of 2015. Film Kelly’s “Cinematic 2015” Books Steve’s “10 Novels I Read in 2015 That You Should Read in 2016” TV Saiya’s “Best Shows of 2015” Music Mathew’s “2015’s Hidden Gems” Zach’s “2015, a Musical Review” Anya’s “The Most Eclectic 2015 Year-End Music […]
I’ll admit that there’s still a part of me watching Supergirl entirely because I refuse to give up hope for a musical episode. I’ve spent way too much time thinking about “song and dance demon“-type ways to force series stars/powerhouse singers Melissa Benoist, Laura Benanti and (most importantly) Jeremy Jordan into bursting into song. Add […]
To celebrate their upcoming 3-night miniseries Childhood’s End (an adaptation of the seminal 1953 sci-fi novel by the same name), Showcase has given us a special prize pack to give away to one lucky reader. Pictured here, it includes a canvas tote, notepad and copy of the Arthur C. Clarke’s book the 6 hour event is […]
Dean Gabourie‘s sparse and tonally conflicted staging of Howard Barker’s The Castle seems to feature every actor you’ve ever seen at the Storefront. There’s the ever-reliable Sean Sullivan hamming it up as the builder Holiday and Brenhan Mc Kibben, enigmatic and steady as the sidekick-y Batter. The design team, the photographer, front of house and […]
Young People’s Theatre’s new musical version of Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang is fun and silly in perfect tune with the original book by Mordecai Richler, which marks its 40th anniversary this year. The new music by Britta and Anika Johnson is catchy and pretty, especially as sung by the excellent cast. My […]