From time to time, our books branch gets to preview some of the latest publications hitting the shelves. Read on for the details on a few recent highlights and be sure to check back as this list will continue to be updated as new titles cross our desk. Ticket to Ride & Catan: The […]
From time to time, we get to preview some of the latest pop-culture-adjacent products coming to market. Read on for the details on a few recent highlights and be sure to check back as this list will continue to be updated as new fun stuff crosses our desk. Our latest fun tie-in product discovery […]
Welcome back to our on DVD series featuring new releases from Warner Brothers & Sony Home Entertainment (review copies have been provided, all opinions are our own). The late spring/early summer 2021 releases from WB & Sony fall into two main categories: youth entertainment and adult genre fare. In the latter category there are […]
Filming of Van Helsing was affected by the coronavirus crisis this year…
On October 28th for one night only, Co-Producers Nicole Strawbridge and Colin Frotten put on Sweeney Todd the Demon of Fleet Street at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Toronto. For those of you who are not familiar with the story; an evil Judge named Turpin pines for the wife of a London barber named Benjamin […]
Bridget Jones’ Baby is like a time capsule of the liberal mores of fifteen years ago – a time when it was progressive to indulge in “feminism by marriage plot” or when light, good-hearted gay panic jokes were the height of mainstream liberal sophistication. A time when the Carrie Bradshaws, Rachel Greens, and, yes, Bridget […]
There are a lot of reasons to hate on Suicide Squad. The casually misogynistic way it treats Harley Quinn. The racist (and mysognistic) way it portrays Katana. The senselessness of the violence and messiness of the themes. But honestly, it was also just a truly poorly made movie – a beautiful, meaningless, poorly constructed mess. […]
Producers and directors have been ignoring female superheroes for years, but 2016 promises to be different. A few in the entertainment industry feel that movies and games based on female superheroes will not be a success. But fortunately, not everybody subscribes to this view. As a result, female superheroes are finally being given a chance […]