I always meant to watch Rookie Blue. I’ve been making a concentrated effort to watch more Canadian TV and Rookie Blue‘s Toronto setting makes it a prime candidate. I also knew it marked Gregory Smith’s highly-anticipated return to TV after Everwood‘s sad departure in 2006. But I wasn’t sure about leading lady Missy Peregrym (whom […]
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I have a theory. I like to call it the “panties of justice*” theory. It’s about what separates easily adapted superheroes from the ones who seem to struggle on their way to the multiplex. It’s basically the difference between Batman and Wonder Woman. Both are noble creatures with a complicated, fascinating backstory and great personal […]
The new season of Big Brother is one episode old and already it’s a big let down. Okay, maybe that’s a little harsh. The reason it’s a big let down is that, for a couple reasons, it could be a really good season. I love the idea of nominating pairs and having to negotiate the […]
I have a passion for both memoirs and religious stories, so it seemed like Mennonite in a Little Black Dress was written for me. Yet the overall narrative left me cold. The author, Rhoda Janzen, has had an interesting and occasionally tragic life. And she chronicles it all with a humor and good cheer that […]
This little Game of Thrones thing sure is exploding, isn’t it? I did a piece a little while ago on Event Books, and next Tuesday’s (ONE WEEK!) release of the fifth book in the Song of Ice and Fire series, A Dance With Dragons, has me in a tizzy unseen since at least the last […]
Ed. Note: My Cinema’s senior staff writer Rachael disagrees with Kelly’s thoughts on Bridesmaids (found here). So we thought we’d publish her article too, and let you decide. The last time this disparity happened we ended up with two of our most popular and most controversial articles ever (Black Swan: Loveand Hate). Read on after […]
True Blood is not a show built on sophisticated plotting. It is a show built on charisma (I’m looking at you, Eric), audacity (I’m looking at you, crazy Marianne-inspired orgies), and romance. The plots themselves rarely make perfect sense, and often seem to be just crazy plot twist built upon crazy plot twist, merely for […]
We’ve been trying to find the most fitting way of introducing My Bookshelf readers to our newest site, My Music. Lo and behold, the perfect answer fell into our laps. Here, in a joint-feature with My Music, is the best song ever written! (okay, slight exaggeration, but it’s fantastic and wonderfully literarily dorky).