17 June 2019
Burning Out His Fuse Up Here Alone
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
Paramount’s Rocketman is a bold, sentimental, messy, complex, obvious, colourful contradiction. If that sounds to you like a bad movie, you normally wouldn’t be wrong. But this is a movie …
25 November 2018
Bad Theatre about “Great” Men
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
That’s right, I’m talking about Mirvish’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical and Tarragon’s Marshall McLuhan one-act in one article. They’re both terrible- dull, simplistic, varying degrees of ridiculous- and …
29 March 2017
Beauty and the Sheep
By Rachael Nisenkier // Cinema
I am a straight up sucker. Just take my money. Seriously. Take my money. This is the dark truth of my movie consumption habits. A fatal flaw I’ve had to …
04 February 2016
Season (Series?) Wrap Up: Galavant
By Kelly Bedard // TV
The second season of this wacky medieval musical came as a surprise to everyone, most of all the show’s creators who proceeded to pepper those unexpected 10 episodes with references …
31 January 2016
Grease: LIVE
By Kelly Bedard // TV
Was that the most fun I’ve had watching television in a really long time? Honestly, maybe. I usually don’t watch the NBC live musicals because the little I’ve seen of …
23 January 2016
My Cinematic 2015: 71-80
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
For the past three years, I’ve been ranking every film I see- just the new releases, from January 1st to December 31st. The rankings are subjective, based entirely on how …
15 March 2015
My Cinematic 2014: The Top Ten
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
For the past two years, I’ve been ranking every film I see- just the new releases, from January 1st to December 31st. The rankings are subjective, based entirely on how …
15 February 2015
The Last Five Years on Film
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
*Originally Published: Sept 10, 2014* Director Richard LaGravenese did right by Jason Robert Brown and his off-Broadway masterpiece The Last Five Years. From casting to small script additions to keeping …
02 February 2015
My Cinematic 2014: 31-50
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
For the past two years, I’ve been ranking every film I see- just the new releases, from January 1st to December 31st. The rankings are subjective, based entirely on how …
28 January 2015
Season Wrap Up: Galavant
By Saiya Floyd // TV
ABC’s wonderfully weird musical comedy has wrapped up its first season. It’s unclear if it will be renewed – although it should. Galavant might not have been a smash ratings …
17 January 2015
My Cinematic 2014
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
I started this last year, keeping a list of every movie I see all year (just the new releases) in order to form a definitive set of personal rankings come …
10 January 2015
Pilot Watch: Galavant
By Saiya Floyd // TV
ABC’s Galavant is completely and utterly absurd, ridiculous, and a whole lot of fun. It’s certainly the finest medieval musical comedy on TV right now. While not without its faults, …
09 April 2014
Muppets Most Wanted
By Lauren Webb // Cinema
Classic Muppet movies (not the utterly-charming, but still very-different Jason Segel effort) were noteworthy in their fourth-wall breaking absurdity. The muppets were goofy, wry, and wholeheartedly dedicated to good naturedly …
06 April 2014
My Cinematic 2013: Part IX (The Top Ten)
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
I saw 90 movies in 2013 (or shortly thereafter, if we’re being honest- I don’t know how anyone is expected to see all the Christmas releases in one week!). 90 …
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