The words of man slowly descending into hell, juxtaposed with images of the beautiful beaches of Hawaii are how we welcomed back to the world of Mad Men. Don Draper is sitting on the beach with his beautiful wife, and has his face buried in Dante’s Inferno. Heavy reading for the sandy shores. It’s strange […]
Written by Vanessa Taylor (Alias, Hope Springs), the new episode of Game of Thrones spotlights the female roles of the series. Like the first episode, the audience is invited to catch up on all of the characters and clean the cobwebs of the interconnecting storylines from last season. In “Dark Wings, Dark Words,” actions focus […]
‘The Rings of Akhaten’ was an enjoyable though not especially memorable episode of Doctor Who. Though it featured an interesting location and insight into Clara’s character, the episode’s villain felt like it was added as an afterthought and lead to an anti-climactic conclusion. The main conflict of the episode didn’t start until about half way […]
I have a confession to make: I killed Neil Gaiman. Well, technically a robot killed Neil Gaiman with a giant laser but I still feel largely responsible. The whole affair has me really shaken up. I mean, it wasn’t just Colonel Gaiman; I lost Captain Pratchett, Lieutenant McMaster-Bujold, and my top Marksman, HP Lovecraft. They […]
When I first saw the trailer for Admission, it bummed me out. Here was Tina Fey, funny, smart, bad ass Tina Fey, making another romantic comedy where she played the career gal who just couldn’t land a man. It was like a Liz Lemon joke of a movie. And it bummed me out that no […]
I made a concerted effort to see all of the films nominated for Best Picture before the Oscar ceremony. This effort was made difficult by the Academy in recent years with the addition of five more films and a shortened time frame from announcement to ceremony. Compliments of Rave Cinemas’ discount Tuesdays, however, this effort […]
When this one came across the My Theatre desk, I snapped it up based solely on the fact that I saw Argos Productions‘ Wandaleria last year, and was incredibly impressed by their work. I have to say, I was surprised by The Seabirds. After the first few minutes, I was expecting a pleasant, if slightly hokey, piece of Americana […]
I’m a big fan of the 90’s. The music, the pop culture, the plaid; I like it all. One of my favourite things about that decade was the proliferation of films that could best be described as “Die Hard in _____”. For a while it seems like every action movie would fall into the template […]