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A teen aged nonconformist (Malcolm McDowell) leads a rebellion against the callous, blue-blooded upperclassmen who unofficially supervise his boarding school. McDowell is at his smarmy best in Lindsay...
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The Diabolic (Review)
The DiabolicBy S.J. Kincaid416 pagesExpected publication: November 1st 2016Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers PRE-ORDER NOW *Trigger Warning for Violence The Diabolic is one ...
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TIFF: Death in Sarajevo
The more things change, the more they stay the same. This seems to be the overarching thesis guiding award-winning Bosnian filmmaker Danis Tanović and his new film “Death in Sarajevo”. A cynical...
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TIFF: Lion
Over the next few months, we’ll be hearing the term "Oscar bait" a lot. Used as a pejorative for period dramas, biopics or anything that looks like old-fashioned storytelling, it can be both a blessing...
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TIFF: Joe Cinque's Consolation
Disturbing, unsettling, infuriating. These are the adjectives that will likely come to mind in response to "Joe Cinque’s Consolation", the debut feature from director Sotiris Dounoukos. A...
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TIFF: The Birth of a Nation
When Nate Parker‘s directorial debut “The Birth of a Nation” was announced as a Sundance selection, the knee-jerk reaction was to be expected. Many groaned that we didn’t need another “slavery film.”...
View ArticleDC Rebirth: ‘The Best of the Reboot’
DC Rebirth: 'The Best of the Reboot'Earlier this year, the Twitter accounts associated with the top people at DC Comics began to display the picture with the word "Rebirth" featured prominently....
View ArticleIt's Time for a Change
September 13 2016To All My Faithful Readers...It's time for a change...For the past few months I've been really struggling to keep this blog going. It's been getting tougher for me to stay awake each...
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The Tragically Hip and Canada’s Fraught Identity
INTRODUCTIONA very interesting series of events that no one could have predicted took place in my country this year — a cultural phenomenon, tied to one man, that caused a swell of emotion not often...
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You Can Use the Penny for Therapy
Films: Penny SerenadeFormat: Turner Classic Movies on rockin’ flatscreen. So I should start by saying that yes, this should be one of Chip’s remaining four movies. I had planned for NetFlix to deliver...
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Preview: Great Lakes Avengers #1 by Gorman & Robson
GREAT LAKES AVENGERS #1 Brings Earth’s Not So Mightiest Heroes to Marvel NOW! Here’s a 3 page preview of Great Lakes Avengers #1 by writer Zac Gorman and artist Will Robson, on sale October 12th, 2016...
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Nels Cline scores your life on 2-disc Lovers
If you’ve ever seen Wilco live you’ve noticed the tall guy in nice button-down dress shirts playing the guitar stage left. That’s Nels Cline and he shreds in equal parts beauty and chaos. He’s able to...
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The Calm Before The Tour
There is a very specific type of hell you experience before hitting the road – a very specific type of hell that makes the music industry uniquely miserable. It is the hell of pre-tour anxiety. It is...
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Preview: Triggerman #1 by Hill & Jef (Titan)
Triggerman #1 Preview (Titan) Here’s a short preview of Triggerman #1, a Prohibition era epic story by legendary director Walter Hill and artist Jef, on sale October 5th, 2016 from Titan Comics....
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L'Eclisse
Michelangelo Antonioni's films maintain a detached stillness that cineastes either find engrossing or dull. L'Eclisse (1962) is his third collaboration with Monica Vitti, offering few signposts for...
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Preview: Solo #1 by Duggan, Thorne, & Diaz (Marvel)
Get Me… SOLO – The One Man War on Terror!New Ongoing Series Coming in October! Here’s a 3 page preview of Solo #1, an ongoing series by writers Gerry Duggan& Geoffrey Thorne and artist Paco Diaz,...
View Article‘Batman (1966)’ Retro Review
'Batman (1966)' Retro ReviewHoly Camp Classic ! Fans the world over know the Dark Knight as a brooding superhero who stalks the shadows of Gotham City utilizing fear as his greatest weapon against...
View ArticleThunder and Tim Hicks Shook the Walls in Kingston Saturday night
It was an unusually stormy late summer Saturday night in Kingston and mere moments before the annual CFB Kingston Garrison Family Fun Fest, featuring Abby Stewart and Tim Hicks, was about to kick off...
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Picks from Chip: Ruby Sparks
Films: Ruby SparksFormat: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. This is the ninth in a series of twelve movies suggested by Chip Lary. Chip and I had different tastes in movies, as is evidenced by...
View ArticleCCMA Awards – Kick Off Concert
On Sunday afternoon before some of Canada's most talented Country Musicians walked the John Deere Green Carpet the folks at the Canadian Country Music Association thought they would throw a little...
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