3 years ago
BFI Flare – Review: Jump, Darling (2020)
Pretty much everyone can relate to a search for meaning and trying to find a place where they fit in, with the angst that brings. It’s in this murky, emotional territory that Phil Connell’s ‘Jump, Darling’ travels, as two very different family members find support from each other.
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We Stand On Guard Borders on Greatness
Being Canadian, the premise of Brian K. Vaughan and Steve Skroce’s collaboration for Image Comics, We Stand On Guard, piqued my interest. We have an American writer (Vaughan) and …
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9 years ago
Kalman Andrasofszky Brings Back Canadian Icon Captain Canuck
Canada’s national hero is back and better than ever. Captain Canuck relaunched today with a new number one issue written and drawn by Toronto-based artist Kalman Andrasofszky.
The return …
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9 years ago
Valiant 25th Anniversary Convention Tour at Calgary Expo 2015
From Thursday, April 16th through Sunday, April 19th, Valiant Entertainment will be at Calgary Expo 2015. Not only will the Valiant booths (#909-909) have a variant of Bloodshot Reborn #1 …
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Four Colour Grails new player in mystery box market
Mystery bags and loot boxes are all the rage these days, and a Canadian company has joined in on the fun.
Four Colour Grails, based in the …
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10 years ago
Movie Review: Suburban Gothic (2014) and Young Blood (2014)
Mid-October is an exciting time for Toronto genre film lovers. The Toronto After Dark (TADFF) is one of the largest film festivals in Toronto. The festival is in its …
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10 years ago
Movie: Lloyd the Conqueror (2011)
Low budget comedies are a hit and miss affair. In this indie effort set in the world of LARPing, it might not just be the characters shouting ‘hit’ or ‘miss’. Three friends, in typical student fashion, have failed to fulfil their course requirements, so they find themselves needing to beg for mercy from their college Professor…
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11 years ago
Nelvana of the Northern Lights Returns
Toronto-based comics historians Hope Nicholson and Rachel Richey are launching a Kickstarter project to reprint Nelvana of the Northern Lights in its entirety.
Nelvana was one of the first …
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11 years ago
Movie Review: Weirdsville (2007)
If a film contains drug addicts with a harebrained scheme, an inept Satanic Cult and a car full of re-enactment knights, chasing around after a stolen safe, it is a good bet that it is an independent comedy. Weirdsville is indeed one such film, with the characteristics of a farce in the tradition of Cheech And Chong & Jay And Silent Bob.
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