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Are the “Simpsons” still relevant with the “15th Season DVD”

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Simpsons Season 15 DVD Review

With the voices of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria

Created by Matt Groening

The longest running primetime show in American television history, the Simpsons, is world renowned and beloved. They also produce some of the most influential and feature packed DVD sets on the market place. New to DVD from Fox Home Entertainment comes the 15th season of the series. So how does season 15 stack up with their already impressive library?

In Season 15 the show welcomes guest voice performances from Jerry Lewis, Jennifer Garner, and Oscar De La Hoya in this season’s hilarious Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  December 20, 2012 | Categories: Home Entertainment, Reviews, TV Series | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Is “Ice Age: Continental Drift” worth the trip? (Review)

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Ice Age: Continental Drift Blu-Ray

Starring the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Keke Palmer, Jennifer Lopez, Nicki Minaj, Wanda Sykes, Drake, Aziz Ansari, Nick Frost and Peter Dinklage

Written by Michael Berg, Jason Fuchs and Lori Forte

Directed by Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier

New to Blu-Ray and DVD this week from Blue Sky Studios and Fox Home Entertainment is the latest chapter in the now decade spanning series of Ice Age films, Ice Age: Continental Drift. What started out as one of the solo Scrat short adventures, entitled Scrat’s Continental Crack-up, now been expanded into a new adventure for the entire Ice Age gang and they are bringing along a slew of new characters to join them. But has the series run its course with the fourth installment of the franchise?

In Ice Age: Continental Drift Scrat’s nutty pursuit of the cursed acorn Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  December 20, 2012 | Categories: Home Entertainment, Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

New ‘Willow’ blu-ray, due in stores in March 2013, has a trailer hit the web

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Hot on the heels of the announcement of the new Blu-Ray transfer of Lucasfilm and Ron Howard‘s fantasy epic “Willow“earlier this week, Fox Home Entertainment today released a new trailer online for the project. The fully restored and remastered version Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  December 16, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Golden Globes nominees get ready for the red carpet

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On Thursday Dec 13th the nominees for the Golden Globes, predecessor for the Oscars and, were announced. Among the leading recipients were “Django Unchained,” “Lincoln” and “Argo”. Here’s the rundown of all the Movie Nominees:

BEST PICTURE: DRAMA

“Argo”

“Django Unchained”

“Life of Pi”

“Lincoln”

“Zero Dark Thirty”

Life of Pi may be the

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Posted by  |  December 16, 2012 | Categories: Editorials, Lists | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Bloor Cinema invites us all to ‘Meet the Fokkens’

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With the holiday season fast approaching, the fine folks at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema have decided that with all the holiday themed options around the city they would offer up some cinematic counter programming. Starting Friday December 14th the cinema starts an exclusive run of the Hot Docs festival alumnus “Meet the Fokkens”. The seemingly innocent documentary based on a pair of 69 year old twin ladies living in Amsterdam might even remind you of your own lovely grandmother. Until you find out that the pair has been working the notorious Red-Light district of Amsterdam for over 40 years! And one of them is still active today!

Meet the Fokkens

Starring Louise and Martine Fokkens

Written and Directed by Gabrielle Provaas and Rob Schroder

“Meet the Fokkens” follows Louise and Martine as they go about their daily routines, Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  December 14, 2012 | Categories: Documentary, Reviews, Theatrical | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Oscar narrows down it’s top 15 docs of 2012

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This past Monday the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the short list of 15 finalists for nominations in the best Feature Documentary category. The Feature Documentary award is frequently the cause of heated debate and controversy as the sheer amount of possible nominees ensures that hard hitting critic favorites will be left off.

The final 15 are: Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  December 8, 2012 | Categories: Documentary, Editorials, Lists | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

‘Jason Becker’ proves he’s ‘Not Dead Yet’…………..(Film Review)

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After a triumphant set of screenings at this year’s Hot Docs Film Festival this past April, Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet makes it return to Toronto screens when it starts Friday Dec 12th at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema. Not Dead Yet is the inspirational story of one man’s fight and struggle to continue making music after a debilitating disease strikes him down at a young age.

Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet

Starring : Jason Becker

Directed by Jesse Vile

Jason Becker was already a gifted musician before he hit his teens. In 1989 when doctors diagnosed the then 19 year old with Lou Gehrig’s disease (aka ALS) he was an international virtuoso about to join David Lee Roth as lead guitarist for Van Halen. He had also released a solo album and a debut album Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  December 8, 2012 | Categories: Documentary, Reviews, Theatrical | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Blood in the Snow 2012: Devil’s Night Review

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Devil’s Night (2012)

Starring Danielle Harris, Steve Byers, Shawn Roberts, Robbie Amell and Boyd Banks

Written and Directed by Christopher Harrison

Back in 2007 Director Harrison along with his cast and crew set out to make an indie film that played as a horror homage to the films he grew up watching in the 1980’s. After filming was completed the film’s rough cut was turned into a feature that was edited, marketed and released under the name Left for Dead. After a five year wait while other projects took precedence and the film was shelved for a bit, Harrison has finally delivered his final version of the film, Devil’s Night. Devil’s night made its Toronto theatrical premiere at the Blood In the Snow Canadian Film Festival this past weekend.

The College students of a nondescript Canadian town throw wild parties Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  December 7, 2012 | Categories: Film Festival, Home Entertainment, Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Blood In The Snow 2012: In The House of Flies Review

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Blood In The Snow 2012

 

In the House of Flies (2012)

Starring: Lindsay Smith, Ryan Kotack, Henry Rollins and Ryan Barrett

Written by Angus McLellan

Directed by Gabriel Carrer

Making its World Premiere as part of the Inaugural Fright Nights: Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival this past weekend at Toronto’s Projection Booth East cinema is the newest film from Canadian director Gabriel Carrer (Kill, If a Tree Falls), In the House of Flies. The micro budget indie makes use of a small cast and minimal settings to create a suspense thriller about abduction, suffering and sacrifice. But will In the House of Flies be the film to catapult Carrer onto the world stage?

Set in June of 1988 In the House of Flies tells the story of young lovers Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  December 6, 2012 | Categories: Film Festival, Reviews, Theatrical | Tags: , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Hot Docs Doc Soup dishes out ‘The House I Live In’ for December’s consumption (Review)

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This month’s Doc Soup presentation from the venerable Hot Docs programmers is The House I Live In. The award winner from this year’s Sundance Film Festival makes its Toronto premiere with 3 showings at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, on Wednesday December 5th at 6:30 and 9:15 and Thursday the 6th at 6:45. The House I Live In is a detailed look at the war on drugs in the US, but from the other side of the coin.

The House I Live in

Written by Eugene Jarecki and Christopher St John

Directed by Eugene Jarecki

In America a war is raging, not just overseas but at home as well, costing countless lives, destroying families, and inflicting untold damage on future generations. For Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  December 6, 2012 | Categories: Documentary, Reviews, Theatrical | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

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