As I write this, it is currently -7°C with a -17 wind chill out my window which is ironically some of the warmest winter weather we've had recently. Meanwhile a brief check on my Timehop app reveals that two years ago I was basking in the warmth of the Maui sun, my phone incessantly mocking …
Over the course of three decades Guillermo Del Toro has built up an impressive and unique resume. He has been one of the few directors out there who has made a career out of doing genre fare (Blade II, Hellboy movies, Pacific Rim), straight-up horror movies (Mimic, Crimson Tide), and movies that have won him accolades among …
Let me state from the offset that the idea for this post came from an interesting Washington Post article where they asked 24 professionals in various fields what movie best portrayed their individual professions. And naturally that got me thinking, "What movies best portray all the different jobs I've had in my life so far?" I …
Call Me By Your Name; Phantom Thread; A Fantastic Woman; Wonderstruck; The Shape of Water; The Post; The Florida Project; Faces/Places; The Disaster Artist; I, Tonya; Downsizing; Thelma; Professor Marston and the Wonder Women; Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Darkest Hour; All The Money In The World; Molly's Game; Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool; …
It should be obvious, this week before Christmas, that festivities will be on my mind. Hence, it's about time that I put down definitively and unequivocally what I determine to be the best Christmas movies of all time. As I detailed in my "Best Christmas-Adjacent Movies" list last week, I am kind of a stickler when …
You know how the conversation goes: Somebody at some party or other social gathering this season asks the generally reliable ice-breaker, "What's your favourite Christmas movie?" Conversation gets flowing, and the usual suspects come up (It's a Wonderful Life, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street, Love Actually). And then some guy (it's almost …
We've reached that time of the year when I enter a mad frantic dash to close out the year seeing as many movies released in 2017 as possible in order to take a stab out at Best-of-2017 list. Between that and catching up on seasonally appropriate fare, the fact is that I won't be discovering …
Continue reading Best Movies Discovered This Year (That Weren’t Released in 2017)
As I mentioned in my earlier post on "The Best Films of 2007" the problem with year-end awards is that there is very little distance between the actual viewing of the film and heralding it one of the best films if not the very best film of the year. While there is nothing necessarily wrong with immediate …
It's that season again, when 'Muricans everywhere (myself included) prepare to eat an obnoxiously large amount of delicious food to celebrate Thanksgiving (and officially kick off the holiday season). Frustratingly apart from a few notable exceptions like Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, the season is pretty much devoid of classic Thanksgiving-themed movies. But fortunately, there are …
In typical timely fashion, my list on the best Fall-themed movies comes out the day after we get our first snowfall in the GTA. But that just comes part and parcel with what has increasingly become my favourite season of the year in the twelve years or so that I've been able to experience living …
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