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Big Top Disappointment

An early disappointment for me was Big Top Pee-Wee. Big Top Pee-Wee came out in 1988 and starred Pee-Wee Herman a.k.a Paul Reubens and Susan Tyrrell, Kris Kristofferson, Penelope Ann Miller, and Valeria Golino. I was very, very excited about Big Top Pee-Wee. Trailer for Big Top Pee-WeeI
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The Polarizing Whale

When my wife and I watch a movie together, we usually save our thoughts on the film until the end when we look at each other and make the reveal. The exception I suppose is an awful movie when we look at each other after 10 minutes and decide to
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The Silent Partner

One of the great perks of having a Toronto Library Card is a free account with Kanopy where you can stream great old (and not so old!) movies. One great Toronto Christmas movie currently streaming there is The Silent Partner, an unabashedly Toronto flick! It's a great Elliott Gould / Christopher
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

There's news today that there will be a Weird Al movie, and Daniel Radcliffe will play The Weird One. The biopic is written by Yankovic and Eric Appel, which makes sense, because they teased us with this very film back in 2010. I loved this then, and I love it
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Faking a Murderer

Here's the trailer for Stu Stone's new film "Faking a Murderer". You might know Stu from his appearances on Pandemic Friday episodes of Toronto Mike'd. Produced in partnership with Hollywood Suite and Astrolab Studios, the film is set to have its world broadcast premiere on the Hollywood Suite channel on
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The Last Munchkin Has Died

As a kid, watching The Wizard of Oz seemed like a big deal. The 1939 film was appointment viewing when it would come on TV, and pretty damn epic. I must have seen it a hundred times. Watch this movie on 123 movies. It's the end of an era, as
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Oscar Category Fraud

Every year I tell myself the Oscars are nothing more than an irrelevant circle jerk, but every year I try and see every film nominated for best picture and end up watching the Academy Awards regardless. It's harmless silly fun, afterall. I watched Fences last night and was blown away
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I've Never Seen Top Gun

Is there a pop culture marker you completely missed? For example, are you in your 40s but have never seen Star Wars? Against all odds, I have somehow never seen Top Gun. I'm willing to bet very few movie-watching guys in this country who are my age can make the
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Creed and The Force Awakens

I recently watched Creed, the seventh film in the Rocky series. It reminded me a great deal of The Force Awakens, the seventh film in the Star Wars series. There will be no major spoilers below, but if you really want to see either movie knowing as little as possible,
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The World At War and Making a Murderer

I'm toggling between two stellar documentary series during my free time this holiday break. One is quite old, and the other is quite new. The World at War is a British documentary series about World War II that aired in 1973-74. I only recently discovered this 26-episode series existed, and
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Ode to the Video Store Guy

My kids will never know a world without the internet. As far as they're concerned, it's always been there, a pervasive connection to a massive database of facts and myths. Periodically, I'll remind them that I didn't surf the web until university. When I was 13, my buddies and I
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The Hateful Eight

So few directors can actually get me into a theatre these days, but Quentin Tarantino is definitely one of them. Without a doubt, he's my favourite director, and he's yet to disappoint me. His latest film, The Hateful Eight, arrives in December. The teaser trailer was released today.
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Pac-Man Invades Toronto

I spent most of last week offline enjoying the kids during the March break. We rode our bikes, played some basketball and football, watched a lot of March Madness and had a blast. It was awesome. It also meant I missed a whack of stuff. For example, Adam Sandler's new
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Best Picture Nominees Ranked

For the first time in many years, I've seen all the films nominated for a Best Picture Oscar before the award is handed out. Here's my personal ranking. Feel free to agree or disagree in the comments. WhiplashBoyhoodThe Theory of EverythingBirdmanThe Grand Budapest HotelThe Imitation GameSelmaAmerican Sniper
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