Month: October 2018
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The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House, loosely based on the book by Shirley Jackson, is one of the best televisions series of the year so far. I went down a rabbit hole subgenre of horror this year for Halloween — the haunted house story. I read Richard Matheson’s Hell House (eh, it was okay) and I’m…
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Hungry Ghosts
The late chef and writer has passed on to the other side, but also left us with Hungry Ghosts, an anthology about, well, hungry ghosts. Just because Spooktober has come to an end doesn’t mean you need to slow down on your horror reading. Hungry Ghosts is a collection of stories inspired by Japanese folklore…
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Bohemian Rhapsody
Can anybody find me a Queen movie to love? Even with Malek’s inspired casting, Bohemian Rhapsody falls into most of the old familiar biopic traps. Every single person on the planet loves Queen. By the time a child can sing along to a nursery rhyme, they’re ready for Queen. My dad is a music fanatic…
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INTERVIEW: Taylor Jade
One of the best albums from Saskatoon in the last year was Taylor Jade’s, ‘Dreamy is the Night.’ We chat with Jade about her music. One of the best albums out of Saskatoon in the last year was Taylor Jade’s, ‘Dreamy is the Night.’ Jade sings songs in a sadder vein, with a dream-pop-folk bent. …
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Halloween (2018)
Finally, David Gordon Green has managed to do what no one else could — make a great sequel to John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic, Halloween. Dipping into the well of nostalgia is the way the entertainment world has been working for the past couple of years. When original stories that hit it big at the…
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PANNED GOLD: JMC’s Stoned and Dethroned
In our new music column, Panned Gold, Dave looks at albums that got a bad rap. First up, Jesus and Mary Chain’s ‘Stoned and Dethroned.’ As collectors and consumers of music, we face a choice in the 21st century in terms of how we discover and experience the body of work produced by an artist…
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Bad Times at the El Royale
There are good moments in El Royale, like Hamm’s performance. Unfortunately, the movie’s a “a fancy boat without a single gust of wind in its sails.” It’s a classic scenario: a group of strangers, each with their own alluring threads dangling, finds themselves bunking up in a remote location bound by some force of fate…
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Ant-man and The Wasp – Blu ray and Digital Review
The blu ray and digital release of Marvel’s Ant-man and The Wasp is upon us! We look at the release and all its special features. I really liked the insanity of Avengers: Infinity War, but dialing things back to a more straightforward and down-to-Earth adventure for Ant-man and The Wasp was a great move for…
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First Man
The director of Whiplash and La La Land, Damiel Chazelle, reteams with Ryan Gosling for First Man, the engrossing story of man’s first moon landing. Fresh off their hit La La Land, Ryan Gosling and director Damien Chazelle have swiftly reunited to bring mankind’s reach for the moon to life. First Man puts you right…
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Video: Grass Kings
In this video, Jody Cason takes a look at Grass Kings, the recent title from Boom! Studios, which is now available in graphic novel format.