Trent Film Society presents: Martyrs
This week, Trent Film Society is screening Pascal Laugier’s New French Extremist film Martyrs, as part of our focus on horror cinema for the month of October. We loosely paired …
Reviews
Movie Review: The Equalizer
In an early scene in The Equalizer, Denzel Washington’s character Robert McCall explains to a teenage prostitute (played by the always great Chloe Grace-Moretz) the plot of Don Quixote. It’s …
Let’s Hear it for Family Dysfunction!
Weddings and funerals. They’re the cornerstones of any movie with a family ensemble. A perfect excuse to bring a group of jaded, dysfunctional people into close quarters with each other …
Public Energy’s Paris, la Nuit reviewed
It is 8pm, September 12, at Artspace in downtown Peterborough. The room is full of people who came to listen to a small performance. This is Paris, La Nuit, the …
No Good Deed: Sometimes the trailer is enough
Deducing the moral of a movie is a tricky thing. So often our own expectations and experiences project up onto the screen, clouding the author’s intent. Many times, ambiguity itself …
The Breakfast Project: Two Dishes Cookshop (261 Charlotte St.)
Another week, another breakfast. This week’s breakfast hunt found BPC and I at a new breakfast/lunch joint on Charlotte: Two Dishes Cookshop. They only opened their doors a few weeks …
Veteran Actor Jason Bateman Takes Risk, Bets on Rookie Director Jason Bateman
Bad Words, the directorial debut of Arrested Development’s Jason Bateman, probably shouldn’t work as well as it does. Its concept – a grown man forcing his way into a kid’s …
The Breakfast Project: The Speak Easy Café
This week found BPC and I back on George Street. We figured it was about time we reviewed another downtown location as it’s a prime location. So we found ourselves …
Post-Apocalyptic Dystopias Sure Are Great Places to Find Love
There’s nothing I love more than watching a world built from the ground up. From the small desert cantina of Mos Eisley to the hallowed halls of Hogwarts, when it’s …
Review: Spring Awakening The Musical
It was a special treat to watch and experience Spring Awakening The Musical performed by The Anne Shirley Theatre Company (ASTC) this past Saturday at Market Hall. ASTC has been …