Category Entertainment
I Flunked The Reading Quiz
Sometimes I can’t resist. A friend had posted one of those Facebook surveys, “The Greatest Books of All Time Forever.” I’m a sucker, and consider myself reasonably well-read, so I went through the list. Such lists are always suspect to me. What I think is great may not be what you consider great. For example, […]
Thoughts Inspired by Rogue One
One of the advantages of the Christmas holidays was to get caught up on a few things. There wasn’t enough time in the lead-up to the big day to take in the new Star Wars film, but there was once the turkey had had some time to settle. I went to watch this film with […]
Celebrity Deaths
I once worked at the same radio station as Dan Ackroyd, before he shot to Hollywood fame. But not at the same time, so I never met him. I mention that in passing, as Ackroyd supposedly was at one time engaged to actress Carrie Fisher, who has died at age 60. I never met her […]
A Christmas Carol
It is a timeless biblical story of redemption and grace without reference to any scripture. But watching a production of A Christmas Carol you somehow feel that Charles Dickens knew what he was doing. A version of the stage play is at Canada’s National Arts Centre until December 31. I was there Friday night and […]
Star Wars: Rogue One
The new Star Wars film opens today. Advance reviews have been very positive. I thought about being excited, then decided against it. I don’t know if Rogue One will be any good. The trailer looked like more of the same to me, another Star Wars movie, with a different cast. The film is about the […]
Two Lovers And A Bear
At the Cannes and Toronto film festivals earlier this year it garnered considerable acclaim, so I jumped at the chance to see Two Lovers and a Bear last month before it hit the theatres (it comes out in the US this Friday). It was also chance to see the recently refurbished National Arts Centre. […]
Allied
I rarely make it to the theatre to see the hot new movies, life seems to always get in the way. I read the reviews, say “I think I’d like to see that picture,” then watch it on Netflix a year later. So going to see Allied last Friday on its opening weekend was unusual. […]
JJ’s Christmas
In the stores this week I noticed the Christmas music playing for the first time this year. It might have been playing for weeks already, but I may have tuned it out. I’m almost done with Christmas music for the year. I’m a programmer for a satellite music channel (heard throughout North America and I […]
One Man, One Piano, A Thousand Memories
Somebody asked me if I was going to review the Burton Cummings concert I attended Saturday night. The answer is, yes and no. I had my critic’s hat off for the evening, for the most part. I was there as a fan to relive some teenage memories. Burton delivered on those. The only real disappointment, […]
The Steel Kiss
The fuss surrounding the now recalled Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone didn’t really impact me. I use a BlackBerry, and there have been no reports of those phones catching fire. Then I read Jeffrey Deaver’s latest novel, The Steel Kiss, and now I am feeling a little paranoid. Maybe our phones are out to get […]
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