Films! Films films films films. Sometimes it’s hard to get this column started, so we just sit in front of a blank word document and type the word “films” until it doesn’t make any sense to us any more. But by then, we’ve got started typing, at least, and so we continue. Cloverfield! Also, we [...]

In every neighbourhood there is one dude who goes a bit overboard with the Christmas lights. It’s the stuff of bad Christmas movies. But few go quite as far as the Lindsay family, who seem to be trying their best to outdo the ZooTV tour. Every year since 2000, the Thornhill family has dressed up [...]

For some of us, Tuesdays can only mean one thing. Yes, “Family and Relationships” day over at Globe Life, the Globe‘s lifestyle section that was introduced in the April redesign. But it seems like they’re having some trouble finding material, because yesterday’s Globe Life section featured not one, but two pieces on what to do [...]

ARR! Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End hits this week and as the third second sequel to hit this summer it’s got some stiff competition. Nice to see though that they’ve made sure it beats Spider-Man 3 in at least one respect, in that at 2 hours and 47 minutes long, it’s a good [...]

Attention all families: are you looking for something to do for Mother’s Day that doesn’t involve cheesy cards or impersonal gifts? If so, gather the kids this Sunday, and take them to the brand new Union Yoga Center (242 Carlton St.) for some quality family time. Ladyfest Toronto will be hosting Celebrating Motherhood at 2 [...]

The Liberal Party narrowly wins a minority government in Quebec. The ADQ came in a very close second, and Mario Dumont will be the official opposition leader when the Quebec National Assembly reconvenes. Many voters expressed their dissatisfaction with Premier Jean Charest, expressing their desire for a premier who looks less like Gene Wilder circa [...]

Director Terry Gilliam onstage at Cinematheque Ontario following a screening of his classic film Brazil. The former member of Monty Python was pleased when one member of the audience asked about the difficulty getting the film made. Gilliam delighted in retelling the (in)famous struggle in which he took an ad in Variety asking a studio [...]

God, we’re so sick of Snakes on a Plane that we want to kill anyone and everyone that makes a “something on a something” joke. But then we realized that there was no way we could ever win this fight, and, hell, if you can’t beat them, we might as well join them. And with [...]

If there’s one thing that you don’t expect to see on a Friday evening in downtown Toronto, it’s a chartered streetcar full of fully-costumed pirates rolling along University Avenue in an event organized as a fundraiser for an “Imaginarium.” Yar?!

2006 is clearly the Year of the Pirate, with this limey pop culture meme invading everything in Toronto from DJ Lazarus fetish parties to festivals at Fort York. This Friday’s Pirates of the Streetcarrr Parrrty by Newmindspace is no exception to the swashbuckling madness. Attendees are promised “Pirates and mermaids from the briney deep,” bottles [...]

Our favourite programme of the festival, the Midnight Madness, has been announced by the Toronto International Film Festival Group surprisingly early, but, we suppose, that’s to stop the voracious barnacles of genre movie fans smashing the hull of the good ship Midnight Madness by trying find as many leaks as possible. We really enjoyed Pirates [...]