Powerfully laced and loaded, this mid-season finale of Vikings time travelled a bit and took us back to Kattegat, with 10 more episodes to air later this year. The elapsing of time between the last Francia routing and the return to Kattegat sees Ragnar MIA until the end of the episode, and his sons now
Disney’s new adaptation of The BFG, directed by Steven Spielberg, was one of 2016’s most anticipated films — and for good reason. The Roald Dahl children’s classic on which it is based is without doubt one of the best kids’ stories of all time, and with a director of Spielberg’s caliber behind it the movie promises
If you’re from Southern California then there is a perfectly good chance you know the words to at least three Sublime songs. You know it’s true, if KROQ is on and “Wrong Way” or “Santeria” come on the radio waves you’re probably going to be singing along, which is only a testament to the indelible
Vincent Lindon uncorks a spectacular, if understated, performance in writer/director Stéphane Brizé’s essay on the present day working class. The screenplay, co-written by Olivier Gorce, features Lindon as Thierry Taugourdeau, an unemployed / underemployed man trying to support a family. Lindon and his wife and child are remarkable in their lack of moral flaws. Although
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic The BFG is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next month, organisers have revealed. The prestigious French festival has revealed the Disney animated movie will be one of 49 movies shown at the event. The 2016 Cannes Film Festival runs from May 11-22, almost two month’s before
John Carpenter, the horror auteur responsible for classics including Halloween, The Thing, They Live and Escape From New York has always had a hand in the sound of his films, often gracing them with haunting, minimal synthscape soundtracks that in and of themselves have become as iconic as the films they belong to. But how
National Canadian Film Day is a grand new tradition, now in its third year, to remind Canadians that the country has a rich and diverse legacy of films and that people need to see them. On Wednesday (April 20), 350 Canadian films will be shown across the country free of charge, in libraries, small town
Adapting children’s literature with a large cast of anthropomorphic animals rife with song and dance numbers and sterilizing the dark moments are traits of Disney’s classic catalog of animated features from Snow White to Pocohantas. But this is a new Disney now and when they’re not off servicing the latest Star Wars or Marvel Cinematic
“I don’t care about Paris, I came for Rollo.” – Ragnar The Viking ant colony works as one to deliver the vision of Ragnar Lothbrok’s great fleet of Viking ships as they carve up a mountain and through the woods to end run the Frankish troops. More importantly, it will unnerve Paris and all who
Imajyn Cardinal, a gifted 16-year-old Cree actor, grew up on film sets watching her mother actress Michelle Thrush do her thing. Now it’s Cardinal’s turn to join the family business. Cardinal stars in Wiebke von Carolsfeld’s The Saver and appears in nearly every frame of the film. It’s about a girl in Montreal whose mother