The first installment of The Hobbit films is an awe inspiring cinematic experience that brings the J.R.R. Tolkien world to life in such amazing detail that you would think it is real. Peter Jackson’s (director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy) vision of Middle Earth and his depictions of a young Bilbo Baggins (Martin […]
It’s a cold December night in Vancouver, and I’m sitting with Kimberly Voll, Alex Vostrov, Alain Bourdages, and Ola Rogula in a small Yaletown apartment. The five of us are sunk deep into a couch or an armchair, assuming the kind of Rodinian pose one takes when they are in the middle of debating something […]
I have always been a fan of superheroes. As a child I would spend many hours in front of the television watching the cartoons for Spiderman, and my personal favourite, X-Men. The characters abilities were incredible and I was easily pulled into the soap opera narratives that powered their complicated universes. I recently read Marvel […]
For the most part, Arnold Schwarzenegger is best known as the campy, action-hero star of such classic 1980’s cinema as: Predator, The Terminator, and Conan the Barbarian. However, in Schwarzenegger’s recently released biography, Total Recall: My Unbelievable True Life Story (written with Peter Petre) we’re privy to a full account of his famous life, his […]
The first installment of The Hobbit films is an awe inspiring cinematic experience that brings the J.R.R. Tolkien world to life in such amazing detail that you would think it is real. Peter Jackson’s (director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy) vision of Middle Earth and his depictions of a young Bilbo Baggins (Martin […] 