Harry Potter penner J. K. Rowling has created a second franchise based on the adventures of writer and magic devotee Newt Scamander beginning in 1926 in New York. Eddie Redmayne is Newt in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (David Yates) the first of five films coming our way from now till kingdom come. Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Katherine… View Post
At its heart, Arrival is a story about love, mortality and the power of a word. Montreal’s great filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s interspecies love story takes place in a universe where time, space and the limitations of the human mind are erased to reveal a fuller richer experience of being alive. Amy Adams is a linguistics professor summoned by the FBI… View Post
Unfortunately, motor vehicle collisions are occurring at alarming rates. People are generally more distracted and the result is more injuries and fatalities on Ontario roads – just last week there were 18 pedestrians struck in one day in the Toronto area. It is human nature to think that it won’t happen to you or someone you love, but motor vehicle collisions… View Post
Lately, with the increasing awareness and growing positive movements around water protection such as the Dakota Access Pipeline and The Grand River Enbridge case, I have been thinking a lot about my relationship with the river that did much to save my life. I want to share a bit of that story with you. I moved to Kitchener when… View Post
We’ve all see the advertisements for the perfect destination weddings; bride, barefoot in her beautiful white dress, her hair blowing gently in the tropical breeze, with her husband smiling and admiring both his new wife and the sun setting over the ocean. And yes, it can be this way…but it does take some planning. I had the chance to sit… View Post
Mel Gibson, all is forgiven. His extraordinary fact based drama Hacksaw Ridge is a stunning, well made anti-war biopic about an American army medic Desmond T. Doss who never touched a gun during WWII but became the first conscientious objector to win the Medal of Freedom. The action, much of it bloody, takes place as US troops attack Japan at… View Post