Pizza Make 2 pizzas, serving 4 dough 1 teaspoon active dry yeast 1 teaspoon sugar 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for the bowl 3¼ to 3½ cups all-purpose flour, plus more as needed 1 teaspoon kosher salt sauce 1½ cups drained canned Italian plum tomatoes, preferably San Marzano, crushed by hand or through a food mill 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive… View Post
Jean Smart is the hard heart and soul of Fargo Season 2. As the series develops increasingly darker elements similar to Shakespearean tragedy, it comes down to a looming war between the Gerhardts, the rural Minnesota organised crime family and gangs from the south. Smart is Floyd (that’s right) the leader of the Gerhardt clan who faces events a mother… View Post
SEMINAR, a co-production with the Manitoba Theatre Centre, is in previews Nov 14 and opens Nov 18 at the Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge Street. Renowned Canadian actor Tom McCamus is not a nice man. Well at least not in his new play Seminar, an edgy comedy by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Theresa Rebeck. McCamus plays a respected author hired to teach a seminar on… View Post
Written and directed by Angelina Jolie Pitt Starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Pitt Rating 3/5 The Pitt’s much anticipated “vanity project” about a married couple in crisis has strong similarities to the wrenching domestic drama Who’s Afraid of Virginia by way of Michelangelo Antonioni, Bernardo Bertolucci and Jean Luc Godard. Or that’s what it has in its head. By… View Post
“Pura Vida” said our guide, as we arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica, which literally translated, means “pure life”. This describes the mandate of this eco-conscious country and the joy its inhabitants take in living in a land which is 46% forested; it is generally used as an answer to “How are you?”, or just as a hello. They say… View Post
Directed by Sam Mendes Starring Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Christophe Waltz and Monica Bellucci Rating: 3.5 /5 There is a certain cloud over Spectre the latest in the franchise and that’s comparison. Skyfall was visceral and thrilling in a theme park ride kind of way and Quantum of Solace, ditto, with a wider ranging story and greater emotional heft. Spectre is… View Post