Before it even started, the TIFF representative almost began to cry while introducing this film. That was certainly foreshadowing of what we were about to see! Although Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe was a heart-warming and nostalgic hour and a half, there was also plenty of reality and heartache. The Magic of Make-Believe chronicles the…
In life, when can we be still? That’s the question Michael J. Fox had to face in the wake of his diagnosis with Parkinson’s. But, as his new documentary Still reveals it was also a question that he tried to avoid for as long as he could. The film delves into the life story of Fox and…
With the US Election ticking closer, ScreenFish turns back the clock 25 years to rewatch Rob Reiner?s THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT. When President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) meet impetuous lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette Bening), he is instantly taken with her and pursues a relationship. However, their budding romance sparks questions about his character and his…
When times are tough, what stories do you turn to? Our new series, Comfort Films, is designed to look at the stories that are important to us and why they help bring us up with everything feels down. This week, author Troy Kinney and Screamfish?s Jason Norton return to chat about family humour in Meet…
This week, cyberspace has been abuzz with the thirtieth anniversary of Marty McFly’s ”flight’ to the past, and the future, and the past past. [As an English teacher, I will just say… go with it.] While the Chicago Cubs went down in flames, and not every invention of the imagined future has come to fruition,…
By the time you finish reading this, it?ll be the future. (Okay, technically, it?ll be the present?but it?ll be the future too.) As anyone who has a Facebook account knows by now, October 21st, 2015 at 4:29pm is the scheduled moment that Marty McFly arrives in the future in Back To The Future Part II….
