Bernie Fletcher’s Reel Beach 
McAdams films close to home
February is the month for love and romantic movies. In The Vow, Rachel McAdams plays a freespirited artist who loses all memory of her husband (Channing Tatum) after a car crash. He has to win her heart all over again. Would you do anything for love? It all started with a kiss. Thomas Edison’s The [...]
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And the winner is…
Awards season is here. The Oscar nominations are out and the red carpets are ready to roll for the Academy Awards on February 26. Try this quiz to test whether you’ve been watching way too many old movies: 1) Her life is a rags-to-riches tale. Little Gladys Marie Smith liked to ride her bike down [...]
Reindeer Rudolph has Toronto accent
You watch the Santa Clause Parade, every year, but can you name Santa’s reindeer? (And don’t say ‘Olive’, the other reindeer!) You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen But do you recall The most famous reindeer of all? Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer was originally written in [...]
Goin’ Down the Road – again
Back in 1969 there was no motion picture industry to speak of in Toronto, but a young director from the East End was determined to make a feature film on a shoestring budget. Donald Shebib even sold his car to help scrape up $27,000. Goin’ Down the Road (1970) became a landmark classic of Canadian [...]
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