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Phil Brown
Phil Brown is a Toronto-based film critic and entertainment journalist who contributes ramblings about film, comedy, and other pop culture obsessions to websites and publications like Dork Shelf, The Toronto Star, NOW Magazine, The Globe And Mail, C&G Magazine, Fangoria, Rue Morgue, High Def Digest, and others. He’s also appeared on CTV and made a variety of podcast and radio appearances to help delay his inevitable typing-related carpal tunnel syndrome.
Articles by Phil Brown:
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February 13, 2016
The Top Five Anti-Rom-Coms For A Lonely Valentine’s DayThe Valentine’s Day rom com list for people who hate Valentine’s Day and rom coms.
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February 9, 2016
Burying The Ex Blu-ray ReviewJoe Dante, the man behind some of our favourite films (Gremlins, Innerspace, The Burbs…) is back at it again with Burying The Ex, now on Blu-ray.
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February 9, 2016
Crimson Peak Blu-ray ReviewGuillermo del Toro’s gothic romance Crimson Peak didn’t get the love it deserved in theatres, fortunately it still got the full treatment for its new Blu-ray release.
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February 8, 2016
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Blu-ray ReviewSnow White is let out of the vault by Disney once again for this new Blu of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs that offers some new special features, but are they as good as the ones we’ve lost from the previous version?
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February 4, 2016
For the Love of FargoIn honour of this week’s release of Hail, Caesar, Dork Shelf’s critics will be writing about some of their past favourite Coen Bro movies, starting with the 1996 classic Fargo.
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February 3, 2016
The Guardian Blu-ray ReviewIn 1990 William Friedkin made a little horror film called The Guardian… not many saw it but Scream Factory is giving it a second life with its new Blu-ray, complete with interviews about what exactly went wrong…
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February 2, 2016
Hellions Blu-ray ReviewContinuing their recent trend of releasing indie Canadian horror flicks on Blu-ray, Shout Factory brings us a nice HD transfer of Hellions, but no tricks to go with this treat.
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February 2, 2016
Bridge of Spies Blu-ray ReviewSpielberg remains essential to the tapestry of American film, but is the new Bridge of Spies Blu-ray essential to your collection?
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January 20, 2016
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie Blu-ray ReviewOnly the 1980s could have given birth to The Garbage Pail Kids Movie , and only Shout Factory could have given it this new Blu-ray treatment.
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January 20, 2016
The Visit Blu-ray ReviewFallen golden boy M. Night Shyamalan begins to make his way back into audience’s good graces with The Visit, but falls back down a little when you hear him talk about it.
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January 19, 2016
Inside Llewyn Davis Criterion Blu-ray ReviewWith this new treatment of 2013’s Inside Llewyn Davis, The Coens finally have a film in the Criterion Collection, was it worth the wait?
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January 15, 2016
Nightmares Blu-ray Review1983 horror anthology Nightmares gets the Hi Def treatment from Scream Factory, we take a look to see if it’s worthy of your Dork Shelf.
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January 15, 2016
The Car Blu-ray ReviewIf you’ve never seen The Car, the new Shout Factory Blu-ray is a perfect introduction to this cult motor-monster-movie.
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January 14, 2016
Straight Outta Compton Blu-ray ReviewDoes the “Unrated Director’s Cut” of Straight Outta Compton that hits Blu-ray next week fix the film’s third act problems?
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January 14, 2016
Oscar Nominated Writer/ Director Tom McCarthy Talks SpotlightThis morning Tom McCarthy received Academy Award nominations for writing and directing the stellar Spotlight. We spoke with him about bringing this true story of the Boston Globe journalists who exposed the Catholic Church to the screen.
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