I can’t speak for the rest of this town’s cinema lovers, but one of the best parts of our film festival for me has always been the surprises. Not knowing which films I’m going to end up seeing, who’s going to be at the screenings, and which ones I will like. My priorities when choosing […]
Trying to choose films to see at Toronto International Film Festival is often like trying to eat everything at the buffet of the world: every kind of food is offered and it is impossible to eat everything. Choices have to be made, and gems will be missed. But choose I must. Will has already covered […]
The 2009 Toronto International Film Festival starts tomorrow, running from September 10th until the 19th. Featuring over 300 films from over 60 countries, the festival has an amazing lineup of movies this year. Dork Shelf will be there, giving you all the latest news and reviews from the 34th annual film fest. You can expect […]
FanExpo, the largest fan con in Canada returns to Toronto August 28th-30th. Dork Shelf will be there! FanExpo is essentially an amalgam of five smaller conventions dedicated to comic books, science fiction, horror, gaming and anime. If you are a Canadian dork, FanExpo is the place to be this weekend.
Regular readers of the site may have noticed some new faces posting articles the past few weeks. However, there are no new contributors. It’s actually just been Jeff and Lucas in drag… Sorry to get your hopes up, unless of course you’re into that. But jokes about my colleagues underwear preference aside, we do […]
BioWare and LucasArts have released a behind-the-scenes video for their upcoming massively multiplayer role playing game Star Wars: The Old Republic. The new video showcases actual gameplay for the first time, and gives an behind-the-scenes look at the recording of dialogue for the game. After playing EVE Online and Age of Conan, I promised myself […]
From commercial funny man (pepsi, pizza pops, bud light), to movie slow poke (Tideland, Charlie Bartlett), to the biggest House Party animal in last year’s under-performing (though not without its moments) original Comedy Network series, Toronto actor Dylan Taylor has been on the up and up for a few years now. You could even say […]
Vancouver based Piranha Games revealed a trailer for their MechWarrior reboot currently under development. The developers plan to take the MechWarrior series back to its action-simulation roots and away from the arcade-y feel of previous Battletech titles like MechAssault. I must say this trailer looks promising, and I’m happy to hear the game will be […]
The Toronto After Dark Film Festival showcases the best in horror, cult and sci-fi films from around the world. The festival has announced the first 8 titles on this year’s schedule, and there are some great ones. Trick ‘R’ Treat (Dir. Michael Dougherty, USA) Grace (Dir. Paul Solet, Canada) Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl (Dir. […]
We briefly discussed Korean director Park Chan-wook‘s latest film Thirst, in our most recent podcast. Park, the director of 2003’s twisted and amazing Oldboy debuted his new film at the Cannes film festival a few weeks ago. Thirst secured a North American release at the festival, and an English trailer for the film hit the […]
Film School Rejects is reporting that directors James Cameron, Gore Verbinski and Zack Snyder have all signed on to produce segments for a new animated Heavy Metal film being helmed by David Fincher. According to the article, three other big name directors are also in negotiations to create segments for the film, but have not […]
We Canadians often take for granted or mock Canadian TV programming. Our television tastes have broadened so much in the last decade or so, that we often see our own television industry as producing shows that are too hokey, too corny and even too Canadian for our sophisticated TV palettes. This is not to say […]
The first trailer for BioWare‘s upcoming massively-multiplayer game Star Wars: The Old Republic debuted at E3 today. The Canadian developer previously developed the single player Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic role-playing games. Is it me or is that trailer almost better than all of the Star Wars prequels combined? Regardless, I’m sure Bioware […]
Microsoft Canada has announced that Canada will be getting an exclusive Xbox 360 Bundle. The Grand Theft Auto IV: Limited Anniversary Edition includes the best selling Grand Theft Auto IV and an Xbox 360 Elite console with all the fixings. The bundle will arrive in stores on May 5th and Future Shop is now taking […]
The Fox Theatre has a amazing Double Bill on Tuesday, April 28th, Wild At Heart and Eraserhead from director David Lynch. If you’ve never seen a David Lynch film, these two flicks are an excellent starter pack. As Lynch movies go, Wild At Heart could be considered a more mainstream entry into the his filmography, […]
