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Interview: Producer Charlie Rosen on Keeping ‘Persona 5’ Alive Through Jazz
Persona 5 is often considered amongst the greatest video games of all time, and over a decade later, its legacy lives on not only through gamers still replaying through the adventures of Joker and friends, but also its incredible music, newly reimagined via the Persona 5 Special Big Band project, the brainchild of arranger and […] More
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Interview: Kathryn the Grape’s ‘STOP SLOW GO’ Fuses Education & Fun
Kathryn Cloward is a self-made woman in more ways than one. To some, she is a media executive, the founder and CEO of Kandon Unlimited. To others, she is a best-selling author and poet. But with the Grammy Awards on the horizon, Kathryn is perhaps most well-known by her alter ego, Kathryn the Grape, around […] More
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Interview: ‘9-1-1’ Stars Oliver Stark and Jennifer Love Hewitt Reflect on the Unbreakable Bond of the Buckley Siblings
With 9-1-1 about to premiere its tenth season, it was the perfect time for Oliver Stark and Jennifer Love Hewitt to do their first-ever joint interview and look back on how far Buck and Maddie’s relationship has evolved throughout the beloved series. “When we were shooting last year, the recovery from the drug dependence, there […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of October 12th – Revisit ‘Project Hail Mary’ in Advance of Awards Season with a Limited Edition SteelBook
Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, we have a number of SteelBook re-releases hitting shelves, led by Project Hail Mary. This week features plenty of other SteelBook options, as well as some other fun 4K release. Additionally, we have a pair of Criterion Collection debuts to consider. What else is coming out? Find out […] More
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NYFF: The Best Movies and Performances at the 64th New York Film Festival
Well, it’s over, folks. Today, we can put a bow on the New York Film Festival for 2026. Moreover, that’s pretty much it for festivals this year for me, with one more exception, allowing me to really settle in with my own bed (though, yes, I sleep at home during NYFF). Listen, I’ve been very […] More
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Ranking the Films Directed by Ben Affleck
When Ben Affleck steps behind a camera, I get excited. His filmmaking debut, Gone Baby Gone, was incredibly impressive, and with The Town and Argo, he only upped his game. That era established him as an A-list director, in addition to an actor. Aside from Live by Night, that era led to a downturn in […] More
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Interview: Russell T Davies Steps Out of the TARDIS and Into the Scary Shadows of Suburbia in ‘Tip Toe’
Russell T Davies is best known for taking audiences on adventures across time and space in the TARDIS. With Tip Toe, he takes viewers somewhere far more complex and often scarier, ordinary suburbia. The five-part series, now on Starz follows two Manchester neighbors (Alan Cumming & David Morrissey), a gay bar owner and a conservative […] More
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in Op-ed
Five Actors Who Had to Wait to Win Their Oscar
Winning an Academy Award is one of the biggest achievements in Hollywood, but even some of the most celebrated actors have had to wait years before finally hearing their name called on Oscar night. For some, the wait lasted decades and included several nominations along the way. Others had already won an Oscar in another […] More
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Has Ontario’s iGaming Boom Reached Canadian Film and Television?
Ontario’s regulated iGaming business reached a new point in July 2026. Players placed C$9.88 billion in cash wagers during the month, the highest total since the open market began in April 2022. Yet the more interesting cultural story may be happening away from the balance sheet. Gambling has become part of what viewers see around […] More
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TV Review: Flanagan’s ‘Carrie’ is Bloody Close to Perfect
The first question that popped into my head when hearing that a remake series version of the Stephen King classic novel, Carrie, was being made was: why? We’ve had several versions of the story before, the original ultimately holds up exceptionally well, while the rest had essentially been forgotten over time. There’s an answer to […] More















