The Frantics, remember them? That madcap Canadian comedy troupe that singularly put The Royal Canadian Air Farce to shame? Whose bizarrely freakish creations included Mr. Canoehead, Mrs. Sarnicky, Todd Booster, and coined the popular Canuckian battle cry, “Boot to the Head!”? Well, after a far-too-long absence, the boy [...]
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Interview: Penelope Cruz Sails On Stranger Tides in Pirates of the Caribbean 4
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (a.k.a. Pirates 4) is released on Blu-ray 3D, plain old Blu-ray 2D, even plainer DVD and good old fashioned Digital Download on October 18. We have a review of the 3D release coming up and to get you in the pirate mood we’re also bringing you a series of interviews with m [...]
Five Things People Should Not Do With Movies
Here at CinemaSpy we pride ourselves on having our collective fingers on the social networking pulse. Hence, we couldn’t help but notice that a trending hashtag in today’s twits (best not call them ‘tw**ts anymore, in case we infringe on Twitter’s trademarking rights), was #ThingsPeopleShouldNotDo. That got us t [...]
Mourning the Demise of the Space Opera
The end of Stargate Universe earlier this year was a sad ocassion not only for the series and the franchise that spawned it, but also for live-action space opera as a subgenre on television. It’s not that long ago when shows set largely or entirely in space were an expected part of the television landscape. Time [...]
Interview: Don Hahn Adds Another Dimension to Disney’s The Lion King
Yesterday, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released it’s long-promised remastered edition of The Lion King on Blu-ray and DVD. Additional attention has been drawn to this much-loved Disney classic through a theatrical release of a post-processed 3D version of the movie, which has also been issued on the home [...]
Interview Rewind: Joe Flanigan
This interview was originally published in 2008 and is presented again here to mark the release of Stargate: Atlantis – The Complete Series on Blu-ray (reviewed here). Joe Flanigan, who plays John Sheppard on Stargate Atlantis, is a funny guy. But he has a dry sense of humour, so when he’s telling a joke it t [...]
Interview Rewind: David Hewlett
This interview was originally published in 2008 and is presented again here to mark the release of Stargate: Atlantis – The Complete Series on Blu-ray (reviewed here). David Hewlett is the de facto veteran of the Stargate Atlantis team. He’s not only got more credits than his ensemble castmates, but his charac [...]
Exclusive: Kate Mulgrew Has Found Her Calling in Charge of NTSF:SD:SUV::
Kate Mulgrew has been an actress since the 1970s and has carved a creditable career out of playing largely steady, reliable and, to a greater or lesser extent, serious characters. One of her earliest roles, as the lead in the series Mrs. Columbo (1979), is a case in point. As the title suggests, she played the wife [...]
Haven Has More Questions than Answers for Emily Rose
In this, the second of the Q&As we are bringing you to mark the premiere of Season Two of Haven on Syfy and Showcase, series star Emily Rose talks about working in the rainy but beautiful seaside village of Chester, Nova Scotia, how her character faces the challenge of coming to terms with a loss of identity and ho [...]
