The cultural banter over whether Die Hard can be considered a Christmas movie has become more curdled than overnight eggnog. For the record, the 1988 John McTiernan classic isn’t one. Die Hard is an action
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ISOLATING LITTLE JAR
I remember sitting at the park watching my young kids on the swings when I first heard the word COVID-19. What was it and why was everyone everywhere talking about it? Within weeks the Ontario government, led
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WFF: MIDNIGHT AT THE PARADISE
“Unrequited love. Isn’t that what most memorable movies are about?” No one makes it through their 30s without re-assessing all of the important life choices they made in their younger years. Whom they married, the
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The Second Most Important Event in Rock History
In 1969, there were three music festivals that changed the trajectory of the world’s music scene. On September 13, one month after Woodstock, a couple of months before Altamont “The Toronto Rock ’n’ Revival” concert brought together
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WFF: BOY CITY a Curiously Off-key Satire
“What if the world’s greatest boy band was a group of grown-ass men?” I mean, most “boy bands” are legally adults by the time they break out, but they’re usually in their late teens-mid twenties
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WFF: EXILE Leaves Audience Lost in the Woods
We’re all closer to the brink of madness than we’d care to admit and it can take merely the slightest of bad decisions to push us over the brink. The protagonist of Jason James’ latest
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