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Perhaps you have heard about or read Armond White’s scathing review on the beloved Toy Story 3.  http://www.nypress.com/article-21357-bored-game.html?anonymousId=-3062657814293038038 The trouble with critics is that their primary motivation is not necessarily to judge a movie fairly but to entertain their readers.   The more colourful or opinionated the review, the more entertaining it is, but simply saying “I hated it” doesn’t make for much of [...]

Last summer I was introduced to the Canadian writers’ community through a little networking drinks thing called Ink Drinks at the Paddock on Bathurst. It was then organized by Canadian writer/showrunner Denis McGrath who has worked on such shows as The Border, Stargate, and Blood Ties. Last Friday was his last day at a Toronto [...]

These days, you have to be flexible as a writer.  You need to be willing and able to write for both film and television, and for more than one genre.  Not only that, but you need to understand writing for all media platforms: Web 2.0 (social media), mobile media (cell phones), web series, etc..  The [...]

Glee! returns next Tuesday and I have to say I’m looking forward to it.  Oprah, among others, called it a phenomenon.  What makes it a phenomenon is that it’s so uplifting when most current one-hour shows are ‘downers’.   Our current viewing options are: cop show or serious dramas with a minor comedic element about vampire teens, back-stabbing teens, pregnant teens, [...]

I’m back from a weekend of R&R with family and friends in suburbia.  On Sunday, we gathered at my friend Tara’s for an afternoon barbeque in the sunshine.  One of the many and varied topics of conversation discussed was TV. As a new mom, Tara doesn’t have time to schedule her TV watching so she’s turned to renting [...]