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Review: Alex Grand And Sebastian Guidobono’s ‘Journey Into Mexico’

Alex Grand and Sebastian Guidobono’s Journey Into Mexico is an all-ages graphic novel that marries Mexican history with Latin American

June 18, 2021June 17, 2021 Koom Kankesan 359 Views Alex Grand, Comic Book Historians Press., Journey Into Mexico, Sebastian Guidobono'

Review – ‘Frank Thorne The Blue: Wizard Of The Comic Arts’

Alex Grand and Jim Thompson’s published interview with Frank Thorne, Frank Thorne the Blue: Wizard of the Comic Arts is

May 31, 2021June 4, 2021 Koom Kankesan 478 Views frank thorne, Frank Thorne the Blue: Wizard of the Comic Arts

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Review: HBO’s ‘Mosaic’ Is A Murder Mystery, Just Not Too Memorable

Mosaic is one of HBO’s lower key dramas. A six part show, it was conceived as an interactive web series

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 Koom Kankesan 381 Views Frederick Weller, Garrett Hedlund, HBO, Mosaic, Paul Reubens, Sharon Stone, Steven Soderbergh

Film Review – ‘August: Osage County’

August: Osage County (2013), directed by John Wells and adapting Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, is

May 19, 2021May 18, 2021 Koom Kankesan 413 Views Abigail Breslin, August: Osage County', Benedict Cumberbatch, Dermot Mulroney, John Wells, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis, Meryl Streep, Tracy Letts

Review: Alan Moore And Kevin O’Neill’s ‘Cinema Purgatorio: This is Sinerama’

The collected Cinema Purgatorio: This is Sinerama by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill, published by Avatar, collects the chapters from

May 15, 2021May 15, 2021 Koom Kankesan 660 Views Alan Moore, Christos Gage, Cinema Purgatorio: This is Sinerama, Gabriel Andrade, Garth Ennis, Ignacio Calero, Kevin O'Neill, Kieron Gillen, max brooks, Michael DiPascale, Raúlo Cáceres

A Reappraisal Of The ‘Harold & Kumar’ Films

The Harold & Kumar movies, written by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, began with Harold & Kumar Go to White

May 1, 2021May 1, 2021 Koom Kankesan 646 Views A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christma, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Hayden Schlossberg, John Cho, Jon Hurwitz, Kal Penn

The Contrarian Collector: Non-Fungible Friendships

In the last couple of columns, I talked about some negative aspects regarding collecting art (the difficulties of selling and

April 17, 2021May 22, 2021 Koom Kankesan 550 Views Alan Moore, Chris Sprouse, Comic Book Art, Miskatonic High, Supreme, The Contrarian Collector

Lifestyle Tech

The Contrarian Collector: To NFT or Not to NFT

What do Uber, Wallstreetbets, and NFT’s have in common? Perhaps more than we think. NFT’s (Non Fungible Tokens) are all

March 27, 2021May 22, 2021 Koom Kankesan 849 Views Beeple, NFT, non-fungible tokens, The Contrarian Collector

Comics Uncategorized

The Contrarian Collector: The Pros And Cons Of Selling Versus Trading Original Art

If you’re thinking of letting a page of art go so you can get something new, should you sell it

March 21, 2021May 22, 2021 Koom Kankesan 887 Views Alan Moore, Big Numbers, Bill Sienkiewicz, Original Comic Book Art, The Contrarian Collector

The Contrarian Collector: The Artwork Of David Roach

I probably would not have met David Roach if not for a mishap during the summer of 2014. I was

February 27, 2021May 22, 2021 Koom Kankesan 1022 Views The Contrarian Collector

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TV Review: ‘The Righteous Gemstones’

HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones is the latest Danny McBride HBO vehicle after Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals. Eastbound &

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 Koom Kankesan 520 Views Danny McBride, HBO, John Goodman), Judd Apatow, The Righteous Gemstones

The Contrarian Collector: Discussing Original Art From ‘Action Comics’ #662

I should have written this up in time for Valentine’s Day, but better late than never. I gave up collecting

February 20, 2021May 22, 2021 Koom Kankesan 894 Views Action Comics #622, Art collecting, Comic Book Original Art, The Contrarian Collector

And Now For Something Completely Python: Monty Python’s Fliegender Zirkus

A quick typing of ‘Monty Python’ into the search bar on Netflix will drag up: Monty Python and the Holy

February 20, 2021February 19, 2021 Koom Kankesan 598 Views Eric Idle, Five to Go, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Life of Brian, Michael Palin, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python Before The Flying Circus, Monty Python Live (mostly) - One Down, Monty Python Live at The Hollywood Bowl, Monty Python The Meaning of Live, Monty Python: Almost the Truth, Monty Python’s Best Bits (mostly), Monty Python’s Fliegender Zirkus, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Monty Python’s Personal Best, Terry Jones, The Meaning of Monty Python, The Very Best of Monty Python’s Flying Circus (Parrot Sketch Not Included), v

The Souls Of Brown Folk: Reviewing Netflix’s ‘The White Tiger’

Ramin Bahrani’s The White Tiger adapts Aravind Adiga’s 2008 Man Booker Prize winning novel. The novel itself, published as a

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 Koom Kankesan 685 Views 2008 Man Booker Prize, Man Booker Prize, Ramin Bahrani, The White Tiger

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Television Review: Scorsese’s ‘Pretend It’s A City’ is Wryly Captivating

In Martin Scorsese’s documentary miniseries Pretend It’s A City, the famed director basically puts a mike on Fran Lebowitz and

January 27, 2021January 26, 2021 Koom Kankesan 669 Views Alec Baldwin, Fran Lebowitz, Martin Scorsese, Netflix, Pretend It's A City, Spike Lee

Review: ‘The Godfather Coda – The Death of Michael Corleone’ Is A Case For Unnecessary Tinkering

Francis Ford Coppola’s new cut of The Godfather, Part III – Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone – will come

December 29, 2020December 28, 2020 Koom Kankesan 676 Views Al Pacino, Andy Garcia, Francis Ford Coppola, Immobiliare, James Caan, Michael Corleone, Paramount Pictures, Part III – Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, Sofia Coppola, Sonny Corleone, The Godfather Part III

Vintage Triple Bill: The Ghost of Christmas Films Past

Christmas can be a time of repetitive X-Mas classics: It’s A Wonderful Life, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, various Grinch

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 Koom Kankesan 625 Views Batman Returns, Eyes Wide Shut, Lethal Weapon

Film

Review: Fincher’s Foray Into The Past Produces The Mercurial ‘Mank’

David Fincher’s latest film, Mank, is a portrait of famed screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz and the director’s first feature film in something

December 17, 2020December 18, 2020 Koom Kankesan 596 Views Amanda Seyfried, Charles Dance, David Fincher, Gary Oldman, MANK, Tuppence Middleton

Film

Deepa Mehta Metastasizes Her Mistakes In Mangled Adaptation Of ‘Funny Boy’

Funny Boy, directed by Deepa Mehta (no relation to the 1968 film Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand), is Canada’s entry for

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 Koom Kankesan 1865 Views Agam Darshi, Ali Kazmi, Brandon Ingram, Deepa Mehta, Nimmi Harasgama, Rehan Muddanayake, Shyam Selvadurai

Vintage Double Bills: ‘Blue Collar’ And ‘Bread & Roses’

Americans have always had a contentious relationship with unions. People associate them with socialism. And in the 70s, especially after

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 Koom Kankesan 623 Views Adrien Brody, Blue Collar, Bread & Roses, Harvey Keitel, Ken Loach, Paul Schrader, Richard Pryor

Review: ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’

The Borat sequel Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, or Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 Koom Kankesan 631 Views Amazon Prime, Borat, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, comedy, political satire, Sacha Baron Cohen, satire

Vintage Double Bills: ‘The Lady From Shanghai’ and ‘Body Heat’

The Lady From Shanghai (1947) is a well known noir by Orson Welles although it’s not as well known as

November 1, 2020October 29, 2020 Koom Kankesan 630 Views Body Heat, Citizen Kane, crime noir, film noir, Harry Cohn, Kathleen Turner), Marie Windsor, orson welles, Rita Hayworth, Ted Danson, The Lady From Shanghai, The Magnificent Ambersons, William Hurt

Film

Vintage Double Bills: ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ And ‘Network’

Two notable works by Sidney Lumet that make an excellent pairing are Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and Network (1976). A

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 Koom Kankesan 677 Views Al Pacino, Christine Chubbuck, Dog Day Afternoon, Faye Dunaway, John Cazale, Ned Beatty, Network, Paddy Chayefsky, Peter Finch, Sidney Lumet, William Friedkin, William Holden

Film

Vintage Double Bills: ‘Single White Female’ and ‘The Cable Guy’

Single White Female (1992) is a thriller directed by Barbet Schroeder. It stars Bridget Fonda as the eponymous young women

September 11, 2020September 10, 2020 Koom Kankesan 596 Views Barbet Schroeder, Ben Stiller, Bridget Fonda, Cable Guy, Jack Black, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Single White Female

Film Review: ‘Tenet’ Moves Forward And Backwards Through Christopher Nolan’s Career

Christopher Nolan‘s new film Tenet is about an unnamed CIA operative (John David Washington) — referred to only as “The

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 Koom Kankesan 1087 Views Akira Kurosawa, christopher nolan, David Washington, Elizabeth Debecki, Jonathan Nolan, Kenneth Brannagh, Matthew McConaughey, Robert Pattison, TENET

Film

Will Theatrical Films Survive The 2020s?

What will become of theatrically run movies? The blending between the forms of television and film is a phenomenon we

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Koom Kankesan 656 Views Eyes Wide Shut, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, The Godfather, The Matrix

Film

Going To The Movies In Canada After The Lockdown

Movie theatres were allowed to open in Toronto this past Friday, July 31st. People have been anticipating the ability to

August 4, 2020August 3, 2020 Koom Kankesan 836 Views coronavirus, movies, Ontario Place drive-in cinema, Toronto

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Film Review: Jay Baruchel’s ‘Random Acts of Violence’

Jay Baruchel‘s Random Acts of Violence is a horror movie that gets stuck somewhere on the road between a deconstruction

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Koom Kankesan 774 Views Giancarlo Caracuzzo, horror, jay baruchel, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Random Acts of Violence

Events

A Voyage Into The Heart Of Dorkness: 2019, NYCC, And 2020 Resolutions

“I have no opinion on that point, but I want you to clearly understand that there was nothing profitable

January 11, 2020January 12, 2020 Koom Kankesan 1250 Views Frank Miller, Heart of Darkness, New York Comic Con, Thomas Wheeler