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This Week in Home Video: Side Effects, Parker, summertime horror and a bad '70s Toronto Paperboy

Posted by Ed Conroy / May 21, 2013

Side Effects Rooney MaraThis Week in Home Video previews all the latest Blu-ray, DVD and on-demand titles hitting the street this week, plus lost gems, crazed Cancon, outrageous cult titles and the best places to rent or buy movies in Toronto.

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That time when the Provincial lottery did blackface

Posted by Ed Conroy / May 17, 2013

Al JohnsonYesterday's toppling of the OLG house of cards, accompanied by the feint whiff of an oncoming category 5 scandal presents us with yet another blunder in a long line of embarrassing, OLG related palavers. Did you ever hear the one about the Al Jolson lottery commercial?

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This Week in Home Video: Cloud Atlas, Die Hard 5, Taxi Driver and True Crime Docs

Posted by Ed Conroy / May 14, 2013

Cloud AtlasThis Week in Home Video previews all the latest Blu-ray, DVD and on-demand titles hitting the street this week, plus lost gems, crazed Cancon, outrageous cult titles and the best places to rent or buy movies in Toronto.

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That time when the SkyDome landed in Toronto

Posted by Ed Conroy / May 10, 2013

Domer SkydomeSome might say that the Rogers Centre SkyDome was born under a bad sign: After the 1982 Grey Cup relayed broadcast to an audience of over 7 million Canadian viewers (at the time, a whopping record) embarrassing images of sullen Argos fans at Exhibition Stadium soaked to the bone, frozen masses huddled under concession stands, overflowing toilets and torrential disaster movie style rain, it became apparent that if Toronto desired to be a world class city, it urgently required an enclosed sport`s Stadium. The Argos might have lost that night, but Toronto`s image was the real loser.

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This Week in Home Video: Mama, Jack Reacher, The Great Escape, Fringe, Toronto Cops and '60s Bikers

Posted by Ed Conroy / May 7, 2013

Mama FilmThis Week in Home Video previews all the latest Blu-ray, DVD and on-demand titles hitting the street this week, plus lost gems, crazed Cancon, outrageous cult titles and the best places to rent or buy movies in Toronto.

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This Week in Home Video: Silver Linings Playbook, Vampire Lovers, Not Fade Away and Bruce Lee

Posted by Ed Conroy / April 30, 2013

Silver LiningsThis Week in Home Video previews all the latest Blu-ray, DVD and on-demand titles hitting the street this week, plus lost gems, crazed Cancon, outrageous cult titles and the best places to rent or buy movies in Toronto.

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