Author Archive for Paul Peterson
End of innocence – just in time for all-nighter
Well here we go. Open full time as of tomorrow night and all the carnage that comes with that. It’s the idea of me sleeping that I like to put in to play so I can remember what it’s like. What a pile of whiny boy crap. I can sleep thru a hurricane. I only […]
See both as a favour to the kids and then go see The Trotsky
I know that part of the role of a film reviewer is to keep the readership current and I try to embrace my responsibility to the group at large but… It’s tough. There’s a great little movie out right now called The Trotsky starring the next John Cusack Jay Bechalar. The film is fresh and […]
The first in a series of maybe one
So, as I write this I’m getting ready for the first annual Bill Murray film festival at the drive in. Everything tells me it will be about six of us watching some pretty great movies from one of the great comedic actors of my generation, but I’m hoping I’m wrong. It happened once before. Usually […]
Race to clone and manipulate DNA an interesting Pandora’s Box
I have recently had a glimpse into the work of filmmaking and it is crazy hours and a lot of planning and meetings and the minutae of fuss budgetting and things of that nature. Imagine the collaborative effort of the producers of Splice, a Canadian sci-fi extravaganza starring Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley, directed by […]
She’s Out of My League could have swerved into the stupid lane – but didn’t
It’s the summer of blockbusters and here I am writing a review of a cute little movie that no one will see unless they rent it because its theatrical run is long since over. At some point, I’ll get around to Shrek and Sex in the City but for this week, it’s the funniest movie […]
Scourge headed our way presents certain risks for men
Well folks, last weekend didn’t suck, so that was a welcome surprise. It still wasn’t strong in the room but better than Igloo-palooza the weekend before. So of course we’re all geared up for the holiday weekend and by geared up I mean bringing in umbrellas because it seems to rain every time it’s important […]
No build up, no dance… Iron Man 2 is terrific
The first blockbuster of the season might also be the very best one. Iron Man 2 is terrific. There you go. No build up, no dance. I just really liked it. Robert Downey Jr. alone is worth the price of admission but there’s a whole lot more going on than his larger-than-life attitude. The film […]
Paul Peterson – The Reel Deal
As always, other opinions are welcome, but wrong.
Newsletter Spring 2010: Great minds think alike
We’re only one week in and I’m already backpedalling. Yes I meant to let everyone know that we were opening The Mustang Drive In last weekend and showing a truly epic program. Can you hear that? Standards are falling all over the province. I don’t usually do a mini review in the newsletter but The […]
Aniston is the woman who made Vince Vaughan seem dull
It’s always more fun to write a bad review than a good one and so I’m totally indulging myself this week by tearing into my least favourite actress, Jennifer Aniston. The Bounty Hunter is as bad a romantic comedy as I’ve seen Failure to Launch as that’s no small accomplishment. My favourite part of any […]
