Even with the roller coaster that has been the pandemic, we still have a lot to be thankful for – I know that I do! A wonderful family, great friends, an awesome place to work, and so many other things – which is why I take the time every year to raise awareness and funding for Movember.
If your kids are asking to see a movie and you have grown tired of recycled plots and cookie-cutter animation, you might want to take your kids to the Ontario Science Centre to check out Dream Big: Engineering Our World. Directed by Greg MacGillivray and narrated by Jeff Bridges, this IMAX film addresses the important contributions of engineers, and is the first large-format movie to promote the educational STEM movement (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). Continue reading →
Check out the trailer for this year’s Movie Marathon. Fancy!
Movie Marathon 10
Later this month our annual 24-Hour Movie Marathon will play for the 10th time. Can you believe that we have been doing this for 10 years? If you’re curious, or feeling nostalgic, you can check out both Dave’s and my take on that first Movie Marathon. Movie Marathon 10 will commence at 10:00 AM on Saturday, February 28th!
Here is the list of the movies that we shall be viewing:
Jaws
Some Like it Hot
The Raid 2
Out of Sight
Life Itself
Whiplash
Empire Records
Chronicle
The Babadook
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Snowpiercer
The lineup is quite awesome this year. I have seen a few of these – but they are also movies that I am gladly going to watch again. What do you think?
The state of our roof before we had it fixed.
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“A new roof is one of those home improvements that is painful because the results aren’t really obvious to you. ” These words were spoken by a friend of mine when I was talking to her about the sorry state of my roof (and how I was looking to have it repaired or replaced) . I didn’t really understand exactly what she meant until I started getting quotes to have my roof redone.
Really, the countdown began a few months ago when I purchased my train ticket to Ottawa; Movie Marathon Six is almost upon us! Here is the program…
The King of Kong
New Jack City
Once
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Singin’ in the Rain
North By Northwest
Micmacs
The Black Hole
House (Japan)
The Human Centipede
Machete
The Fall
In a word: insane-o! I have seen only a few of these; the rest I am very much looking forward to watching.
So the usual hijinks will be hinjinksed: movie watching; tableau picture-taking; fan-film-making; sleep-deprivation. We might even do some webcasting and live chats; or maybe we won’t. Ah, movie marathons are the bomb!
For a sampling of our previous events, click here.
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