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About Author: Andrew Parker

Andrew Parker
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http://icantgetlaidinthistown.blogspot.com
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Andrew Parker writes for numerous blogs and publications, including Notes From the Toronto Underground and his more personal pop-culture blog, I Can't Get Laid in This Town. He is also the curator of the Defending the Indefensible series of films at the Toronto Underground Cinema.

Posts by Andrew Parker

  • Now that the TIFF Kids Film Festival wrapped it’s engagement last month catering to the 3 – 13 crowd, it comes time for its older sibling to step into the...

    TIFF Next Wave Film Festival kicks off this week

    Posted on May 9, 2012 | No Comments
    Now that the TIFF Kids Film Festival wrapped it’s engagement last month catering to the 3 – 13 crowd, it comes time for its older sibling to step into the...

  • First time feature film directors don’t usually turn to period pieces to ease their way into the filmmaking world, especially in Canada where funding for such ambitious projects is often...

    Interview: Talking with the director of ‘Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster’

    Posted on May 8, 2012 | 1 Comment
    First time feature film directors don’t usually turn to period pieces to ease their way into the filmmaking world, especially in Canada where funding for such ambitious projects is often...

  • It wasn’t an easy road for actor Matthew Lillard – best known for his roles in Scream, SLC Punk, Scooby Doo, and most recently The Descendants – to make the leap into...

    Interview: Matthew Lillard talks ‘Fat Kid Rules the World’

    Posted on May 7, 2012 | No Comments
    It wasn’t an easy road for actor Matthew Lillard – best known for his roles in Scream, SLC Punk, Scooby Doo, and most recently The Descendants – to make the leap into...

  • After thinking long and hard about it, I have come to realize that even if I was a part of the core demographic that director John Madden’s The Best Exotic Marigold...

    Movie Review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    Posted on May 3, 2012 | 2 Comments
    After thinking long and hard about it, I have come to realize that even if I was a part of the core demographic that director John Madden’s The Best Exotic Marigold...

  • In part four of our Hot Docs 2012 preview, Andrew Parker takes a look at China Heavyweight, Laura, and Ping Pong. Check back over the next few days for more previews...

    Hot Docs 2012 Preview Pt. 4

    Posted on April 26, 2012 | No Comments
    In part four of our Hot Docs 2012 preview, Andrew Parker takes a look at China Heavyweight, Laura, and Ping Pong. Check back over the next few days for more previews...

  • While not entirely audience insulting on a conceptual level, Darling Companion certainly shows once and for all just how far the once great Lawrence Kasdan has fallen as a director. The...

    Movie Review: Darling Companion

    Posted on April 26, 2012 | No Comments
    While not entirely audience insulting on a conceptual level, Darling Companion certainly shows once and for all just how far the once great Lawrence Kasdan has fallen as a director. The...

  • Showcasing a period in world history rarely glimpsed by general North American moviegoers, the most expensive Taiwanese film on record, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, transports viewers to a period...

    Movie Review: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

    Posted on April 26, 2012 | No Comments
    Showcasing a period in world history rarely glimpsed by general North American moviegoers, the most expensive Taiwanese film on record, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, transports viewers to a period...

  • In part three of our Hot Docs 2012 preview, Andrew Parker takes a look at The Invisible War, Big Boys Gone Bananas!*, and Finding Truelove. Check back over the next few days...

    Hot Docs 2012 Preview Pt. 3

    Posted on April 25, 2012 | No Comments
    In part three of our Hot Docs 2012 preview, Andrew Parker takes a look at The Invisible War, Big Boys Gone Bananas!*, and Finding Truelove. Check back over the next few days...

  • In part two of our Hot Docs 2012 preview, Andrew Parker takes a look at Welcome to the Machine, The Great Liberty, and Jeff. Check back over the next few...

    Hot Docs 2012 Preview Pt. 2

    Posted on April 24, 2012 | No Comments
    In part two of our Hot Docs 2012 preview, Andrew Parker takes a look at Welcome to the Machine, The Great Liberty, and Jeff. Check back over the next few...

  • In part one of our Hot Docs 2012 preview, Andrew Parker takes a look at Brooklyn Castle, Beauty is Embarrassing, and Crimes Without Honour. Check back over the next few...

    Hot Docs 2012 Preview Pt. 1

    Posted on April 23, 2012 | No Comments
    In part one of our Hot Docs 2012 preview, Andrew Parker takes a look at Brooklyn Castle, Beauty is Embarrassing, and Crimes Without Honour. Check back over the next few...

  • Director Terence Davies The Deep Blue Sea (not to be confused with the Renny Harlin killer shark movie) is a relationship drama that doesn’t move at the speed of film or even the speed...

    Movie Review: The Deep Blue Sea

    Posted on April 11, 2012 | No Comments
    Director Terence Davies The Deep Blue Sea (not to be confused with the Renny Harlin killer shark movie) is a relationship drama that doesn’t move at the speed of film or even the speed...

  • Aside from a possible bout of nostalgia on the part of director Bruce McDonald, there really didn’t seem to be that many reasons to make a sequel of any kind...

    Movie Review: Hard Core Logo 2

    Posted on April 11, 2012 | 1 Comment
    Aside from a possible bout of nostalgia on the part of director Bruce McDonald, there really didn’t seem to be that many reasons to make a sequel of any kind...

  • I’ve always been a believer that a reader needs to know that criticism of a film is coming from an honest place that sometimes gets swayed by personal and professional...

    Movie Review: Bully

    Posted on April 6, 2012 | 1 Comment
    I’ve always been a believer that a reader needs to know that criticism of a film is coming from an honest place that sometimes gets swayed by personal and professional...

  • Soft-spoken and genuine, Bully director Lee Hirsch comes across exactly like you think he would. A man who spent years on the frontlines of the schoolyard bullying epidemic, Hirsch speaks...

    Director Lee Hirsch talks ‘Bully’

    Posted on April 5, 2012 | No Comments
    Soft-spoken and genuine, Bully director Lee Hirsch comes across exactly like you think he would. A man who spent years on the frontlines of the schoolyard bullying epidemic, Hirsch speaks...

  • Without mincing words, The Raid: Redemption is action movie perfection. The perfect blend of ballistics and bludgeonings, director Gareth Evans has crafted not only the biggest and baddest populist action spectacle since the original Die Hard, but he also...

    Movie Review: The Raid: Redemption

    Posted on March 23, 2012 | No Comments
    Without mincing words, The Raid: Redemption is action movie perfection. The perfect blend of ballistics and bludgeonings, director Gareth Evans has crafted not only the biggest and baddest populist action spectacle since the original Die Hard, but he also...

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