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Description: Brian McKechnie is the founder and editor of Criticize This! Email him at brian@criticizethis.ca.

Posts by Brian McKechnie

TRAILER: 100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience
Posted on January 26, 2011 | No Comments
I stumbled on the slick trailer for 100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience courtesy a tweet from On Screen Manitoba I couldn’t resist clicking: “What do you get when you...
On-Air: Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands
Posted on January 26, 2011 | No Comments
Are the Alberta oil sands causing cancer in residents of the Northern Alberta Native community Fort Chipewyan? That’s what freshwater scientist Dr. David Schindler and Fort Chipewyan leader Dene Elder...
Roundup of Reaction Statements from 2011 Oscar Nominees
Posted on January 25, 2011 | No Comments
Whenever nominations for major film awards are announced (i.e. the Oscars) the studios jam our inbox with reactions from the people being nominated. It’s very helpful in writing pieces (such...
‘Incendies’ Gets Oscar Nom
Posted on January 25, 2011 | No Comments
With Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies getting an Oscar nomination this morning in the Foreign Language Film category, it becomes the fifth Canadian film to compete for the little golden statue, joining...
New On DVD: January 25, 2011
Posted on January 25, 2011 | No Comments
New On DVD is sponsored by the Toronto-based video store Eyesore Cinema, located at 801 Queen St. West (above Rotate This!). They specialize in rare, out of print, hard to...
Netflix Diaries: ‘Air Bud’, ‘The Warriors’, and ‘Fire in the Sky’
Posted on January 22, 2011 | No Comments
Netflix Diaries is a weekly feature on Criticize This! that looks at what we’re watching via Netflix Canada, and our ongoing experience with the service. This feature is not sponsored...
Opening Weekend: The Way Back, No Strings Attached, The Company Men, The Illusionist, Attenberg, and Incendies
Posted on January 21, 2011 | No Comments
The Way Back – Directed by Peter Weir, and based on Slavomir Rawicz’s memoir The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom, The Way Back is an...
IIFA Weekend and Awards Coming to Toronto this June
Posted on January 20, 2011 | No Comments
The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) is bringing its annual IIFA Weekend and Awards event to Toronto for three days this coming June, marking the first time the event will...
‘Incendies’ Advances in Oscar Race for Foreign Language Film
Posted on January 20, 2011 | No Comments
Incendies, the official Canadian entry to this year’s Foreign Language Film Oscar category, has advanced to the final round of pre-selection along with eight other films out of the original...
New On DVD: January 18, 2011
Posted on January 18, 2011 | 1 Comment
Jack Goes Boating Criticize This! Pick of the Week – Jack (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is a single, introverted limo driver in New York City. When Jack’s troubled married friends Clyde...
NAACP Nominates ‘Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel’ For Image Award
Posted on January 17, 2011 | No Comments
Although I’m confused as to why the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) would nominate the predominantly white film The Kids Are All Right for an Outstanding...
Winners of the 68th Annual Golden Globes
Posted on January 17, 2011 | 1 Comment
The Social Network was the big winner at the 68th Annual Golden Globes on Sunday night, picking up prizes for Best Screenplay – Motion Picture (Aaron Sorkin), Best Director (David...
Opening Weekend: The Green Hornet, Another Year, and The Dilemma
Posted on January 15, 2011 | No Comments
The Green Hornet (2011) - I was never a fan of The Green Hornet TV series from the ’60s and had absolutely no excitement for this big screen adaptation. I...
Netflix Diaries: ‘[REC]‘, ‘Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus’, and ‘The Machine Girl’
Posted on January 13, 2011 | No Comments
Netflix Diaries is a weekly feature on Criticize This! that looks at what we’re watching via Netflix Canada, and our ongoing experience with the service. This feature is not sponsored...
First look at Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man
Posted on January 13, 2011 | No Comments
Sony Pictures just sent over this first look image of The Social Network‘s Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man in the upcoming Spider-Man 3-D (click photo to enlarge). I’m still mad over...