From John Doyle of The Globe & Mail: If gore’s your thing, Slasher will slay you It is no masterpiece of horror, nor was it meant to be. There’s a bogeyman and scenes of chilling murder and violence, but the momentum of the story is Sarah’s slow discovery of the truth about her parents and … Continue reading Link: If gore’s your thing, Slasher will slay you
From John Doyle of The Globe and Mail: Canadian TV is a place of squalor and neglect I’m surprised it took him so long to recognize that Canadian TV execs are extremely rich and don’t care much about fulfilling their mandated obligations to the Canadian culture. It’s a lucrative racket. If we see television as … Continue reading Link: Canadian TV is a place of squalor and neglect
From John Doyle of The Globe & Mail: Letterkenny’s a refreshing and intoxicating Canadian comedy Awright, awright. Keep your city-pants on. We’re gettin’ Canadian here today. Letterkenny, which has started streaming on CraveTV, is a heck of a thing. A half-hour comedy, it’s funny, mad, droll, childish and spiky. In the context of Canadian TV, … Continue reading Link: Letterkenny’s a refreshing and intoxicating Canadian comedy
From John Doyle of The Globe and Mail: Murdoch Mysteries puzzles American critics Also, on Ovation, Murdoch Mysteries is called The Artful Detective. The title, which is just silly, came about because Ovation is an arts channel and it wanted an arts signal in the title. It is, as far as many U.S. TV critics are concerned, a … Continue reading Link: Murdoch Mysteries puzzles American critics
From John Doyle of The Globe and Mail: Hello Goodbye unveils realities about power of love, affection Hello Goodbye (CBC, Friday, 8:30 p.m.) is a delightful new reality series anchored in that truth. Simply done, it documents people arriving and leaving at Pearson International Airport in Toronto and lets them tell their stories. It’s about love … Continue reading Link: Hello Goodbye unveils realities about power of love, affection
