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Category: Debaser

  • Pumping Iron

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    This is it, the film that gave us Arnold Schwarzenegger. As famous/infamous as this documentary is, I’d never seen it, and so didn’t really know much of what to expect (other than the famous scene where you see Arnie smoking a joint after he wins the title). I did enjoy this, although you have to…

  • Exorcist II: The Heretic

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    As I start winding down my 1977 movie marathon (when I started, I immediately picked the 10 movies I was going to watch), this is definitely one of the weirdest of the bunch. The original Exorcist is of course a classic (but to be honest, one that I haven’t revisited in years), and I think…

  • Alias Grace

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    Yeah, I kinda went full on Canadiana last night, and the final piece — also watched through the CBC app — is the first episode of this adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s acclaimed novel. I think this is a co-production between the CBC and Netflix (so on Netflix outside of Canada). I didn’t really know anything…

  • Baroness Von Sketch Show

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    Another find through the CBC app (or rather as highlighted in Apple’s Television app) was this all-female comedy series that is currently on its second season. Reading up about it afterwards, it gets described as the best thing in Canadian comedy since Kids in the Hall, and I think I agree. I’ve watched the first…

  • Brand Canada

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    With the recent Apple TV update and the release of Apple’s Television app in Canada, I’ve been watching a bit more streaming stuff outside of Netflix. It got me to download the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) app, and I was surprised to see that all of their original series are all available to watch through…

  • Big Mouth

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    This came out of nowhere for me (added to Netflix last week), as I had heard nothing about it. But seeing that Nick Kroll and a lot of other fun actors were involved, I decided to check it out, and wow, this series is incredibly funny. I’ve watched the first 3 episodes, and they’re deliciously…

  • Spider-Man: Homecoming

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    I gotta say, I wasn’t that into this movie. I came in with pretty high expectations, as the buzz around it was all positive, including what I’d heard from friends who had seen it. And it started out pretty fun, I liked the opening and the jokey vibe it was going for. But then it…

  • Star Trek: Discovery

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    I just watched the two-hour opener for the new Star Trek series, and enjoyed it even more than I thought I would. Sure, there’s something a bit weird about Star Trek being so war-focused, but what I was presented with was an incredibly interesting new setup, and I was actually shocked by the way the…

  • Saturday Night Fever

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    I’m definitely taking my time with my 1977 movie marathon (maybe it should be called a 1977 “crawl” instead), as I have to be in the mood. A couple of weeks ago I watched Saturday Night Fever for the first time in forever, and it made me realize that, I think I really like disco…

  • Goon: Last of the Enforcers

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    Look, just like the first one, this movie is dumb as hell, but I got a kick out of watching it. I’ve even come to think that fighting in hockey is crazy and stupid — and that’s the aspect of hockey that these movies clearly focus on — but still, as someone who grew up…