Movie Review: Best of 2022

This week on End Credits, we come to the end… of the year! That was a close one, but so was the race to the number one spot in our 2022 Top 5 lists. Yes, since it is the last show of 2022, we will all be joining you this week to talk about our picks of the best films of the year, why they’re the best, and why you should be checking them out over the new year!

Read more and listen to the episode at End Credits Radio.

Podcast Appearance: 100 Greatest Albums - Fleetwood Mac Rumours

A re-upload of a classic show that has been removed from the internet.

I got to talk about one of my favourite albums of all time, Rumours, with my friend Jasen.

On this episode, Candice Lepage joins me again for her first pick in this series. She chose Fleetwood Mac's masterpiece, Rumours. This album produced the hits, "Don't Stop", "Go Your Own Way", "The Chain", and more.

Listen to the episode here. 

Podcast Appearance: 13 PODS of Horror - Black Christmas (all of them)

If you know me at all you know that Black Christmas 1974 is my favourite horror movie, my favourite Christmas movie and my favourite Canadian movie. So when my friend Troy Bowman asked if I wanted to join him for a conversation about the movie, and the two remakes, I jumped at the chance.

Greetings and welcome to the second episode of 13 PODS Of Horror where this month we will be exploring the creation known as Black Christmas from 1974 and a bunch of it's prodigy, Black X-Mas from 2006 and Black Christmas from 2019

Also joining us as a guest host, Candice Lepage spends some time with us as we discuss all 3 versions.

Be forewarned that there are SPOILERS ahead!

Time Code
Intro (0:40)
Black Christmas '74(19:42)
Black X-Mas '06(30:34)
Black Christmas '19(43:26)
Conversation with Candice Lepage(1:29:30)
Outro (1:32:59)

We Only Have Now

December took us by surprise. It snuck up so fast both Candice and Steph feel like they missed November. But with the long nights and darker days, everything is getting a bit more gothic and introspective.

Books

Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture by Zeba Blay

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman  

Mind The Gap, Dash and Lily by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan  

Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris 

She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh

Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker by Alice Walker 

A Celtic Temperament: Roberston Davies as Diarist by Robertson Davies 

Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction by Sheree Renee Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight - Movies

Movies and TV

My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix on Prime  - Youtube Trailer

Midnight Club by Christopher Pike and Mike Flanagan - Youtube Trailer

Links

The Home For Good Campaign and The Bookshelf’s $20,000 donation - https://bookshelf.ca/article/view/1172

Dolly Parton’s America - https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america

Grammar Girl Podcast - https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl/

The Allusionist - https://www.theallusionist.org/ 

Timestamps

0:00 Intro and Catchup Up

8:00 - The time for giving

13:00 - Slipping into the winter mood

18:30 - Winter reading plans

22:00 - Dolly Parton and Feminism

29:00 - Journals of authors and hosts

38:00 - Self Care

44:00 - Reading genre fiction & Grady Hendrix

49:00 - Midnight Club review

52:00 - Reading YA as an adult vs as a Young Adult

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

Movie Review: Spirited

This week on End Credits we’re haunted. The spectre of death casts a long shadow on this week’s show even as we review another Christmas movie, but since it’s the end of the year, we have to start taking stock. So we kick off the show with a remembrance of some of the people who aren’t with us anymore, and then we get right into Christmas with a review of Spirited on AppleTV+.

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Podcast Appearance: 78 Episodes, 30 Good Ones Episode 22

Star Trek Deity Candice Lepage stops by as we discuss the Star Fleet HR Department, migraine-inducing overacting and Candice marvels at a characters kick-ass intelligent gal power! Plus, pie debates and fashion faux pas. 

Episodes Reviewed - "Dagger Of The Mind", "Amok Time"

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Podcast Appearance: 78 Episodes, 30 Good Ones Episode 22

 It's "Amok Time" time! If you ever wondered about how I identify as Vulcan, this episode will help you understand more.

I join Oliver Rockside for another good and bad episode of Star Trek: The Original Series on 78 Episodes, 30 Good Ones.

Movie Review: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

This week on End Credits, we get excited to remember. The long anticipated sequel to Black Panther arrives in theatres, and it carries with it a hint of sadness because of the death of its star. While a new Panther arises in Wakanda Forever, we will first talk about some of the latest film news that has gotten chins wagging recently around streaming issues and Oscar buzz.

Read more and listen to the episode at End Credits Radio.

Books, books, and more books (someone has a problem!)

It's an oversized episode all about the books we bought, were gifted, or otherwise acquired this month

Books

Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King

The Forbidden Body: Sex, Horror, and the Religious Imagination by Douglas Cowan

Sing, Nightingale by Marie Helene Poitras

What Remains of Elsie Jane by Chelsea Wakelyn

Suite as Sugar: and Other Stories by Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar

High Times in the Low Parliament by Kelly Robson

Our Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha

My Hygge Home: How To Make Home Your Happy Place by Meik Wiking

The Spirited Kitchen: Recipes and Rituals for the Wheel of the Year by Carmen Spagnola

The Nature of Economies by Jane Jacobs

Wisdom from the Homeless: Lessons a Doctor Learned at a Homeless Shelter by Neil Craton M.D.

I Feel Bad About My Neck: and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

Movies

Silent Night, Deadly Night series of films

Toys of Terror - Youtube Trailer

Divided opinions on Krampus (Youtube Trailer) and Nightmare on Elm Street (special effect in question)

The Night House - Youtube Trailer **CW: deals with suicide and depression

1408 - Youtube Trailer

Gerald's Game - Youtube Trailer

Inside Out - Youtube Trailer

Timestamps

00:30 Steph and Candice Catch-Up on the month that was October

11:10 Candice's Stephen King update

17:30 Steph's newly acquired books this month

33:30 Candice's newly acquired books this month

39:30 Young Adult novels as a genre

43:30 On rewatching and rereading favourites

46:30 Final update on Candice's Horror Movie watch-a-thon

1:07:00 Clips from Nina Nesseth Author Event

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

Podcast Appearance: Masochist Movie Club on Halloween III: Season of the Witch

 I had to show up on the Masochist Movie Club this Halloween season to defend the campy beauty that is Season of the Witch, the Halloween movie that famously does not include Michael Myers.

We are back just in time for Halloween. This time around, Jasen picks the movie and he picked the movie in the title. It is an interesting Sci-Fi thriller that has nothing to do with the rest of the franchise.

Listen to the episode here. 

Movie Review: Halloween Ends

This week on End Credits, this is Halloween! In our inevitable Halloween Week show, we will have the inevitable review as we follow up our shows about Halloween, and Halloween Kills with Halloween Ends. And since one good horror franchise deserves another, or all of them (?), we will finally, and scientifically, determine which horror franchise stands above all the others.

Read more and listen to the episode at End Credits Radio.

Movie Review: Pearl

This week on End Credits, it’s the Mia Goth appreciation hour. Almost. We are going to talk about the latest entry in Ti West’s unexpected horror trilogy about fame, sex, and sociopathy in Texas. and it’s called Pearl. And since we’re talking about one prequel as the main review of this week’s show, we’re going to make a point and talk about other prequels to kick things off.

Read more and listen to the episode at End Credits Radio.

'Tis the season for scares and eating

It's someone's favourite month and it's probably because of Halloween, or maybe Thanksgiving, or maybe just the cooler days and earlier nights. To celebrate The Bookshelf is hosting a bunch of events about just those things.

Steph and Candice catch up on all the scary stories they are reading and all the food they wish they could cook in this month's episode.

Events

October 20th - Carrie and The Forbidden Body with author Douglas Cowan

October 26th - Film viewing and Author Interview with Nina Nesseth

October 18th - Author talk and cookbook samples with Emily Richards

Books

The Forbidden Body: Sex, Horror, and the Religious Imagination by Douglas Cowan

Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films by Nina Nesseth

Best of Bridge Comfort Foods: Recipes for Family and Friends by Emily Richards

This Is What It Sounds LIke: What The Music You Love Says About You by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas

Across The Void by S.K. Vaughan

The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King 

and for the very big stans of the Dark Tower Series

Charlie the Choo-Choo: From the World of the Dark Tower by Beryl Evans

Secret Ingedients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink edited by David Remnick

Movies / TV

Spontaneous Trailer

Slash/Back Trailer

Bad CGI Sharks Trailer

Sharks of the Corn Trailer

The Bear Series Trailer

The Afterparty Series Trailer

A League of Their Own Trailer

Prom Night 3: The Last Kiss Trailer (with an excellent example of the school announcements right away!)

Links

Follow Candice on Letterboxd

Find Horror Movie recommendations by scrolling through #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days on Twitter

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

Podcast Appearance: 78 Episodes, 30 Good Ones Episode 17

Candice Lepage returns to discuss cloud-based episodes as we span all three seasons. Unneeded away team members, dreadful acting and the first dip into class struggles in the ST universe. Plus, surprising pizza banter!

Episodes reviewed - "The Galileo Seven", "Obsession", "The Cloud Minders"

Join us on Twitter @78EpisodesPod

Credits - Natalie Caputi - Editor

Podcast Appearance: 78 Episodes, 30 Good Ones Episode 17 Good Clouds on Bad Clouds

 Back for more Star Trek The Original Series with Oliver Rockside!

Movie Review: Glorious

This week on End Credits it’s about to get spooky. Yes, we’re about half-a-month early when it comes to the official start of Halloween season, but we’re jumping the proverbial gun with a little end of summer tribute to horror and scary things. We’re talking about some of our favourite (recent) scary movies, and then we will see if Glorious is worthy of that list.

Read more and listen to the episode at End Credits Radio.

What We Learned in Summer 2022

Welcome back to The Village. Steph and Candice do some book reviews from the summer of 2022 while also talking music, algorithms, and what we learned this summer

Books

Sweet Valley High Books 1-12 by Francine Pascal (Apple iBooks Store link)

Recollections of my Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit (other books by Solnit)

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman 

Zed by Joanna Kavenna

Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces by Elaine Abdelmahmoud

Rehearsals for Living by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Bedroom Rapper: Cadence Weapon on Hip-Hop, Resistance, and Surviving the Music Industry by Rollie Pemberton

Movies

Everything Everywhere All At Once Official Trailer

Links

Storygraph

Eden Mill's Writer's Festival

Timestamps

0:00 - 2:00 Welcome

2:00 - 8:00 School’s back! Recollections of school time with Steph and Candice

8:00 - 12:25  Memory keeping and digital storage

12:25 - 21:00 Summer travel with Steph and family, and Steph’s reading update

21:00 - 27:45 Down with algorithms and the change from Spotify to Youtube

27:45 - 38:00 Candice’s new book logging app Storygraph https://app.thestorygraph.com/ 

38:00 - 41:00 Eden Mills Writer’s Festival, https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/ 

41:00 - 47:25 What Candice learned from Son of Elsewhere

47:25 - 49:00 Candice’s summer book reading

49:50 - 59:50 Clips from Rollie Pemberton’s reading and talk (there are some curse words in this talk)

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

Podcast Appearance: 78 Episodes, 30 Good Ones Episode 15

It's Nerdo Heaven! Candice Lepage, Heavy D, Jasen Buch & Steve Cloutier show up at my abode to tell me I am very wrong about ST comedy and a beloved fan favourite. Plus, reflections on the life of Nichelle Nichols and added DS9 talk! 

Episodes reviewed - "A Piece Of The Action" "The Trouble With Tribbles" 

Credits - Natalie Caputi - Editor

Podcast Appearance: 78 Episodes, 30 Good Ones Episode 15

 It's a Star Trek episode roundtable about my favourite episode of The Orginal Series - The Trouble with Tribbles.... plus some other god awful episode about heaters.

I joined Oliver Rockside, and other co-hosts Jasen Buch, Stephanie Tyler, and Steve Cloutier for this one.

Movie Review: X

This week on End Credits, we’re doing one last show before a summer vacation*. Yes, it’s summer, and that means it’s a time for rock concerts and road trips, and by sheer coincidence, that’s what this week’s show is about. In a rare double review, we will talk about the new Netflix doc about Woodstock ’99 and the best homage to Texas Chainsaw Massacre you’ll ever see!

Read more and listen to the episode at End Credits Radio.

Movie Review: Thor: Love and Thunder

This week on End Credits we summon the lightening! We’re back, and so is the God of Thunder for our first deep dive into a Marvel movie in literally years. Yes, we’re reviewing Thor: Love and Thunder on this week’s show, and since we’re going back into the Marvel Universe, we’ll spend the first part of our show talking about our thoughts about the MCU’s future.

Read more and listen to the episode at End Credits Radio.

Movie Review: Everything, Everywhere, All At Once

This week on End Credits, we recognize that this is only one version of the show. In the unlimited spectrum of the multiverse, we may have reviewed Everything Everywhere All at Once already, or we may not have reviewed it at all. But we did review it this week, and along with that, we will take a look at other movies dealing with multiple realities.

Read more and listen to the episode at End Credits Radio.

Podcast Appearance: 78 Episodes, 30 Good Ones Episode 11

Candice Lepage joins in after a very successful political campaign to discuss first-season inane dreck and second-season fashion/quality guest stars! Plus, we ponder about cat typecasting.

Episodes reviewed: "Tomorrow Is Yesterday", "Assignment: Earth"

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Podcast Appearance: 78 Episodes, 30 Good Ones Episode 11

I'm back to review some more Star Trek with my friend Oliver Rockside.

Today we chat time travel with "Tomorrow is Yesterday" and "Assignment: Earth"

Movie Review: Firestarter (2022)

This week on End Credits, we didn’t start the fire. That line is from a song, and not from the remake of the movie based on the book written by Stephen King. That’s the long-winded way of saying that this week we’re reviewing the new version of Firestarter, and since King is on the menu, we will tee up the review with a look at some all time King Klassics.

Read more and listen to the episode at End Credits Radio.

May Catch Up

Steph and Candice fit in a check in despite very busy schedules.

They chat about the usual topics - reading writing by women, reading Stephen King and other authors and looking past the problematic racism and misogyny of the 1980s, as well as the problematic misogyny of Dr. Peter Venkman.

Books

Raising Critical Thinkers: A Parent's Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age by Julie Bogart

The Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

Movie Review: The Adam Project

This week on End Credits, we’re watching the clock. Just in time for the start of the summer movie season, we’re staying at home to watch the new Netflix time travel adventure The Adam Project. And time travel sounds like magic, right? Well, speaking of magic, we will spend the first part of the show talking about our favourite wizards another other magic-users.

Read more and listen to the episode at End Credits Radio.

Movie Review: Fresh

This week on End Credits, we’ve got an appetite. Under the themes of food and desire, we will review a movie that checks both of those boxes in the new film Fresh, which is is now streaming on Disney+. Before that, we will pay tribute a Hollywood actor whose decided to take his final bow and retire even though is production output has never been higher.

Read more and listen to the episode at End Credits Radio.

Movie Review: Turning Red

This week on End Credits, we’re growing up! Not really. In fact you could say that we’re embracing the kid stuff given the fact that this week’s review is fresh out of the Disney/Pixar myth-making machine. We’re going to review Turning Red on Disney+, and along with that we will talk about some of our favourite coming-of-age movies that you can stream in other places.

Read more and listen to the episode at End Credits Radio.

We Don't Need a Pandemic to Justify our Escapism

Candice and Steph discuss whether antiheroes, reluctant heroes, or very good heroes are the best to tell stories about. 

And then they get into trying to decide what makes fantasy fantasy.

Basically the title says it all "We don't need a pandemic to justify our escapism" and Candice and Steph say read it all, watch it all, whatever makes you happy.

Books

Wizard and Glass: Dark Tower IV by Stephen King

Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King (coming back to print in May 2022)

What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J.A. Chancy

Xenogenesis Series by Octavia E. Butler

Movies

Licorice Pizza playing March 13 - 17

West Side Story playing March 13 - 17

Full schedule

The Batman, The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, Guardians of the Galaxy, Abbot Elementary, iZombie

Timestamps

3:30 Cinema Update

8:26 The future of movie watching, and Cats the Musical, The Movie.

15:45 The Batman, and our opinions, having not seen the film.

20:30 Heroes and chosen family

26:25 Reading and watching the lighter fare

36:22 The Stephen King Re-read Update

42:00 What makes fantasy fantasy?

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Movie Review: Scream 5

This week on End Credits, things are getting stabby. Get the popcorn ready, sharpen your knife, and slip on your Ghostface mask, because this week we’re heading back to horror town for some more meta-textual movie commentary with Scream 5, or rather just Scream. Unfortunately, there’s also some real-life death to talk about, in this case a famous Canadian director.

Read more and listen to the episode at End Credits Radio.

Podcast Appearance: 78 Episodes, 30 Good Ones Episode 1

This week I was excited to join my friend Oliver Rockside as he launched his new podcast 78 Episodes, 30 Good Ones, all about the 30 best Star Trek episodes and the 48 not so best ones.

I'm always happy to talk about my first love, Star Trek.

Listen to the episode here.

Movie Review: Encanto

This week on End Credits, we don’t talk about Bruno. It’s like Fight Club, but in this case it’s a guy in a new movie. If you get it, you already know, because there’s a famous song about Bruno, and it’s from the new movie Encanto. We’re reviewing it this week. and before that, we will talk about some other animated movies worth checking out on the internet.

Read more and listen to the episode at End Credits Radio.

Time for a Fresh Start

Steph and Candice declare a new start and share highlights from 2021

Books

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraquip

Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm by Robin Diangelo

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Woman that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara

Monster She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R Anderson

Hello, Habits: A Minimalist's Guide to a Better Life by Fumio Sasaki

Links

Mallory O'Meara's Podcast Reading Glasses

Books Unbound Podcast and Bookmark Subscription

Events

January 25 - Lawrence Hill in conversation with Nana aba Duncan about his children's book Beatrice and Croc Harry

Feb 1 - Tara McKenna in conversation with Candice Batista about her book Don't Be Trashy

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome

02:18 Steph's update on 2021 resolutions and goals

06:20 Candice's update on 2021 goals

08:07 Update on the Stephen King re read

17:00 On musicians and writers revisiting their work

20:07 Steph's reading highlights of 2021

26:27 Candice's reading higlights of 2021

33:00 Goals for 2022

42:00 Events around the Bookshelf

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

Movie Review: Best Teen Streams & Anonymously Yours

This week on End Credits, we unofficially kick off the new year by getting into some new movie reviews. Our pick this week hails from Mexico, but it has some surprisingly familiar themes if you’re a big fan of stories about teenage romance. Speaking of teenage-based drama, let’s just say this week’s show is a boon if you’re looking for something to watch in that genre!

Read more and listen to the episode at End Credits Radio.