You are here: Latest Updates Latest Updates Please wait... Travel Information NewMontréal Travel Information We only spent a day in Montreal but saw quite a bit walking well over 14 kilometres, taking in some of the best parts of the city. Here is some information we gathered during our visit. 2019-05-12 Film Review NewCube Directed by Vincenzo Natali Six strangers wake to find themselves dressed in a prison uniform in a room 14 feet square with a door in each wall to another cube the same size differing only in colour. Each has a different skill that… 2019-05-12 Film Review NewStargate Directed by Roland Emmerich When I first watched the Stargate film I remembered feeling it was not all that good. Watching it again I still feel the same way. In 1928 a strange device is found in Egypt – a giant ring with symbols… 2019-05-12 Travel Information NewQuebec City Travel Information Some information I gathered from my recent trip to Quebec City. Beautiful, small city on the St. Lawrence river that still had snow even in late April. 2019-05-08 Film Review New12 Monkeys Directed by Terry Gilliam So this is what happens when Terry Gilliam goes “main stream”… James Cole (Bruce Willis) is a convict in a prison of a post-apocalyptic future Earth. The surface now is inhospitable to human life… 2019-05-08 Film Review NewPlanet of the Apes Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner 2000 years in the future, a spacecraft containing hibernating astronauts crashes onto a strange planet. The three survivors led by George Taylor (Charlton Heston) escape from the ship to find themselves… 2019-05-06 Film Review NewSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman A wild and fun animated romp into the world of Spider-Man. Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) is a young man trying to figure his place in the world with an understanding but concerned mother… 2019-05-06 Film Review NewBen Hur Directed by William Wyler Judah Ben Hur (Charlton Heston) is a member of the young arrogant elite in Jerusalem at the beginning of the first century. Meeting a childhood friend Messala (Stephen Boyd) who is now a commanding officer… 2019-05-05 Film Review NewBig Fish Directed by Tim Burton As Ed Bloom (Albert Finney), a former travelling salesman, lies on his death bed his son Will (Billy Crudup) attempts to get to know the man he sees as very distant due to his nature of spinning elaborate… 2019-05-05 Film Review NewGreen Book Directed by Peter Farrelly It is 1962 and Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen) is a New York City wise-guy from the Italian community. Though a bit prejudiced, as others were at the time, he has an innate sense of honor working at the Copacabana… 2019-05-05 Film Review NewMaze Runner: The Death Cure Directed by Wes Ball The final film in the “Maze Runner” trilogy following on from the events of The Scorch Trials sees Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) attempting to rescue his friend Minho (Ki Hong Lee) and… 2019-05-05 Film Review NewAvengers: Endgame Directed by Russo Brothers “Avengers: Endgame” looks to be going onto becoming the biggest film of all time and it certainly looks the part. Following on directly from the events of … 2019-05-01 Restaurant Review NewHutch's Burlington (Canada) - Hamilton (really) Hutch's is somewhat a local institution having been in business since 1946 serving up, for locals, some of the best fish & chips around. I can remember going here ever since I was very young living in… 2019-04-27 Restaurant Review NewPoutineville Quebec City (Canada) - Saint-Roch Having had some pretty good poutine on my trip to Quebec so far (for example, see my review of Resto La Banquise we decided to give Poutineville a try having… 2019-04-25 Restaurant Review NewBistro B Quebec City (Canada) - Montcalm After a long day browsing the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec we wandered down the somewhat fashionable Avenue Cartier looking for somewhere to eat. Somewhere a bit… 2019-04-24 Restaurant Review NewFrites Alors! Quebec City (Canada) - Montcalm While in Montreal we had passed by one of the outlets of “Frites Alores!”. Attracted by the name we had a look at were astounded at a picture of an enormous poutine burger…not sure if was attraction… 2019-04-22 Restaurant Review NewResto La Banquise Montreal (Canada) - Le Plateau-Mont-Royal La Banquise is a 24-hour restaurant best known for serving the best poutine in Montreal…or so we were told. Is it true? Well, it was very, very good and the perpetual line to get in is probably a good… 2019-04-21 Restaurant Review NewBâton Rouge Complexe Desjardins Montreal (Canada) - Downtown When in Montreal we met up with a work colleague who suggested dinner at Bâton Rouge which is a chain with a number of restaurants throughout Canada. This was a first visit for me and I was only mildly… 2019-04-20 Restaurant Review NewSchwartz's Deli Montreal (Canada) - Le Plateau-Mont-Royal “Schwartz's” is a bit of an institution in Montreal and always to be seen with a line stretching along the sidewalk. Now celebrating 90 years and co-owned by the Canadian singer Celine Dion the Schwartz's… 2019-04-20 Restaurant Review NewDowntown Bistro & Grill Burlington (Canada) - Downtown You could be forgiven for missing “Downtown Bistro & Grill” which is in a (former) small house on Elizabeth Street just up from lakeshore and a few blocks over from Brant Street. Cozy is the word with… 2019-04-18 More Recent Items Click for more items... Subscribe to my mailing list to receive weekly updates delivered to your inbox Note: I will NOT share your email address with anyone and you can unsubscribe at any time.
