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Restoring Classic Film Theatres in Saskatchewan: Rural and Urban Success Stories @officialrpl #sask #yqr #indianhead #wolseley

The Nite Hawk Theatre that I grew up with in my hometown of Indian Head, Saskatchewan was recently facing the threat of being closed and sold to developers after the long-time owners decided to retire rather than pay for the necessary upgrades to digital equipment. This would be a terrible loss as the theatre is […]

16 Fancy Literary Techniques Demonstrated By Disney

Just what the post’s title says.

“Remember, Remember the Fifth of November” (This Isn’t A Movie Anymore; It’s A Warning)

Do you know the connection between Guy Fawkes, the movie “V for Vendetta” and the Anonymous movement?  Or that today, was the Million Mask March at locations around the world? If you do, you probably also understand why a variety of worldwide movements and groups – from Anonymous to Occupy to WikiLeaks among others – are […]

Myers-Briggs Results as Cultural Touchstones

Which of the 16 Myers-Briggs Personality Type are you?  (I usually test as ENFP as I did when I just re-did the test right now.) Below are some graphics to help map your personality type to well-known pop culture figures… Marvel Universe…   Star Wars… Harry Potter… Animal Kingdom… Other male pop culture figures: …and […]

I Know We Get To See Hedley At The Grey Cup in Regina…

…but I’d much prefer a half-time show like this one: Here’s a Today show report on how they do it (hint: there’s (even) an app for that!) (Oh, and full credit to my lovely and way-more-witty-than-I-am wife for that Hedley joke in the title of this post!)

How Much Happens Every 60 Seconds On The Internet?

A lot!

Friday Fun Link – My 20 Favourite Movies of All-Time

I came across a movie ranking web site called FlickChart last night.  The premise is very simple – it shows you posters of two movies side-by-side and you pick which movie you liked better (or you can get another choice if you haven’t seen one of the options presented.)   Eventually, after you rank enough movies, […]

Saturday Snap – An Unintentional Star Wars Kinda Day

Pace went to a birthday party today and got a bubble tube as part of the goody bag treats.  As soon as we got home, he suggested using it as a “light saver” so we could play Star Wars. (I also have to note that after the party, Pace told us that he was the […]

Movie Night With My Kids

FTRW 2013 – Day 7 – RPL Film Theatre #ftrweek Line-up

One of the great things about working at Regina Public Library is that we have a couple very unique elements compared to most other public libraries in Canada – we have an in-house, fully operational art gallery and we also have a single screen art house theatre. As far as I know, this was the […]