Last Dance – Disco Icon Donna Summer Succumbs to Cancer at 63 – May 17, 2012
CFN – Legend of Disco Donna Summer has passed away at the age of 63 after her battle with Cancer. Ms Summers was working on a new album which she sadly looks like she will not get to finish in the fashion she was working towards. Hot Nights, Last Dance, and a song that probably [...]
Actor & Comic Jason Stuart Wants to Go to George Clooney’s House too! by Jason Stuart
CFN – I don’t have an extra $40,000 to go to George Clooney’s party in Studio city and support Barack Obama for President. I wish I could. I worked with George 20 years ago on Sunset Beat, a TV series the media calls the worst show he ever did. . Every time he gets nominated for an Oscar, [...]
Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows Delivers – Eva Green Steals Show in Johnny Depp Remake REVIEW by Jamie Gilcig.
CFN – I am always fascinated at the evolution of film making. Being one myself I’ve studied the history of film since its inception. Today more and more movies rely on digital technology for many areas that used to have full artistry. Director Tim Burton has been wrestling with Technology from the 3D effects in [...]
Pay it Forward Day by Carol Bennett Bray – April 26, 2012
CFN – The last Thursday of April each year is designated “Pay it Forward” Day. The first time I heard about the idea of pay it forward was from the popular 2000 movie based on a book by Catherine Ryan Hyde. . It is the story of a young boy who’s new social studies teacher [...]
CANADA’S LARGEST TITANIC MOVIE MEMORABILIA COLLECTION ON DISPLAY IN SOUTH STORMONT ONTARIO – EXCLUSIVE VIDEO
CFN - Cornwall Free News viewers may recall our story and video last Friday (LINK) in which Tammie Grant shared her dream of a new area tourist attraction in the form of a Titanic museum in Long Sault. Well, on Saturday and Sunday afternoon between noon and 5 p.m., everyone is invited to stop by the new South Stormont Community Hall (next [...]
South Stormont Resident’s Claim to Fame- CANADA’S LARGEST TITANIC MOVIE MEMORABILIA COLLECTION – by Don Smith – April 14, 2012
CFN – Tammie Brazeau Grant of South Stormont has a dream; the Cornwall born and raised gal is a huge fan of Titanic history and would love to witness the creation of a new tourist attraction in nearby Long Sault. Having amassed Canada’s largest collection of authenticated memorabilia from James Cameron’s 1997 film, Titanic, she is just the person [...]
John Belushi Died 30 Years Ago today. Sadly missed. Never Forgotten – March 4, 2012
CFN – 30 years ago today the amazing blur of comedy and music that was John Belishi burnt out and extinguished. As a fat kid in the 70′s there was John Belushi and John Candy. Both funny men. We fat kids didn’t have a lot of role models back then. The Summer of [...]
Neverbloomers: The Search for Grownuphood on CBC Documentary Channel – Monday February 27, 2012 8PM EST
CFN – Neverbloomers : the search for Grownuphood premieres tomorrow on the CBC Documentary channel. LINK Sharon Hyman’s first feature length doc is a generational retrospective navel gazing journey. It asks many questions; answers a few; but mostly what drew me to it and kept me watching was the connection I made. As [...]
3 Guys, 4 Teeth, GOON Scores Big! Movie Review by Jamie Gilcig Liev Schreiber Award Worthy!
CFN – Goon. The title says it all. Goon follows in the hallowed halls of Slap Shot which is the iconic film on Hockey. You think Hockey flicks, you think Slap Shot. Goon doffs its stick against the boards and builds into something very special. It’s not the most polished film. It [...]
My Week with Marilyn – Review by Liam Morgan Sinclair-Dempster – February 2, 2012
CFN – *Sees no preview* *Sees a poster on a wall and has a free movie* *Has an expectation to dislike* Now first you have to really know what I thought I was getting myself into when I went to see this movie. I thought it would be this boring [...]
SHAME Fassbender & Mulligan Stunning – Movie Review by Jamie Gilcig – January 29, 2012
CFN – Shame is a stunningly bleak and hopeless movie. It also is one of the best I’ve seen in the last year with not only stunning writing and direction; but truly magnificent performances by lead Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan,and Mr. Fassbender’s Penis. Director Steve McQueen doesn’t sugar coat life. This movie is dark [...]
See what talking to writer’s can do? Excerpt from Sheep Wars from 1996 with Cornwall Scene – January 16, 2012
CFN – So I’m talking with this writer tonight from Montreal and my old screenplay; Sheep Wars came up. I’d written it in 1996 for a friend who never found the money to pay for it which is kinda normal in that biz. What’s funny is that I actually wrote about Cornwall without [...]
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Movie Review by Liam Morgan Sinclair-Dempster – Cornwall Ontario – Jan 16, 2012
CFN – This movie is dark, distasteful and great. I have not read the books, and as an opening I will also mention that this review shall hold barely a Synopsis. Instead of a detail overview of what happened in this movie I shall give a brief overview. Because I believe the plot of this [...]
Stephen Spielberg’s War Horse – One Trick Pony, but an awfully nice trick – Movie Review by Jamie Gilcig
CFN – Sunday afternoons are such a nice time to go to a movie in the winter. So I paid my nearly $20 for a single seat and small popcorn with butter and settled in with some friends to watch War Horse, the new movie from director Stephen Spielberg. Horses aren’t dogs or even [...]
The Darkest Hour Movie Review by Liam Morgan Sinclair-Dempster – (PROFANITY WARNING) Cornwall Ontario
CFN – Well, that looks like a shitty thriller… Invisible things turning people to ash! Sweet! Im going to watch this movie simply to see what the hell are those alien things, then write a review on how shitty it was… Yes… I shall do jut that… *See the movie* Hm, That actually wasn’t that [...]
Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Review by Liam Morgan Sinclair-Dempster – January 2, 2012
CFN – First off, I enjoyed this movie thoroughly. No matter what I say after this, I really did enjoy this movie a lot. So please keep that in mind, as I try to stay objective in this review of the movie. Rise of the Planet of the Apes, or ROTPOTA’s as I will [...]
Joe Bodalai Exits Hollywood – Comic Writer Producer Ends Life at 63 – December 27, 2011
CFN – Betcha that most of you reading this have never heard of Joe Bodolai. Joe exited Stage Hollywood. Not the first and not the last. He left the USA seeking haven in Canada during the Vietnam years and built a career in Comedy. The irony that many who give so much [...]
Jason Stuart: When Opportunity Meets Talent – December 25, 2011
CFN – Los Angeles based Actor/Comic Jason Stuart has written another piece on anti-bullying which he’s released in the Huffington Post and chosen to allow us to release as well. We are going to be doing a feature on Bullying shortly so I thought it was apropos to run his piece! You don’t have to [...]
