Geek Chic

Toronto Zombie Walk: The Streets Are Alive With Death

Posted Oct 23rd 2009 at 01:01 PM by Karen Bliss

If you want to walk like a true zombie, the Toronto Zombie Walk, happening October 24 at Trinity Bellwoods Park, should take five hours. If you're into the more modern 'Resident Evil' or 'Zombieland' zombies, it should take about five minutes. "Originally, the Zombie Walk was called that because that's what they did. They got out of their graves and they walked so slowly and their power was in ...

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Big Payoff as LaBeouf Gets Close To His 'Money' Co-Star

Posted Sep 5th 2009 at 07:44 AM by PopEater Staff

Never say that Shia LaBeouf won't make a big commitment to his roles. Not only has the star been sending time with Wall Street traders to prepare for his role in Oliver Stone's long-awaited 'Wall Street' sequel, 'Money Never Sleeps,' but he's also been getting close to his co-star, the British stunner Carey Mulligan. ...

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Fan Expo 2009: Live Long and Prosper

Posted Aug 31st 2009 at 09:35 AM by Chris Jancelewicz

Canadian sci-fi, horror, comic, and gaming fans of all stripes donned their geekwear again this weekend for the annual Fan Expo convention. Held every year, it's the closest thing us Canucks can get to the US' Comic Con. (In many cases, visiting celebs voiced their preference for Canada, though. So there.) There was no dearth of costumes this year, and I counted at least 20 Storm Troopers. ...

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'Alice in Wonderland' Truly Magical

Posted Aug 5th 2009 at 05:05 PM by Chris Jancelewicz

How many movie and television iterations of this classic Lewis Carroll tale have been made? There was the Disney classic (of course), there was that weird TV miniseries/movie with Carol Channing and John Stamos that used to scare the bejesus out of me, and there was the little-seen 1988 psychedelic nightmare 'Alice', directed by Jan Svankmajer. There's probably more out there, depending what ...