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What's this "Hayter Street preview" I've been hearing people talk about? Fred Penner and Honest Ed's? I don't get it?
We don’t get it either. But if you Google "Hayter Street Preview", you’ll find a YouTube page called "Hayter Street Preview" featuring a black-and-white video set to Penner’s cover of The Cat Came Back. That appears to be all the information available at this time.
If you’re unable to use Google for some curious reason, click on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNYhrS6WJkI
Norm Wilner, who hates buzz-marketing

I really want to see 'Margaret' by Kenneth Lonergan. How can I make that happen? It was in Toronto theatres for a week and the it disappeared. Any news on re-releases or DVD?
Given how little support Fox Searchlight Pictures showed "Margaret" the first time around, I wouldn’t hold your breath for it to return to theatres. But now that the Oscar nominations have been announced (and "Margaret" is nowhere to be found), I expect we’ll hear about a DVD date fairly soon. Which is good, because I really want to see it too. - Norm Wilner

What is the quintessential Toronto movie?
That’s a really great question, and I’m torn. Don Shebib’s Goin’ Down the Road (1970) has undeniable historic value for its images of a bustling Toronto at the end of the 60s, and David Cronenberg’s Videodrome (1983), The Fly (1986) and Crash (1996) all use identifiable Toronto locations without ever making a big deal out of doing so. And Patricia Rozema’s I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987) tweaks the city’s art scene in exactly the right way.
But I’m inclined to go with Don McKellar’s Last Night (1999), both for its unfussy use of Toronto locations and its portrait of Torontonians as an idiosyncratic but ultimately compassionate community willing to comfort one another in the darkest of hours.

How many versions of movies are thereof Hound of the Baskervilles
More than you’d expect. Just enter "Baskervilles" in the search field at http://www.imdb.com and start counting! - Norm Wilner


The movie Hounds from 2011 Are there any reviews
I’m not aware of any movie called Hounds released this year, and the IMDb doesn’t have any listings that match the term, either. There’s an episode of the BBC’s Sherlock TV series titled The Hounds of Baskerville (sic), but that won’t air here until next spring. - Norm Wilner

There was a documentary about the history of rock in Toronto made, and I only caught part of it on television last year. I can't even remember what station it aired on. It discussed the old Colonial Tavern on Yonge Street, and Yorkville's coffee houses, and many others. I'd like to purchase a DVD. Any idea of what the documentary was called - and where I might get a copy? Thanks so much!
It sounds like you’re looking for Yonge Street: Toronto Rock & Roll Stories, directed by Bruce McDonald. It aired on Bravo! back in March and has yet to be released on DVD, but you can watch it at the Bravo! website here:
http://www.bravo.ca/events/yongestreet/index.asp
- Norm Wilner

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