In this long-running and popular feature, film buff Mike Walkey gives us his often-personal perspective on some of the day's biggest stories in film and television.

Walkey Talk: The Question I Hate the Most

Posted by: Mike Walkey  •  February 24, 2013 @ 2:19pm

My Favourite Movie

A few weeks ago, a girl asked me what my favourite movie of all time was.

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Oscar Talk: Can Big Ben Get It Done?

Posted by: Mike Walkey  •  February 18, 2013 @ 8:35pm

After criticising how predictable the Oscar race has become in recent years, it was almost as if Hollywood heard me and decided to turn this year's race into one of the most interesting.

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Oscar Talk: What Goes Around Comes Around

Posted by: Mike Walkey  •  January 12, 2013 @ 6:38am

Nominations for the 85th Annual Academy Awards were announced Thursday and sure enough, just as I predicted, the race is being hyped as a battle of two pictures. The only thing is, I predicted the wrong two films! This year's Best Picture will not bear the name Les Miserables or Zero Dark Thirty.

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Walkey Talk: Let The Race Begin!

Posted by: Mike Walkey  •  December 27, 2012 @ 6:59pm

I'm often asked, "How does one get into film criticism as a profession?" And I always give the answer I once heard Roger Ebert say, "You've got to write for whoever will publish you."

If you've made it that far, consider yourself lucky, because the next step will pro

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Walkey Talk: Pretentious Mess Or Artful Masterpiece?

Posted by: Mike Walkey  •  November 7, 2012 @ 7:51pm

The most ambitious movie of the year opened two weeks ago to box office indifference.

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Walkey Talk: Rise Above The Darkness

Posted by: Mike Walkey  •  July 23, 2012 @ 7:40pm

The most anticipated movie of the year, The Dark Knight Rises, opened this past weekend and as expected, it topped news headlines. Unfortunately it was not because of the long line ups and record breaking box office receipts. This past weekend the Warner Bros.

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Oscar Talk: Artistic Triumph (Mike Walkey's 84th Academy Award Highlights)

Posted by: Mike Walkey  •  February 27, 2012 @ 11:02am

Meryl Streep won her first Oscar the year I was born. She won her second three years later, then proceeded to rack up more nominations than any living actor, cementing her reputation as greatest ever.

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Oscar Talk: The First Annual Walkwards!

Posted by: Mike Walkey  •  February 25, 2012 @ 3:49pm

It's that time of year. This Sunday marks the 84th Academy Awards, where Hollywood hands out Oscars celebrating the year's best in film.

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Oscar Talk: Box Office vs. The Academy

Posted by: Mike Walkey  •  February 21, 2012 @ 6:22pm

If you read the list of nominees this year, or any year, and wondered, "I've never heard of these films," you're not alone.

Year after year, the Academy overlooks many of the top-grossing films of the year in favour of smaller films that play in far fewer theatres and make much less money.

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Oscar Talk: Comedy vs. The Academy

Posted by: Mike Walkey  •  February 12, 2012 @ 5:57pm

Every year there are numerous films or performances that do not get nominated for an Academy Award and the media throws the word "snubbed" around as if the omission was some kind of personal slight.

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