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CONTEST: Win tickets to Toronto Comic Con!

By Dork Shelf
March 29, 2012

Metro Toronto Convention Centre North Side - Wizard World Toronto Comic Con 2012 Venue

Attention dorks: We know you’re probably already planning to hit up the Wizard World Toronto Comic Con in April, but how would you like to attend the con for free?

Dork Shelf would like to send ten lucky winners to Wizard World Toronto Comic Con April 14 – 15 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Your pass will give you access to both days of the event!

For your chance to win simply email contest@dorkshelf.com with TORONTO COMIC CON in the subject line. Please be sure to include your name in the body of the email and who/what you are most looking forward to seeing at the con.

Multiple email entries will be disqualified, but for added chances to win, like the Toronto Comic Con contest post on Facebook or retweet the contest announcement on Twitter to your friends! Contest ends at 11:59pm on Monday, April 9th.

For more information about Wizard World Toronto Comic Con, including info on special guests and a schedule of events, be sure to visit the official site here.

name in the body of the email and who they are most looking forward to seeing

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TADFF 2011: Manborg Review

October 30, 2011

Manborg is meant to recreate that VHS tape you once found misplaced in the corner concert film section of a pawn shop. In a world being rapidly flooded with these rehashed nostalgia bombs, Manborg is challenged to represent a new era/aesthetic of re-re-re-rehash, and to be more entertaining than many of the other films in the running. Thankfully for Manborg, it is half man, half cyborg, all Manborg. Continue reading

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Toronto After Dark ’11:
Eight Films Announced

September 5, 2011

The Toronto After Dark Film Festival has announced the first wave of feature films slated for this year’s event. The Canadian genre fest features some of the best and most off-beat horror, sci-fi, action and cult cinema from around the world. Hit the jump to see the line-up! Continue reading

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Attack the Block Review

June 6, 2011

While mugging a young woman on her way home, a gang of South Londoners are ferociously interrupted by what they think is a meteorite striking a nearby car. Seeing the youths distracted, the woman makes a run for the nearest building which happens to be her home: nicknamed The Block. Upon closer investigation, the gang discovers the object that struck the car was not a space rock at all: it’s an alien. Continue reading

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Doctor Who Episode 6.1 Review

April 21, 2011

In the previous series, Steven Moffat hit the ground running, creating one of the most entertaining collections of episodes in Doctor Who history. With the eleventh incarnation of The Doctor garnering an impressive amount of critical praise and fan approval, its understandable that Moffat’s sophomore effort is one of the most highly-anticipated television shows of the year. Continue reading

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Doctor Who Season 6 Trailer

April 7, 2011

The new season of Doctor Who begins in a little over two weeks on April 23. I don’t think I’ve quivered with this much anticipation since the new series began five or so years ago. I went into the last season with mixed feelings. I had full confidence in new head writer Stephen Moffat, but was worried about the loss of David Tennant. All I can say now is, David who (yes, pun intended)? Continue reading

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Moebius: Transe-Forme Exhibit in Paris

February 13, 2011

If you find yourself in or around Paris, France between now and March 13th, I am extremely jealous of you. There is a very special art exhibition taking place at the Fondation Cartier. The spectacular exhibit, titled Moebius: Transe-Forme, is an expansive collection of the work of vaunted comics illustrator, cartoonist and artist Jean Giraud, also known as Moebius. Continue reading

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Dredd Adds Lena Headey

January 14, 2011

Director Pete Travis’s (Vantage Point) next theatrical venture, Dredd, just welcomed another cast member to the upcoming comic reboot. The Playlist confirms that Lena Headey (300, Game of Thrones) will be playing the main antagonist in the film. Dredd is based on the popular British comic book character Judge Dredd, created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. Continue reading

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Futurecon!

By Dork Shelf
November 30, 2010

A three-day, time travel-themed New Year’s party, with something for everyone, every budget, and every time zone. We have dances, room parties, a three-course buffet dinner, champagne at midnight, and so much more! Continue reading

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Interview
David Blue
of Stargate Universe

By Dork Shelf
September 23, 2010

We caught up with Stargate Universe actor David Blue at Fan Expo this year and were very pleased to discover that he more than lives up to his character’s dorky reputation. Blue plays resident geek Eli Wallace on the sci-fi series, helping to save the Destiny with his genius and dropping delightfully nerdy references in a charming, yet slightly inept attempt to lighten the mood of his fellow space castaways. Continue reading

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TIFF 2010
Monsters Review

September 20, 2010

Horror and science fiction genres have long been used as metaphors for problems and issues of the real. Our fear of the dark, our concerns over long wars, issues of poverty and strife, and our possible demise can be explored … Continue reading

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Splice Review

May 27, 2010

There is a moment near the end of Splice when you see the creature in all its frightening glory, this odd hybrid with just enough human to have won your empathy for the majority of the film, and it is … Continue reading

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