![]() ![]() Even after all these years, people still talk about the Baby Blues with reverence because they not only helped defrost Toronto's frigid attitudes towards sex, but more importantly pushed the buttons of those wholesome squares who controlled television at the time. No amount of programming wizardry or post-modern playlist shuffling, however, could ever come close to reproducing what it was once like to be a patron of that most eclectic festival of cathode ray mayhem, witness to a heady yet irresistible parade of high-brow art house, home grown Canadiana, beloved Hollywood classics and low-grade, gormless sleaze guaranteed to rattle, titillate and challenge our senses all hours of the day and night: Citytv's Great Movies.Īs one of the core three tenets of old Citytv's identity - "News Movies Music," movies played a crucial role in forging their destiny, or rather, Baby Blue movies did. Whatever our fancy, we live in a time of unprecedented access to movies. Today, we are overwhelmed by how much choice we have to indulge that love, from TIFF to the reps, uncut and commercial free HD channels, $5 Blu-rays, streams, on demand, pirating or even just using our phones to gaze upon YouTube.
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