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Vicky Cristina Barcelona

August 15th, 2008
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is not as you might think the name of someone so pretentious they insist on using every one of their names – it’s just one of the three way relationships that drift in and out of this fresh Woody Allen gem. Vicky (Rebecca Hall) is as anal as Cristina (Scarlett Johannson) is loose and it’s a wonder that they’re friends at all. When Vicky’s studies take her to Barcelona ...

Bottle Shock

August 15th, 2008
 Bottle Shock is the name given to the phenomenon when the character of wine is changed in transit over long distances. In 1976 the international character of wine was changed forever after a Parisian taste test that pitted French wine (the eternal standard of excellence) against the best from Napa Valley. Alan Rickman is Steven Spurrier, a British oenophile living in Paris but not financiall ...

Pineapple Express

August 8th, 2008
Pineapple Express is metaphor used by every west coast meteorologist in reference to the moisture laden winds that originate around the Hawaiian Islands and condense as sheets of winter rain across the lower mainland. The term is probably a flashback to Seth Rogan’s hazy days at Point Grey secondary but here he tags the name on a potent strain of marijuana allegedly cultured by the army in th ...

Amal

August 8th, 2008
Amal was an audience favourite at this year's Whistler Film Festival as well as Best Feature Film at the Victoria Film Festival. It was produced in part by Astral Media the parent company of 650 CISL. Amal Kumar (Rupinder Nagra) is an unorthodox auto rickshaw driver in New Delhi. While his fellow drivers do nothing to dispel their reputation as crooks Amal is courteous and fair to a fault wit ...

American Teen

August 8th, 2008
American Teen takes us through the senior year of an American high school smack dab in the middle of a red state bible belt. Focussing on four 18 year olds in Warsaw Indiana this amazing documentary actually plays out like an insightfully written drama. In a word there’s a jock, geek, prom queen and misfit - none of whom is totally likeable although some are more charming than others. The qua ...

Man on Wire

August 8th, 2008
Man on Wire was the improvised and amusing description on a 1974 New York City police report describing the nature of a disturbance cause by an arrested Parisian street performer. Philippe Petit was the culprit and the wire you see was stretched between the then brand new World Trade Towers. The arrest took over an hour as Petit was in no hurry to wrap up his adventure and the police were und ...

A Secret

August 4th, 2008
A Secret is a drama told in flashbacks and starts in the 1950’s post war Paris where 9 year old Francois, the son of a champion swimmer mom and gymnast father, feels the disenchantment in his father’s heart at the boy’s physical limitations. Francois invents an imaginary older brother with all the attributes that he lacks. His hero increasingly becomes a real presence in his life which is une ...

1038 15TH Avenue, Vancouver East, British Columbia

August 3rd, 2008
I just finished uploading this Duplex for sale, 1038 15TH Avenue, Vancouver East, British Columbia Rare side by side half duplex on a quiet tree-lined street in developing, centrally located neighbourhood. 2007 renovations include new flooring on the main, new kitchen cabinets, new carpeting upstairs and painting. Three bedrooms up all fit large furniture. Unique features: half i ...

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

August 1st, 2008
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is a follow up to Brendan Fraser’s 1999 remake of the 1932 Boris Karloff classic and his subsequent 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns. Again Fraser is Rick O'Connell, now a retired gentleman in post war Oxfordshire sharing his country estate with his wife Evelyn (no longer Rachel Weitz but now Maria Bello who uses her excess leisure time to oversell a British ...

Swing Vote

August 1st, 2008
Swing Vote solidifies Kevin Kostner as the new go-to-guy for the personification of rumpled. Here he’s known as Bud to everyone including his child. He’s a middle aged slacker and single father to Molly (the endearing Madeline Carroll who has an impressive resume for a 12 year old) in an arid small town with the unlikely name of Texaco New Mexico. The pre teen Molly is the Hollywood cliché ch ...
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