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The Last House On the Left

March 14th, 2009

The Last House On the Left is the remake of an identically named 1972 thriller. I never saw the original which I think is what a lot of producers are counting on lately as they try to cash in on previously good ideas with an inferior reworking. I’m not sure of the quality of the original but it would have to be pretty impressive to outshine this retrofit and if you love films that make you sq ...

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The Necessities of Life

March 14th, 2009

The Necessities of Life is another riveting insight into the traditional Inuit lifestyle that stars Natar Ungalaaq, so memorable in 2001’s award winning Atanarjuat. This time he plays a Baffin Islander named Tiivii. If the ‘50’s in Canada seems an archaic time imagine what that decade was like in the barren arctic. Tiivii lives a nomadic lifestyle on the tundra with his wife and two daughters ...

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Watchmen

March 8th, 2009

Watchmen is a vivid recreation of a popular and critically acclaimed series of graphic DC comics published from 1986 to 1987. The action is still mid 80’s but in an alternate reality to the one on record where Richard Nixon is into his fifth term heading an administration that has outlawed costumed vigilantes. The cold war has been kept in check by Dr. Manhattan, formerly Jon Osterman (Billy ...

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One Week

March 8th, 2009

One Week features Vancouver’s Joshua Jackson the star of the successful paranormal series Fringe on the Fox Network, although here the non stop narrative makes it a bit more like Pushing Daisies. Co-starring is Toronto’s Liane Balaban (last seen in Last Chance Harvey and ironically again playing a bride to be) as his fiancée Samantha Pierce. Jackson plays Ben a Toronto teacher who has spent ...

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Cassandra’s Dream

March 8th, 2009

Cassandra’s Dream is the name of a long shot horse which is used to christen a pre-owned sailboat. The boat is the proud new possession of two British brothers who are out to beat the odds, each in his own way. Ewen McGregor is Ian, clearly the more grounded of the two. The boat turns out to be his in with Angela (Hayley Atwell) a budding actress he wants to impress but his real dream is to e ...

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The Green Chain

March 8th, 2009

The Green Chain is that part of a sawmill where cut lumber is sorted. Here it’s a metaphor for the line-up of arguments on both sides of the green issue regarding forest management in B.C. The drama starts with a soliloquy from Ben (Scott McNeil) a small town logger and ends with a diatribe by Jenni (Jillian Fargey) his waitress wife. In between we get a take on the issue from Dylan and Abiga ...

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Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience

February 28th, 2009

Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience does not represent a “D” grade each for Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas (I think I hate the fact that I am now familiar with these teen heartthrobs on a first name basis). To be fair the grade is probably closer to a B-. The 3D concert (which outnumbers the dimensions of their belief system by 2) filmed over two days last August In Anaheim is spliced betwee ...

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Che

February 28th, 2009

Che Pt 1 and 2 is a labour of love for Benicio Del Toro who is his usual masterful self portraying the Argentinean revolutionary icon Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Unfortunately it’s also very laborious for audiences. It’s broken up into two films which may be screened with an intermission at twice the price or released in sequence. Either way it represents four and a half hours of time that moviego ...

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Fired Up

February 22nd, 2009

Fired Up is the name of a cheerleading camp that annually overtakes the dorms of an Illinois University campus for 3 weeks of pompom perfecting. The program is called Fired up instead of just Cheerleader Camp because it’s not as funny when they’re chanting C-C as opposed to cheering F-U in unison. If this level of comedy tickles your funny bone then you’ll get along fine with this film. Here ...

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Confessions of a Shopaholic

February 14th, 2009

Confessions of a Shopaholic is a screen adaptation loosely based on the best-selling novels on the topic by Sophie Kinsella. Amy Adams clone Isla Fisher is captivating as Rebecca Bloomwood, a New Yorker damaged as a child from being dressed by her mother (Joan Cusack) in sensible shoes as well as other dowdy but equally terminally durable apparel. At twenty five she subconsciously lashes out ...

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