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88 minutes

April 18th, 2008

88 Minutes actually runs for 108 minutes and the believability goes downhill from there. Al Pacino stars as Dr Jack Gramm a forensic psychiatrist with the FBI who also teaches at the University of Washington (played by UBC). He lives a lavish lifestyle that appears beyond that of any cop or college professor for that matter and even though acting only as an advisor for the Bureau seems to h ...

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Street Kings

April 11th, 2008

Street Kings refers to a band of can-do LA cops who get grizzly jobs done by operating outside of accepted and legal rules of engagement. They are given license by Forest Whitaker who puts all of his Oscar winning chops behind Jack Wander their politically ambitious Captain who knows how to pull strings. Most of the cops are played by TV recognizable actors like Jay Mohr and Amaury Nolasco ...

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Bella

April 11th, 2008

Bella is the unlikely story of Jose, a promising New York soccer star whose career hits a wall at its inception when his vehicle is involved in a tragic but predictable pedestrian fatality for which he serves the unlikely prison term of 4 years. Wracked by guilt that leaves him a shell of his former self he works as a chef at the Mexican restaurant of his brother Manny who is as an ...

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Smart People

April 11th, 2008

Smart People sort of paraphrases the old adage “if you’re so smart what aren’t you rich?” but for the purposes here read “… why isn’t you’re life richer?”. Dennis Quaid stars as Lawrence Wetherhold, a widower and distracted professor who has faces a lot of rejection from publishing companies – almost as much rejection as his students have faced from him. His life hits a fever pitch after a tr ...

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Under the Same Moon

April 4th, 2008

Under the Same Moon is the tender story of Rosario (Kate del Castillo), a young single mother and her 9 year old son Carlitos (an impressive Adrian Alonso) who must live apart but stay connected by observing the moon under which they both live. She’s an illegal alien in LA trying to earn enough for a better family life while he must stay in Mexico with his grandmother. When grandma suddenly ...

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The Ruins

April 4th, 2008

The Ruins takes us to Mexico where two couples in their early 20’s are enjoying their last couple of days of lolling around the pool sipping margaritas. Unlike a lot of gross-out films, this one features actors with some chops. Richmond’s Shawn Ashmore (Iceman from The X-Men), Jonathan Tucker from The Black Donnely’s, Jena Malone from Into The Wild, and Laura Ramsey star as Eric, Jeff, Amy an ...

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Leatherheads

April 4th, 2008

Leatherheads is a romantic comedy set in 1925 during the early days of pro football. This was before Kevlar and faceguards when the only headgear was a pretty flimsy leather helmet thus the title. This was also long before million dollar signing bonuses and even though college football drew big crowds, at the professional level it seemed to have no future. George Clooney as smooth as ever pla ...

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Definitely, Maybe

February 16th, 2008

Definitely, Maybe definitely may be the most successful acting stretch for Kitsilano Secondary grad Ryan Reynolds. As New Yorker Will Hayes the trade mark spot on delivery of witty one liners is still there but rolled way back. On top of that he does a very passable job as a romantic lead, laudably without even a flash of his buffed torso. Little Miss Sunshine Abigail Breslin is Maya his pre- ...

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The Spiderwick Chronicles

February 16th, 2008

The Spiderwick Chronicles stars Mary-Louise Parker as Helen Grace a mom who as her marriage is collapsing has to leave New York along with her 3 children and move into an inherited rural Victorian mansion. Swashbuckling Mallory (Sarah Bolger) is the oldest and the others, Jared and Simon are twins, both played by the amazing Freddie Highmore (just 15 on opening day) who is doubly impressive a ...

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The Band's Visit

February 16th, 2008

The Band's Visit (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret) is an Israeli/ Egyptian co-production that has spent the past 6 months being lauded on the film festival circuit. About the only recognizable star of this low budget charmer is veteran Sasson Gabai who we know from action roles with Stallone and Van Damme. Here again he’s in a paramilitary role albeit much more light hearted as Lieutenant-colonel Tawfiq Z ...

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