What would happen if the innocence of a child was all of sudden faced with the responsibility and corruption of more money than he could possibly imagine?
Director Danny Boyle, who also brought us Trainspotting and 28 Days Later, asks that very question when two young brothers, Anthony and Damian, come across a duffel bag full of British pounds.
What happens when you introduce a key device or concept from science-fiction into our universe?
In a small independent film made for a meager $7,000, writer, director, and star Shane Carruth brings forth a film that begins with 4 friends working away in a friend's garage as they try to put their minds together on a project that could save all their financial woes.
Julia Lambert (Annette Bening) is falling desperately into a trap of mid-life crisis where her successful theatre career and her marriage to the powerful director Michael Gosselyn (Jeremy Irons) are aiding a developing void, and she is plummeting on a steady emotional decline.
The Farrelly Brothers have always exceeded in displaying and capitalizing on the absurd.
Dirk Pitt is probably one of the best kept secrets in adventure fiction today. Novelist Clive Cussler created the heart-throb deep sea adventurer in 1973's "The Mediterranean Caper", which launched 18 adventures for the popular character.
The Corporation is an educational documentary saturated with information outlining the nature, evolution, and impact of today's corporation. The combined efforts of filmmakers Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, and Joel Bakan bring us the eye-opening film based on Joel Bakan's book titled "The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power".
Blood, brawn, and babes.
These are the three main factors in the world that is Frank Miller's Sin City.
A brand new comedy which suggests by the title to be the feminine counterpart to the once ever-so-popular Barbershop, the movie sheds its conceptual resemblances long enough to declare that the Beauty Shop girls can be funny too -- even if it was a little hit and miss.
Previewing the 2004/2005 Television Season: Part 2
Posted by: Dean Kish • March 29, 2005 @ 12:00am
Okay, so this is a little late. Back in October, I took a look at the emergence of the new 2004-2005 television season. There has been a lot of interesting developments since I wrote that article.
The first edition of the shorts film festival Wrap Yourself in Our Shorts, celebrating Vancouver's independent film community, takes place over two nights at the Planet Theatre at the HR MacMillian Space Centre. The festival not only has a witty name, but is comprised of a great selection of short films by Canadian filmmakers.
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