I must have been in the mood. I liked this movie. It made me laugh. What more can one expect from a movie starring Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson?
Cook's stand-up comedy doesn't do a whole lot for me, but as a comic actor, he may have a future. As for Ms. Simpson, perhaps she hasn't been tested.
The swimming lesson is a right of passage for every young North American child that doesn't live in a desert devoid of water. However, while many kids love the wetness of a pool, it also has been known to instill the fear of God in some kids. Young Zoe (Jodelle Ferland, Silent Hill) is one of those kids and she dreads each and every lesson her mom drags her off to.
Just as the fictionalized novel may be the last great genre for literature, the mockumentary may be the last great film genre. It was invented by Christopher Guest with 1984's This is Spinal Tap and perfected by Guest with Best in Show from 2000.
Once, a year ago, my wife and I were on vacation and staying at a hotel, the kind where you can order movies to play on your TV for only $15 a pop, or close to it.
F*ck is a pretty in-depth and comprehensive study of the word, its uses, and its origins, and makes use of all the interview materials available of those who have something to say on the matter. The documentarians talked with celebrities, pundits, politicians, newsmen, porn stars, and comedians as they made the rounds of the historical analysis and free speech debate.
For my money, watching any collection of short films is getting good value for your moviegoing dollar. Especially the SOHO shorts. These short films were the winners out of the Rushes SOHO Shorts Festival held at the beginning of August. Edmonton is just the first stop for this collection on a worldwide tour.
I couldn't really get into this story about a young woman struggling with the decision to either stay forever young as a party girl down the path of destruction or grow up, move in with a nice fella, and be a banker or whatever it is that you do when you mature.
Normally this would be a fine little story â€" nothing original mind you, but a story would be there.
Kiviaq as a person is a fascinating study. Born in the Arctic, given a Christian name, transplanted to Edmonton, played football with the Eskimos (irony!), got on City Council, became a lawyer... it goes on and on like this. Now he is fighting cancer and Canada regarding the civil rights of the Inuit people.
Review: The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Posted by: Scott Hayes • September 29, 2006 @ 11:59am
As unconventional as the storytelling may be, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen is indeed a powerful recollection of not just a relevant event in the history of Inuit people, but also a stunning social document on who they were as a people not more than 100 years ago.
Review: The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Posted by: Dean Kish • September 29, 2006 @ 11:59am
It's a bleak world in the Arctic.
In 1912, Danish explorers come upon a tribe of Inuit who are still embracing the old ways. Their traditions have been passed down from generation to generation and they really have no desire or drive to change.
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