Review: Millions

Posted by: Dean Kish  •  April 15, 2005 @ 11:59am

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.

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Review: Primer

Posted by: Dean Kish  •  April 9, 2005 @ 8:03am

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.

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DVD Review: Being Julia

Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys  •  April 9, 2005 @ 12:00am

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.

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Review: Fever Pitch

Posted by: Dean Kish  •  April 8, 2005 @ 11:59am

The Farrelly Brothers have always exceeded in displaying and capitalizing on the absurd.

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Review: Sahara

Posted by: Dean Kish  •  April 8, 2005 @ 11:59am

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.

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DVD Review: The Corporation

Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys  •  April 5, 2005 @ 12:00am

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".

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Review: Sin City

Posted by: Dean Kish  •  April 1, 2005 @ 11:59am

Blood, brawn, and babes.

These are the three main factors in the world that is Frank Miller's Sin City.

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Review: Beauty Shop

Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys  •  March 30, 2005 @ 11:59am

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.

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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.

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Wrap Yourself in Our Shorts Festival

Posted by: Mark McLeod  •  March 29, 2005 @ 12:00am

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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