By Nolan Lewis
Before The Bride fought, chopped and lopped Bill and the deadly Viper Assassination Squad, Canada’s own special agent battled an ancient Aztec Mummy, flesh eating zombies and the luscious Leopard Lady. His name? Harry Knuckles, a.k.a. Special Agent Spanish Fly, and he’s back with an arsenal of flying feet and fist of kung fu fury.… Continue reading Harry Knuckles
It’s a big ocean out there, and obviously Dreamworks felt there was room for two big fishes in a sea of riches when they decided to do a Finding Nemo of their own. Oscar (Will Smith) is a small and unimportant fish in a big ocean, until he inadvertently crosses paths with Don Lino (Robert… Continue reading Shark Tale loses itself at sea… Nemo
By CH Smith
Lineups are agony for me. I fidget and squirm, I sigh and tap my feet, I stare at my watch and burn myself with cigarettes and in most cases, my impatience leaves a vacant spot for some other poor sucker. I avoid lineups like I avoid math. With one exception… Give me a queue in… Continue reading The Calgary International Film Festival
By Adam Goetz
Motivation is a hard thing to find these days, even for local filmmaker/writer Andre Rodrigues. After months and months of diligent labour he has finished putting together his third annual film festival. “I really dropped the ball last time,” Rodrigues explains with a hint of disappointment in his voice. “So I had to do this… Continue reading Andre’s double debut (again)
By Andrew Ross
Bend It Like Beckham is a family, cross-cultural, girl-power, inspirational-coming-of-age, romantic, British, comedy sports film. It satisfies all of the stereotypes associated with these genres, but is not painful to watch; rather, it is an entertaining film, though thoroughly predictable. The only surprise is that the film actually works: the archetypal characters are fleshed-out enough… Continue reading Beckham scores once again
By Jeff Kubik
I hear you; I swear to God I hear you all! Stop it. Yes, I know that you want to know about Willard, I understand. It’s a re-make of the 1971 horror film, it was released last Friday. Now please just leave me alone, I’ll tell you whatever you want to know!You see, Willard–played by… Continue reading Modern Pied Piper
By Jeff Kubik
For the parish of Trinity Church, Cedar Hill Texas, the love of God is free for all. However, this offer does not extend to abortion recipients, homosexuals, Magic players, readers of Harry Potter, substance abusers, the suicidal, the unconverted hordes or–lord help those goofy neon bastards–ravers. For these lost souls, Trinity Church offers an edifying… Continue reading Scary: Jesus-style
By Jeff Kubik
They’re shot on Super 8 film with budgets as insignificant as the contents of a starving entertainment writer’s wallet. They bypass garish fire-breathing pharaohs and play in theatres that don’t have ticket dispensing sarcophagi. In their world, short is sweet and colour just subtracts from the experience. They’re independent films, and beginning March 13, they’ll… Continue reading $100 + 8mm film = Huzzah!
After years of straight-to-video B-films, horror cinema has finally recovered the attention of audiences and re-emerged in mainstream theatre. However, Hollywood capitalists are using the genre to swamp local theatres with repetitive visuals and mediocre all-American story lines. But this is your week to dodge the pointy knife of that big shiny theatre and experience… Continue reading Here’s Horror!
By Andrew Ross
In case the rest of this review is in any way ambiguous, I wish to make it clear that this film should be avoided if at all possible. Of all the things that can be said of Gods and Generals, the most important is that you can never get those four hours back.This Ted Turner… Continue reading Gods and Generals