People are going to be absolutely blown away when they see District 9 ; the first feature film South African born-Vancouver, BC based filmmaker Neill Blomkamp . With the release of District 9 tomorrow, Blomkamp is sure to quickly become the hot new director in Hollywood. His cinéma vérité style combined with his seamless integration […]
We all know movies put their best foot forward when it comes to poster blurbs. Hollywood blockbusters are quick to use what Roger Ebert or A.O. Scott have to say about a movie, if it makes them look good. But even if Ebert and his posse of real film critics don’t like a film, you’ll […]
We Canadians often take for granted or mock Canadian TV programming. Our television tastes have broadened so much in the last decade or so, that we often see our own television industry as producing shows that are too hokey, too corny and even too Canadian for our sophisticated TV palettes. This is not to say […]
When I was 10 years old my mother introduced my brother and me to Ray Harryhausen . We watched Jack the Giant Killer , The 7th Voyage of Sinbad , Jason and the Argonauts and other films featuring Harryhausen’s amazing stop-motion effects. By this point in my life I was already well versed in the […]
