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Enter to win one of three special prize packs commemorating the release of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, including a grand prize DVD set, courtesy of Dork Shelf and eOne Films.
Interview: Jeff Orlowski
Dork Shelf catches up with first time director Jeff Orlowski about his Hot Docs favourite (and suddenly very important) climate change documentary Chasing Ice and we talk a bit about the physical demands of filming on and around glaciers and his relationship with National Geographic photographer and subject, James Balog.
Magnificent Obsession at TIFF
Often forgotten about among cinephiles, the TIFF Bell Lightbox looks at the works of influential German New Wave director Werner Schroeder in the retrospective Magnificent Obsession, running from November 8th through December 9th.
The Man With the Iron Fists Review
RZA's directorial debut The Man With the Iron Fists might only appeal to lovers of old school kung-fu, but in that same respect, it ain't nothin' to fuck with.
Wreck-It Ralph Review
While not as original as one would hope and overlong, Wreck-It Ralph still holds a high amount of entertainment value for gamers both old and young.
Flight Review
Despite an excellent leading performance from Denzel Washington, Robert Zemeckis' Flight is an odd duck of a movie, lurching wildly between crowd pleasing Oscar bait and an intense and far better look at the nature of addiction.
Midnight’s Children Review
Some books were just not meant to be made into movies, and despite the best efforts of director Deepa Mehta, Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children happens to be one of those books.
How to Survive a Plague Review
How to Survive a Plague brings back the events of the early days of AIDS research activism ti the big screen showcasing how ignorance and fear can be toppled by the right people refusing to let an important issue disappear.
Manborg Review
Despite forgetting to add in a certain degree of sincerity that 80s and 90s cheeseball replicas need to succeed as comedies, the ultra low budget Manborg from Winnipeg's Astron 6 has enough funny moments and interesting stop motion effects to spare.
Interview: Deepa Mehta
We talk to award winning Canadian filmmaker Deepa Metha about her most ambitious project to date: a sprawling, epic adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children.
Contest: Win a Disney Holiday Prize Pack!
Enter for a chance to win one of 10 Disney Holiday Blu-ray prize packs including copies of the 20th Anniversary Edition and Blu-ray debut of The Muppet Christmas Carol and Prep and Landing: The Total Tinsel Collection.
Interview: Jack McBrayer
He can fix it! We talk to the voice of Fix-It Felix from Wreck-It Ralph and 30 Rock stand-out Jack McBrayer about his memories of video games growing up, always playing a nice guy, why he's afraid of playing a villain, and a little bit about where the hit TV show he's on might end up at the end of its final season.
TIFF’s Birth of a Villain
Keeping with today's Halloween theme while looking ahead to next month, we take a look at and talk to Twitch's Todd Brown about his upcoming Birth of a Villain series at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, tracing the history iconic horror movie villains of the 70s and 80s.
The Other Horrors of the 1980s
Just in time for Halloween, resident film writers Phil Brown and take a look at some of their favourite, less iconic horror films of the 1980s. No Shinings, Evil Deads, Freddys, Jasons, Pinheads, or Chuckys allowed.
This Week in DVD: 10/30/12
This week at the video store, we check out the timely comedy of The Campaign, the out of time Oliver Stone thriller Savages, the zombie apocalypse of [REC]3: Genesis, the romantic dramedy stylings of A Little Bit of Heaven and Ruby Sparks, and the goings on in the world of Mad Men.