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* 300 (Kit Johnson review) *****
A scant few years ago, a niche graphic novelist named Frank Miller was relatively unknown. But -- largely due to the lack of original ideas coming out of Hollywood -- studio execs have turned to buying up all comic book and graphic novel rights. Five stars.
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* Grindhouse (Kit Johnson review) *****
I was told that our policy is that if you would recommend a film to 10 out of 10 people, it rates five stars. Hell, I would recommend this movie-duo to DEAD people! Go see it. . .NOW!
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* Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Garber review) ****
If Harry Potter already has you spellbound, you will enjoy the magic and the vision of this adventure.
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* Stardust (Garber review) *****
An exceptional new fantasy quest-film rivals The Princess Bride and The Neverending Story. Five stars.
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*Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle -- Hauru no Ugoku Shiro (Garber review) *****
Director Hayao Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away) again creates a world apart from our own, yet jarringly resonant of the terra firma we know. A brilliantly haunting feature-length animated adventure-of-the-spirit. Five stars.
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22-Year-Old Canadian Wins €2 Million at PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo *
Glen Chorny, a 22-year-old business student from Ontario, Canada, won the biggest poker tournament ever held in Europe . . .
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Anne's top 13 movie picks of 2007 *
These are a few of my faves over the past year. I hope they all win Oscars.
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BCMPA Ratings *
BCMPA rates the movies . . .
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Bollywood comes of age *
Bollywood is massive. It makes up to 800 films a year -- twice as many as Hollywood -- and about 14 million Indian people go to the cinema every day. Now Bollywood is looking for increased international markets.
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Box Office Prophets proudly announces...the 2003 Calvin Awards *
Hollywood seems to think we should pay attention to their "Academy" just because they all happen to work in the industry, but we know better.
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Candidates line up to visit Jon Stewart *
Four presidential candidates are lined up to visit Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show" over the next three weeks as Comedy Central's satirical news review ramps up its cheeky "Indecision 2008" coverage.
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Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You *
Christmas, 2005 is barely past, and the 2007 Oscar race is already under way.
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Eleven films eligible for animation Oscar *
Eleven films, including Shrek 2, Shark Tale and the Japanese movie Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, are eligible to be nominated for the best animated feature film Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced.
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Festival Cinemas' Senior's Editorial *
Festival Cinemas continues to cater first to its audience members.
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Graphic novels to film? Easy-peasey *
Once upon a time it was just too expensive to turn the lavish fantasies of comic book writers into movies. But not anymore. Renowned graphic novelist Neil Gaiman reveals all. . .
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Homer’s odyssey leads to box office gold *
The Simpsons Movie, an animated feature based on the TV mainstays from Springfield, smashed industry expectations to earn an estimated $29.1 million on its first day of release on Friday in the U.S. and Canada.
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Matt Groening enjoys some well-deserved time in the spotlight *
Simpsons creator honoured for 18 years of laughter, and for glorifying Donuts and Beer.
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Merry Christmas to the Ridge Theatre from Festival Cinemas! *
Festival Cinemas takes over and upgrades Ridge Theatre in time for Christmas, 2005.
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Michael Moore loves Alberta's nurses *
Canadian Distributor echoes his sentiments by offering free admission to all nurses across Canada, starting Monday, July 16, 2007.
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More Oscar screeners turn up on Internet *
Two additional movies sent to Oscar voters have surfaced on the Internet, with a screener copy of House of Sand and Fog briefly up for sale on an auction site and Cold Mountain available for downloading, studios said.
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Motion Picture Association of America Movie Ratings *
Movie ratings from the MPAA
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Oscar Nominations 2003 (for 2002 films) *
Read all the nominations here, plus quotes from key players...
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Oscars saved as Hollywood writers' and Producers Reach 'Tentative Deal' *
Striking writers --who have manned picket lines since October -- could be back to work next week, breathing new hope and life into the 2008 Academy Awards show.
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Park Theatre 2007 update *
The Park Theatre is going strong, despite Cambie Street construction.
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Talking Pictures: Bring Me the Head of Famous Players! *
John Keyes points a finger at the Real Culprits in today's Low Box Office Scores; he thinks a lack of respect for the audience is why movie-going is at an all-time low.
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Talking Pictures: John Keyes's Oscar picks 2006 *
John Keyes, evalu8.org's intrepid Film (video, DVD) Editor succinctly describes his top ten choices that he hopes will be considered for the 2006 edition of the Academy awards.
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Talking Pictures: John Keyes's Top 10 movies of 2006 (Keyes round-up) *
John Keyes, evalu8.org's intrepid Film (video, DVD) Editor succinctly describes his top ten choices that he hopes will be considered for the 2007 edition of the Academy awards (subject to revision closer to the Oscars).
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Tête à Tête à Tête with Marv Newland *
Now showing at Pacific Cinemathèque on Thursday, February 16, 2006, Vancouver, BC.
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The Back Lot with Lynne McNamara *
Column for January 30, 2007
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The Simpsons Movie goes NUKE-U-lar *
What would Homer say? "Woo-hoo!"
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Top-grossing movies of 2007 (USA) *
Wondering which movies made the most American loot last year?
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Wladislaw Starewicz: Animation Pioneer *
Twenty-first century cinema audiences are so jaded that few genres can still instill the kind of innocent wonder that must have greeted the audiences in the early nickelodeons.
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* evalu8.org's 2006 contests page returns on Labour Day *
evalu8.org's 2006 contests page returns on Labour Day.
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* Globe & Mail Movie Look-up *
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* Holy box office, Batman! * 
Director Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, broke box office records on its opening weekend with $155.34 million, beating Spider-Man 3 by $4 million.
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* In Bruges (Keyes review) ****
Two hitmen spice up the picturesque Belgian town of Bruges with filthy language, in this not-for-the-kiddies dark comedy. John Keyes gives it four stars.
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3000 Miles to Graceland (Keyes review) *
This train-wreck of a movie would have gone straight to video, except there's a clause in Kevin Costner's contract these days to the effect that as many people as possible must be allowed to see him pump another bullet into his sucking chest wound of a career.
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75th Academy Awards® -- Oscar® Results *
Chicago displayed Toronto in Hollywood -- Oscar night results...
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Anne Garber's top 10 movies of 2002 *
And here's Anne's list...
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Battle over movie screeners hits court *
The battle over screeners used to promote movies during award season reached the courts yesterday as representatives from the independent film community accused the major Hollywood studios of engaging in illegal anti-competitive behaviour by restricting the indies' ability to market their films.
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Canadians flock to the big screen, says StatsCan *
Statistics Canada says Canadians showed a growing interest in watching movies at theatres rather than at home in 2004-2005. On the other hand, movie-goers are still subjected to humiliating body searches. What gives?
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CD Universe *
All the hot music you need -- plus DVDs, videos, games and more.
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Disney to cut jobs despite record box office sales *
It's Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow -- the drunken pirate famously modeled on the Rolling Stones' Richards -- who may have propelled Pirates to the all-time largest opening box-office gross.
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Film Festival: Largest VIFF in store as Granville 7 cinemas join theatre line-up *
Sorry... finished for 2003
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Further political thoughts from Dave Olsen *
With the election coming up on Monday (7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.), the Pacific Cinemathéque couldn't have timed its screenings of Viva Maria! any better (Friday the 20th @ 9:30 p.m. and Saturday the 21st @ 7:15 p.m.).
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John T.D. Keyes' 2002 Top Ten Movies *
John Keyes presents his Top 10 movies of 2002.
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Networks try new approaches, techniques to end 'ad skipping' *
A growing trend: Some of the most creative thinking in television these days has nothing to do with comedy or drama. It's about the commercials. Fuelled by a growing sense of desperation, networks are inserting games, quizzes and mini-dramas into commercial breaks.
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Once Upon a Time in the Midlands: The good, the bad and the British ***
What a great comic idea: a Sergio Leone western, complete with shivery harmonica riffs and robbery-revenge subplots, transplanted to muddle-class, suburban England. Only instead of panoramic takes of craggy bluffs and ecstatic shootouts, we get wide-angle shots of identical row houses and Friday-night bingo. ("Chips and curry on a plate -- 38!")
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Oscar ratings follow box-office slide *
Sunday's Academy Awards telecast averaged 38.8 million viewers, down nearly 8 per cent from last year, bearing out predictions that a relative lack of star power and the serious, art-house subject matter of Oscar-nominated films such as Crash, Brokeback Mountain, Munich and Capote would dampen interest in this year's show.
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Play it Again Sam (We Mean Leonard): Park Theatre to Re-open *
The Park Theatre on Cambie Street in Vancouver, BC will re-open on May 24 with a number of films and events that focus on the community. To start the opening events on May 24 there will be two FREE screenings of the ever-popular film Casablanca.
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Ridge offers free screening *
On December 24, 2005, the Ridge Theatre becomes part of Festival Cinemas (along with the Park and Fifth Avenue Cinemas), in Vancouver, BC. The acquisition is celebrated on Christmas Eve with a FREE screening of the classic film CASABLANCA with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. Showtime 7:00 p.m.
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Seattle Jewish Film Festival offerings *
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SONY Digital Cameras, Camcorders and accessories *
Special Offers on Sony Digital Cameras, Camcorders and accessories at the Official Sony Store. . .
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The Back Lot with Lynne McNamara *
Column for January 17, 2007
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The Modernity of Fellini's Cinema (event) *
A lecture to kick off a Fellini film series by Prof. Sam Rohdie, Vancouver, BC, August 31, 2005 (Read full story)
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Tickled Pink to be here *
Canadian actress Daniela Saioni switches horses, but not in mid-stream.
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Vancouver-area theatres bought by Maritimers *
The Nova Scotia–based Empire Theatres bought five BC movie houses on August 22 as part of a 27-theatre acquisition across Canada.
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Vive la différence! *
Quebec films are beating out Hollywood blockbusters at the province's box office. KONRAD YAKABUSKI reports the recent renaissance in local movies may be more about quality than nationalism
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