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BigPictureBigSound.com (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Zak Snyder's 2004 Dawn of the Dead "redux" comes to Blu-ray in a well handled transfer that heightens the horror and the film's enjoyability.
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High-Def Digest: Blu-ray Disc News (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Just a word of warning right up front, I consider George Romero’s original ‘Dawn of the Dead’ to be the most influential and seminal horror masterpiece in all of cinematic history. It offers a horrifying...
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Quillblog (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Here’s a slug this Quillblogger didn’t expect to see: “A short film by writer/director Paul Quarrington.” But, according to Open Book Toronto, (and as reported by Quill & Quire Omni this past summer) the acclaimed author of the Governor General’s Award-winner Whale Music and this year’s Canada Reads champ King Leary has ventured behind the camera [...]
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Reel Suave (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
Cast: Sarah Polley (Hanna), Tim Robbins (Josef) Written and directed by: Isabel Coixet Release date: December 2006 Words, language. They transform our thoughts and feelings into something tangible yet abstract. They create meaning through the act of being. Or not being. Once in a while, they communicate through their very absence, memories ... (more...)
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Cinematical (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
Isabel Coixet's Elegy (92 screens) is a "disease-of-the-week" movie. I hate "disease-of-the-week" movies, but I really liked Elegy . I also liked Coixet's previous film, My Life Without Me , which was also a "disease-of-the-week" movie. Sarah Polley's beautiful Away from Her from last year was another excellent example. This begs three questions: What is a "disease-of-the-week" movie? Why do I hate...
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The Garlic (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Sources tell The Garlic today, that the staff of Senator John McCain was so confused over the choice of his Vice Presidential pick, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin , that they had mistakenly flown award-winning Canadian actress Sarah Polley to Dayton, Ohio, and had her in a hotel for three-days, awaiting the planned announcement. Polley was said to have been "very surprised" with being chosen by McCain,...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
It's supposed to be a night of glitz and celebration, but dark shadows are bound to loom beyond the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall two weeks from tomorrow.
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Gossip Central (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
I think Philip Roth is a genius," said Penelope Cruz last week to Charlie Rose, explaining why she initiated a feature film project based upon the author's 2001 novella, "The Dying Animal." The revelation here is that this beautiful movie...
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KOMO - News - Entertainment (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
He asked to play 62-year-old Kepesh in his own voice, with his classic British accent. He picked clothes that both David Kepesh and Ben Kingsley could wear.
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TO411 Daily (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Canadian distributor Seville Pictures has received court permission to acquire the domestic rights to 27 films from a reorganizing Christal Films. The Quebec Superior Court on Friday approved a bid from Montreal-based Seville to take over the distribution contracts to the Christal titles. In May, Christal Films secured court protection from its creditors after losing a sublicensing deal for the Quebec...