Film
Citizenfour documents Snowden’s quest to reveal the truth
November 17, 2014Are you comfortable knowing that someone is reading your personal emails? Do you dismiss the paranoid crazies who holler about Big Brother watching you? Is national security a priority that trumps other concerns? Before you answer these questions, watch Laura Poitras’ Citizenfour — an alarm clock for some people’s ignorant slumber. One colleague in the media business said, “It’s all conspiracy theorist garbage.” Another person told me she had no problem with the government spying on her as she had nothing to hide. If you hold either of these views, or don’t even know anything about Edward Snowden and the…
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The Theory of Everything is a poorly constructed biopic
November 17, 2014Secular humanists groan when movies such as God’s Not Dead and Son of God gross millions at the box-office. “They’re preaching to the choir,” they scream in their own choir-like unison. These movies infuriate them to the bone. Why? Perhaps…
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Interstellar is an epic study of evolutionary possibility
November 13, 2014The theory of evolution proposes that all of mankind developed through natural selection from a single-celled organism to the species we exist as today over the passing of millions of years. Should this be true, there are implications that run…
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Big Hero 6 attempts to be everything at once
November 8, 2014Big Hero 6, an animated Disney movie, is one of the most derivative flicks I’ve seen in 2014. It openly plagiarizes from Terminator 2, The Incredibles, Wall-E, The Avengers, and many different animated Japanese serials; the imaginative qualities come not…
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Fun, colourful visuals animate The Book of Life
October 27, 2014Death is not the first subject that comes to mind for an animated film, yet Jorge R. Gutierrez’s adventure-comedy, The Book of Life, presents the dead (and also the living) in a manner that is appropriate and fun for families…
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Top ten horror films of the last decade
October 27, 201410. The Innkeepers (2011) Two hotel employees attempt to record evidence of the ghost of Madeline O’Malley, a woman whose ghost haunts the the inn. This movie is unique in that it plays with expectations of the horror genre in…
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Whiplash explores the definition of success
October 20, 2014What is success? Is it being wealthy? Having a spouse and children? Being highly respected? Or . . .? Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash is an occasionally invigorating thriller about a jazz drummer who is pushed to his physical and emotional limits…
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VIFF Highlights
October 18, 2014The Incident Christopher Cross Time travel movies generally have one main problem: they explain too much too quickly. Most of the time, this is intended to create a confusion that reflects that of the characters going through the…
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VIFF 2014 reviews: 52 Tuesdays, Valley Below, Preggoland, Lifers
October 13, 201452 Tuesdays The award-winning 52 Tuesdays is a window into the lives of James and Billie — we get a glimpse into their lives on each Tuesday of the year. James is a mother who finally comes to terms with…
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VIFF 2014 reviews: Two Step, Phoenix, Men, Women & Children
October 13, 2014Two Step By: Christopher Cross There’s something home-like about Alex Johnson’s debut film, Two Step. Set in rural Texas, the film seems to savour its quiet setting. Shots of crows on power lines, sunsets over fields of green, and a…
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