Film
Every hipster will find something to watch at VIFF
September 22, 2014Do you want to become a real hipster, not just someone who plays the persona in floral clothes from Value Village? Want to be cultured and informed about issues plaguing all corners of the globe? Or, do you just want to be able to say you liked something before it was cool? If you answered affirmative to any of the above questions, then the 33rd annual Vancouver International Film Festival, which runs September 25 to October 10, will likely tickle your fancy. The event features almost 350 films from more than 70 countries, and this year’s festival is a strong…
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The Maze Runner is predictable and dull
September 22, 2014Wes Ball’s The Maze Runner (adapted from a young adult novel of the same name) begins with an elevator rushing to a bright light at the top of a dark shaft. A teenager awakens surprised and afraid as the cabin…
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Liam Neeson takes A Walk Among the Tombstones
September 22, 2014Aim low; achieve average; feel awesome: this is Liam Neeson’s recent strategy for choosing roles. Your enjoyment of Scott Frank’s A Walk Among the Tombstones will depend heavily upon your expectations. What do you want out of a Liam Neeson…
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Empathizing with evil in The Drop
September 15, 2014Leaving uneasy after seeing The Drop, I looked down and noticed red ink had stained my hands like the bloodguilt the hero (and I) had experienced. None of it would wash off! Where are the movies with protagonists we can…
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In theory: no budget, no crew, no script
September 15, 2014Schrodinger’s cat, dinner party antics, and experimental filmmaking collide in James Ward Byrkit’s directorial feature-length debut, Coherence. This is one head trip of a movie that begins slowly as a dull and pointless visitation to one of the most tiresome…
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The Terrors of terrorism
September 8, 2014What do you think when you hear the word jihad? Is it a brown-skinned, long-bearded man screaming “allahu akbar” with a bomb strapped to his chest, out to kill the infidels? There is also another jihad: the struggle that burns…
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Life After Beth: a zom-rom-com that lacks depth
September 8, 2014Life After Beth`s overblown tone is as forced and unbearable as trying to urinate kidney stones. The movie’s central pitfall is analogical to an uncoordinated idiot who attempts to spin plates on sticks while riding a unicycle, and juggling chainsaws.…
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Five films to help you find your silver lining
September 8, 2014As we all know, the right kind of movie can give us feelings of hope that rekindle the strength to reach our highest potential in life; it can encourage us to create, inspire, and dream about what we are able…
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Suspense is the driving force in Night Moves
September 2, 2014The latest from acclaimed director Kelly Reichardt (Meek’s Cutoff, Wendy & Lucy), Night Moves, proves to be as tense as it is intriguing. It follows the dramatic story of three environmentalists who plan and then execute the explosion of a…
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Underrated films of the summer
September 2, 2014The summer blockbuster season has offered both good and bad escapist entertainment. Michael Bay gave us more of the same with his sexist, artless Transformers: Age of Extinction, but we also had smart and original genre fare like Jeff Gunn’s…
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