As you probably know, the MPAA inserts a colour-coded notice at the beginning of movie trailers. The most common would be the “Green Band” trailer for all audiences. Then there is the “Red Band” for Restricted audiences and the “Yellow Band” for Age Appropriate Internet Users. What I want to talk about today are the […]
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It really disappoints me when I come across someone, who is apathetic about seeing a film in a theatre. It seems that commonality among most casual movie goers is that there would “wait for it to come on DVD” rather then spend 12-15 dollars to see it in the cinema. It does make sense from
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I found Licence to Wed a formulaic, yet very funny, romantic comedy. I liked it. But, wait a second! 92% of the world’s film critics (based the stats, as of this writing, on RottenTomatoes.com) say that it’s a terrible movie, that I shouldn’t have watched it. New York Times critic A.O. Scott even said that
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Later today I am going to, once again, sign up for volunteering at the Toronto Film Festival. Like last year, I plan on logging my experiences in this blog. Keep an eye out for that.
In my studies last year, I read an essay on film criticism that talked about two extreme categories of movie viewers. There were “Snobs,” who basically believed that other people are not able to understand films that they like. Then, there are “Rabble Rousers,” who just decide films that they don’t understand are terrible (I’m
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It’s a sad time to be a movie fan in Canada. Warner Bros. just announced that they are going to stop showing advance screenings of their films in Canada. It was previously reported that 20th Century Fox is threatening to delay and/or stop the release of their films in this country. This is all because
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There have been a lot of horror remakes in the past few years. The films remade include The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dawn of the Dead, The Hills Have Eyes, and The Wickerman. Now we have Rob Zombie releasing a remake/prequel to Halloween. I always thought Halloween was untouchable. Remaking it would be same as remaking
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This Friday, the Rodriguez/Tarantino double feature Grindhouse is released to theatres. One month ago, it was the graphic novel adaptation 300. In the past, movies like these would have been released in the summer movie season between May and August. Now it seems that studios and releasing these movies early to avoid bogging down the
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It was a bit of tough year this year. I only got 13 out of 24 predictions this year. However, I still got all but one of the major six, so everything’s not all but Here are my final thoughts on the major winners. Best PictureMy Prediction and Winner: The DepartedFinal Thoughts: I never thought
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It is once again time for me to post my 10 favourite films of the year. Like always, there are a few films I have yet to see, which may have been on this list if I did (i.e. Pan’s Labyrinth). However, I would say that it was a very interesting year for me at
