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Fantasia 2011: The Reef
The Reef 2010, Australia Directed by Andrew Traucki Written by Andrew Traucki Starring Damian Walshe-Howling, Zoe Naylor, Gyton Grantley, Adrienne Pickering 94 minutes English Everyone knows that the...
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The Wages of Fear, scarier on a big screen
RIDM, the documentary film festival wraps up tonight. I’ve been enjoying it, but if docs aren’t your thing, what about The Wages of Fear, a 1953 classic starring Yves Montand, directed by...
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A vengeful ghost, a cop, a priest, dark secrets in a small town, and a boy...
Big city cop Alba Aiello now works in a small town in the middle of nowhere because she’s got something to hide. But then, in this place where nothing ever happens, people start turning up dead, burnt...
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Side Effects: Money is the root of much evil in Steven Soderbergh’s mystery...
I was pulled in! Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, Side Effects, kept me guessing about who was good, who was bad, who might be lying, and if there really was a conspiracy afoot or if a certain someone...
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Like Korean films? Want to see more of them in Montreal? Attend The Berlin...
Two of the reasons to see The Berlin File, a South Korean film, which opens in Montreal on Friday, Feb.15: It looks like fun, and if the turnout is decent, maybe we’ll see more Korean films here in...
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The Berlin File: Never mind the plot, just enjoy the mayhem in South Korean...
IMPORTANT NOTE: In a review of The Berlin File that ran in The Gazette of Feb 15, 2013, Postmedia’s Katherine Monk wrote that the Korean actors are hard to understand when they speak English, and she...
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Ryoo Seung-wan, director of Korean film The Berlin File, sends his greetings...
In the video below, (courtesy of Ciné-Asie) Ryoo Seung-wan, South Korean director of the film The Berlin File, says hello to Montrealers and reveals that he’s very excited and thankful that The Berlin...
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Big scares on a big screen: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of...
Tonight Sunday March 3, 2013, Le Cinéclub: The Film Society presents The Silence of the Lambs, at 7 p.m. (ish) at Concordia University. The 118 minute-film came out in 1991. It stars Jodie Foster and...
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Big welcome for The Berlin File means Montrealers will see more Korean films
The Berlin File, a South Korean espionage-action film, will soon begin its fifth week in Montreal. Of course, this is good news for the people who stand to profit from the film, but it’s also good news...
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President in peril: Olympus Has Fallen
Speaker of the House Trumbull (Morgan Freeman) becomes acting president when the president and vice-president are seized by terrorists. VVS Films. In the film Olympus Has Fallen, U.S. president Asher...
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Fantasia Film Festival: Big Bad Wolves – it’s not every day that you can see...
The trailer for Big Bad Wolves impressed me in the way it looked, the way it sounded and in its general attitude. Translation of the first words we hear: “This fairy tale was written by the Israeli...
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FFM 2013: The Red Robin – family haunted by monster in a closet, shadow...
Know that perky tune, “When the red, red, robin comes bob, bob, bobbin along?” This film is not like that. It begins with a slo-mo shot of a syringe falling on a Persian carpet. Then there are scenes...
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FFM 2013: Treat yourself to the twisty black comedy of Dirty Weekend
I really enjoyed Dirty Weekend and you can, too! The Montreal World Film Festival, Festival des Films du monde will show the highly entertaining black comedy thriller on Monday, August 26, at 5:00 pm,...
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Festival des films du monde 2013: Dirty Weekend has handsome star, laughs,...
This is what Pierre Perrier looks like when we first see him. What surprises await! To get right to the point – straight women, gay men – if your taste runs to dark and handsome (I forget about the...
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Fantasia Film Festival will present two benefit screenings of On The Job for...
On Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013, the Fantasia Film Festival will show the Filipino crime thriller On The Job. There will be two screenings, at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Admission is $10, but feel free to give...
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Der Samurai offers a glimpse at the beast within
“Genie let out of the bottle It is now the witching hour Murderers, you’re murderers We are not the same as you” – The Gloaming, Radiohead Till Kleinert was taking the train home, from the Baltic Sea...
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FNC 2014 Review: Something feral this way comes in German thriller Der Samurai
Pit Bukowski plays Der Samurai. (Photo credit: Der Samurai Facebook page.) Der Samurai cuts an enigmatic figure. (Photo credit: Der Samurai Facebook page) It was pouring rain when I left my...
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No simple answers for Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan recalls a friendly standoff with Christopher Plummer during their first collaboration, on Egoyan’s 2002 film Ararat, which had its world première at the Cannes Film Festival. “I’ll never...
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Movie review: Remember
Remember ***1/2 Starring: Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Dean Norris Directed by: Atom Egoyan Running time: 95 minutes There are many roles that 85-year-old Canadian acting legend Christopher...
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