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Blog - Movies

Vancouver Queer Film Festival: upcoming picks

By Craig Takeuchi
So much to choose from. Must prioritize, must prioritize... 
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Vampire attack scheduled at Stanley Park on Friday night

By Craig Takeuchi
Vell, hello, my luvlies. Do you vant to see a vampire attack in Vancouver?
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Vancouver Queer Film Festival is out on screen

By Craig Takeuchi
Hey kids, I've been so swamped with stuff to do that I haven't had a chance to remind everyone that Out on Screen's Vancouver Queer Film Festival (which I wrote about in the Pride Week issue) kicked off last Thursday.
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George Lucas doesn’t need Angelina Jolie to sell The Clone Wars

By Travis Lupick
When George Lucas decided to produce the latest chapter in the Star Wars saga as an animated television series, the idea of using big-name actors was tossed out the window.
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Hellboy cinematographer at the Vancouver International Film Festival

By Craig Takeuchi
If you thought the way the cameras shot films like Hellboy II, Pan's Labyrinth, and Night at the Museum looked spectacular, you are probably a fan of Oscar-winning cinematographer Guillermo Navarro. The good news is, it was just announced that he's going to be coming to Vancouver.
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Get your doc on at Doc Talk at the Whistler Film Festival

By Craig Takeuchi
Documentary producers, get your project pitches in gear and ready to go. Whistler Film Festival's Doc Talk, a forum for Western Canadian documentary filmmakers, is on the horizon.
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Makeover shows: helpful or horrid?

By Craig Takeuchi
While makeover shows like What Not to Wear are enjoyable on one level, they are disturbing on others.
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Madden NFL 09 celebrates 20 years at top of football-game world

By Jon Cranny
See the Madden covers through the years Madden NFL 09 is released tomorrow, celebrating 20 years of Madden football. Electronic Arts can brag that its football-game franchise is the best in the world, which it has also proved by sticking around for 20 years. There have been other franchises such as NFL Blitz, Backyard Football, All-Pro football, NFL Street, and my old school favourite Tecmo Bowl, but none has stayed around for very long.
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Last night to catch Guy Maddin films in local theatres

By Craig Takeuchi
Looks like My Winnipeg is ending its run tonight at Cinemark Tinseltown.
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Cuban flair at Vancouver Latin American Film Festival fundraiser

By Craig Takeuchi
Hola mi amiguitos!
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Every film has a Chinese connection now

By Craig Takeuchi
Looks like the recent trend of bisexual men popping up in lots of movies has been replaced by having a Chinese connection in every movie.
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The Dark Knight curse continues: Morgan Freeman injured

By Craig Takeuchi
The strange string of misfortunes and tragedies that have befallen the cast and crew of The Dark Knight continues.
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Penelope Cruz becomes a force of nature in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona

By Ian Caddell
Most actors are somewhat excited about working with Woody Allen. However, Penelope Cruz admits that her interest in working with the famed writer/director was a little greater than most actors.
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Why Robert Downey Jr. put on blackface for Ben Stiller in Tropic Thunder

By Ian Caddell
It’s hard to believe that in 2008 a filmmaker would decide to hire a white actor to play an African American. However, director Ben Stiller liked his Tropic Thunder cowriter Justin Theroux’s idea enough to keep it in the film. Then he went out to find someone to play an actor who had made a conscious choice to don blackface for a movie.
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First Weekend Club to throw bhangralicious bash for Amal release

By Craig Takeuchi
Looks like the First Weekend Club is throwing quite the party next week to launch the Canadian film Amal.
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Pride Movie Night: a chance to reflect on LGBT issues

By Craig Takeuchi
Gearing up for both the Pride Parade on Sunday (August 3)? And the Vancouver Queer Film Festival (August 14 to 24)?
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David Duchovny honours the Georgia Straight and Mr. Baldnutz

By Craig Takeuchi
While our city and province were busy honouring the X-Files's Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz, one of the stars of The X-Files: I Want to Believe was busy honouring our own newspaper.
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Province and city honour X-Files's Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz

By Craig Takeuchi
Fans, media, and curious passersby gathered at the corner of Burrard and Smithe in front of the Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver yesterday (July 24) where a roped-off red carpet area had been created. The event was a private screening for the cast and crew of The X-Files: I Want To Believe movie.
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Stickmen try to escape the teenage notebook of hell

By Craig Takeuchi
When you were in school, did you ever draw pictures of people being eaten up, chased by monsters, tortured, fighting alien invaders, and the like? No? Well, maybe you're mentally stable. How boring.
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Is The Dark Knight cursed? Two deaths, Christian Bale arrested, Edison Chen's sex scandal

By Craig Takeuchi
While The Dark Knight has been topping the box office and breaking records financially, the project seems to be haunted by an unusual string of tragedies and bad news.
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Queerwood pulls in the crowds and the funds

By Craig Takeuchi
Who cares about Hollywood or Bollywood? There's something even bigger and better: Queerwood!
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Bed-hopping bisexual men abound on screen

By Craig Takeuchi
You know the whole female bisexual-for-show thing has jumped the couch-potato shark when Lindsay Lohan starts pulling an Anne Heche. But it's just too bad you don't hear much about male stars doing the same swinging thing.
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Film festival puts dance films on Victoria's screens

By Craig Takeuchi
The great thing about dance on film is that it allows audiences to see dances that they may not normally have the chance to see live. Unfortunately, even finding screenings of dance films can often be difficult.
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Guns N’ Roses put the rock into Rock Band 2

By Jon Cranny
On July 14, an announcement at the E3 Media and Business Summit made me giddy. It was about the many features that Harmonix is planning to include in Rock Band 2.
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Toronto International Film Festival taps West Coast content

By Craig Takeuchi
Yesterday, the Toronto International Film Festival announced its Canadian programming for its 33rd edition that will run September 4 to 13.
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