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Cohen and Ferrell to star as Holmes and Watson

July 3, 2008
Borat as Sherlock Holmes? Imagine what kinds of questions he'll ask!
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Sunday matinees: film festival and movie club

July 3, 2008
With the sun shining and temperatures rising, you not want to spend an afternoon inside a movie theatre. On the other hand, those very same reasons may make you want to hide in the comfort of an air conditioned theatre, if it's hot and muggy.
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Seth Rogen comes up with a clean sting as the Green Hornet

July 2, 2008
Los Angeles—Can you be the poster boy for losers and then turn yourself into a comic-book superhero? Seth Rogen thinks he can. Rogen, who famously helped to promote the film Knocked Up through a poster of himself that featured the caption ‘What if this guy got you pregnant?’, is getting ready to play the Green Hornet.
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Religious boycotts spur The Love Guru's flaccid box office performance

July 1, 2008

Never underestimate the power of religion. And don't mock it either. That should be the lesson that Mike Myers learns from the poor box office performance of The Love Guru.

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Costars lead Oscar calls for Heath Ledger in Dark Knight

June 30, 2008
Los Angeles—We may be more than two weeks away from the July 18 release date of the new Batman movie The Dark Knight, but there is a lot of buzz about its chances of winning awards.
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"Stop!" by Mathijs Geijskes

June 28, 2008
For a clever example of the film-within-a-film approach, check out this short from the Netherlands.
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Will Vancouver animator Jay White be nominated for an Oscar?

June 27, 2008
Vancouverite Jay White's "Boar Attack" won the C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures Award for best animated short film at the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival.
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Grahame Greene at SFU: on theatre, Hollywood, and stardom

June 26, 2008
Last night (June 25), the Praxis Centre for Screenwriters presented A Tribute to Graham Greene.
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New websites for Out on Screen and NSI

June 26, 2008
In the past, a lot of people often confused the organization Out on Screen with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival, which they run.
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Bollywood exerts more influence over Hollywood

June 26, 2008
In the near future, aspiring actors may need to pick up a few Bollywood dance moves. It's not just to star in any sequel to The Love Guru. The powerful inroads that Bollywood is making with Hollywood's stars, key players, and financial matters is showing signs that Hollywood may be increasingly influenced by India's ever-expanding film industry.
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Old stereotypes are the new accessories in Sex and the City

June 24, 2008
My gay friends LOVE Sex and the City. I mean LOVE it. (Lurve it.)
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The good life at the Whistler Film Festival Society's La Dolce Vita

June 24, 2008
Hello dahlings. Time for my latest social butterfly diary entry.
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How do you solve a problem like Canadian reality TV?

June 23, 2008
It has almost all the right elements. CBC’s How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?—in which starry-eyed von Trapp hopefuls vie for the role on-stage, Survivor-style—pits talented, young, handsome (to say “hot” would be heresy for the Julie Andrews role) competitors against each other and their own young aspirations.
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Graham Greene's career to be celebrated at SFU event

June 20, 2008
Celebrated actor Graham Greene is coming to Vancouver to participate in SFU's Praxis Centre for Screenwriting program.