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Brüno (2009) dir. Larry CharlesStarring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Clifford Bañagale, Chibundu Orukwowu***1/2It comes as no surprise the ‘Bruno’ wasn’t as successful as ‘Borat’. While Borat cleverly poked fun at America's ignorance and hospitality, “Bruno” puts the country’s own ...
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Sacha Baron Cohen
Rome (2005-2007) created by John Milius, Willam J. Macdonald, Bruno HellerStarring: Ciaron Hinds, James Purefoy, Kevin McKiddThis posting doesn’t really serve as a review but an admonition of excitement about getting to work on watching the lauded television series ‘Rome’. The series, created by ...
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Godzilla (1998) dir. Roland EmmerichStarring: Matthew Broderick, Maria Pitillo, Michael Lerner, Jean Reno, Hank Azaria*By Alan BacchusHowever silly and cornball “Independence Day”, there was a thrill in bringing back the simple earth vs. aliens b-movie plotting. And certainly watching major ...
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Roland Emmerich
Il Divo (2009) dir. Paolo SorrentinoStarring: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci, Carlo Buccirosso**By Alan BacchusThe story of seven-time Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti's controversial leadership in the latter stages of his 50-year service, which saw him accused ...
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Cars (2006) dir. John LasseterVoices by: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, Tony Shaloub**1/2By Alan BacchusAs creative director of the company, over most of the decade John Lasseter had served as a supervisory Walt Disney-like role in the Pixar family. “Cars” was Lasseter’s ...
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White Material (2009) dir. Claire DenisStarring: Isabelle Huppert, Isaach De Bankole, Christopher Lambert***By Blair StewartA bitter, brittle remark on colonial Africa just before the whites all fled, Claire Denis revisits her childhood days in the great Continent. Isabelle Huppert is Maria, a ...
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Isabelle Huppert
The Exiles (1961) dir, Kent McKenzieStarring: Mary Donahue, Homer Nish, Clydean Parker, Tom Reynolds, Rico Rodriguez***1/2By Alan BacchusThe reputation of Kent McKenzie’s “The Exiles” precedes it. The famous USC student film about aboriginal youths living in Los Angeles was often discussed as a ...
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The following is part of a continuing series of features breaking down the trends of cinema in the 2000's. Click below for parts 1 and 2:Part 1: Tentpole Franchisees Part 2: Social RealismIt’s not hard to pinpoint the exact moment when documentaries became more than just an art house or 'special ...
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Up (2009) dir. Pete DocterVoices by: Ed Asner, Jordan Nagai, Christopher Plummer, Delroy Lindo***1/2By Alan BacchusThough I admired “Wall-E” and “Ratatouille” the two recent and arguably best received Pixar films since “Toy Story”, I felt a sense these films wrang out every morsel of cuteness ...
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Thirst (2009) dir. by Park Chan-WookStarring: Song Kang-Ho, Kim Ok-Bin***By Blair StewartA Korean vampire priest is tormented by Catholic Sin in his lust for sex and fineropes of arterial spray in "Thirst", the latest from Chan Wook-Park of "Oldboy" fame.You already had me at 'Korean Vampire ...
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Rocky IV (1985) dir. Sylvestor StalloneStarring: Sylvestor Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Brigitte Nielsen, Talia Shire, Burt Young*** By Alan Bacchus'Rocky IV' has so much going wrong with it, it’s an easy film to pick apart, chew up and spit it out as film criticism, which make it so difficult to ...
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Rocky
Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) dir. Carl DreyerStarring: Maria Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz**** By Alan BacchusThe legend and mystique around Dreyer’s landmark film certainly helps its appreciation – the original version of the silent masterpiece was appeared to have ...
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Full Metal Jacket (1987) dir. Stanley KubrickStarring: Matthew Modine, Arliss Howard, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D’Onofrio****By Alan BacchusWith each successive viewing “Full Metal Jacket” seems to rise the ranks of the Kubrick oeuvre. For me it sits in his top three just below “Dr. Strangelove” and ...
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North By Northwest (1959) dir. Alfred HitchcockStarring: Cary Grant, Eve Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau***½By Alan BacchusDespite its sterling reputation, Hitch’s sprawling cross country epic adventure was never one of my favourites. Perhaps it was the overly-preposterous maguffin ...
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Where The Wild Things Are (2009) dir. Spike JonzeStarring: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark RuffaloVoices: James Gandolfini, Maureen O’Hara, Chris Cooper***½By Alan BacchusAfter 3 years of much publicized production and post-production difficulties bringing this picture to the screen which ...
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Where the Wild Things Are
Max Payne
Rocky (1976) dir. John G. AvildsenStarring: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith***1/2By Alan BacchusThe formulaic nature of the multiple sequels of this film might suggest that 'Rocky' itself is a formula film - that is, chronciling the journey of a down and out ...
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Rocky
The Buttercup Chain (1970) Dir. Robert Ellis MillerStarring: Hywel Bennett, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jane Asher and Sven-Bertil Taube*By Greg KlymkiwThis dull, idiotic, pretentious bit of soft-core is not especially sexy and lacks even the tiniest shred of entertainment value. It is, however, one of ...
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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) dir. Wes AndersonStarring George Clooney, Meryl Streep and Bill Murray****By Blair StewartJoining Tim Burton and Spike Jonze on their forays into youthful material, Wes Anderson raids the farm with Roald Dahl's "The Fantastic Mr. Fox". Featuring a knock-out cast of ...
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The Fantastic Mr. Fox
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Anna Karenina (2009) dir. Sergei SolovyovStarring: Tatyana Drubich, Oleg Yankovskiy and Yaroslav Boyko**1/2By Greg KlymkiwHailed as one of the great novels of all-time, Lev Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” has been adapted into so many film and television versions, one wonders if we will ever get the ...
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Taras Bulba (2009) dir. Wolodymyr BortkoStarring: Bohdan Stupka, Ihor Petrenko, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Magdalena Mielcarz and Sergei Dryden**By Greg KlymkiwVia the Kino/Art Film Festival in Toronto this weekend, audiences will be subjected to one of the vilest displays of cinematic propaganda I ...
