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Siberia. The Gulag. These are words and places that denote isolation and human deprivation on a scale that most of us cannot imagine. Director Peter Weir, best known for Dead Poets Society (1989) has chosen this setting for an epic…Read More→
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Stroll through a mall or an electronics store and you’re likely to experience it – your own image captured on a screen in front of you. Look more closely, and you’ll notice the monitor with your image is internally framed…Read More→
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The film credit line, based on a true story–or alternately–inspired by true events–is appearing more often on today’s movie screens. A quick glance at the contenders vying for 2010’s top film awards reveals several that fall in that category sometimes…Read More→
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A friend of mine once developed his own five-point scale to address the question of how serious, or artistic, a particular movie might be. On the low end of the scale was a flick, followed by a show, moving upward…Read More→
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An early scene in The King’s Speech reveals much of what the audience needs to know about the title character and his world. In 1925, Albert, the Duke of York (Colin Firth), is addressing a capacity crowd at Wembley Stadium…Read More→
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Have you every wondered if there’s anything that’s not for sale in this day and age? I used to think artistic integrity wasn’t, but who knows that it won’t be available on the Shopping Channel sometime soon. Earlier this year…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON—At first blush, there’s no immediate connection between Broadway show tunes, jazz and the theology of family, but a conversation with Mike Janzen might connect the dots for many. Janzen is a versatile composer, arranger and piano talent whose…Read More→
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Felix Bush (Robert Duvall) is the central figure in Aaron Schneider’s newly released period piece, Get Low, a film set in Tennessee’s Eastern Appalachians during the Great Depression. He’s a crusty, shotgun-toting curmudgeon who hunkers down on his 300 acres…Read More→
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Those who prioritize family considerations in their decision-making to relocate to another city now have a new resource to consult. “Canada’s Top Family-Friendly Cities,” a recent document released by the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada (IMFC), provides a report…Read More→
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“It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine” (Great Big Sea). The end of the world and its aftermath are not likely to make any of us “feel fine,” should it occur in our…Read More→