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Hobo With A Shotgun -New Trailer, New Review!

editor@thecoast.ca (Hillary Titley) — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:08:29 -0300

I wonder if you, like me, saw the original Hobo With A Shotgun entry into the faux-exploitation trailer contest in anticipation of 2007's Grindhouse and declared the competition to be over before it started? From the sublimely evocative concept to the vivid yet gritty circus of violence (not to mention David Brunt's honest and bona fide performance), the trailer is a two-minute eye-ball massage for the twisted film-lover at heart.…

Hobo with a Shotgun trailer

editor@thecoast.ca (Sue Carter Flinn) — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:51:00 -0300

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Middle of Nowhere

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Directed by John Stockwell (VVs) by Carsten Knox �Virtue is its own punishment,� says Anton Yelchin�s Dorian. He�s an enterprising pot dealer who reels in his waterpark co-worker Grace (Eva Amurri) into being his driver, promising big bucks.…

Cemetery Junction

editor@thecoast.ca (Sue Carter Flinn) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Directed by Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais (Columbia/Tristar) by Sue Carter Flinn Perhaps the biggest problem with Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais� lukewarm 1970s coming-of-age tale is the anticipation of satirical bite. After all, this is the team reponsible for The Office and Extras.…

The American is subtle but satisfying

editor@thecoast.ca (Matt Semansky) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0300

How you feel about Anton Corbijn's film depends on how you feel about Clooney. by Matt Semansky One�s enjoyment of The American depends on one�s feelings about George Clooney. Director Anton Corbijn is clearly a fan, having placed almost the entire weight of his movie on the actor�s immaculately dressed shoulders.…

Full Atlantic Film Festival lineup unveiled

editor@thecoast.ca (Sue Carter Flinn) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:14:00 -0300

On Tuesday, the Atlantic Film Festival revealed the rest of its schedule, and we managed to drag our sweaty fingers across the keyboard to pick out a few early favourites.

For those who like to be the first to see big commercial films, there’s Stephen Frears’ adaptation of the graphic novel Tamara Drewe and Mike Leigh’s comedy Another Year, starring Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen and Lesley Manville.…

Atlantic Film Festival line-up: Cdn and Atlantic highlights

editor@thecoast.ca (Sue Carter Flinn) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:16:00 -0300

Highlights from the Atlantic Film Festival's Atlantic and Canadian film programs are out, and nothing has made me feel this patriotic since Douglas Coupland’s clothing line for Roots. The Atlantic Gala film on September 17 is Chaz Thorne’s Whirligig, written by Michael Amo and starring Gregory Smith (who makes at least one Coast staffer giddy) as an aimless young man who tries to move back home again.…

Piranha 3D bites the end off of summer

editor@thecoast.ca (Hillary Titley) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Alexandre Aja's flick packs in-your-face blood splatter. by Hillary Titley August is often my favourite month for summer movies, as its titles---like Piranha 3D exemplifies---usually burst the bubble of three months worth of blockbuster pomposity. Piranha appropriates a hallmark of recent box office muscle---3D---and uses it to subvert the wow-factor of the experience by cramming as many unsavoury images as it can into your face.…

The Big C

editor@thecoast.ca (Tara Thorne) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Created by Darlene Hunt - Mondays on Showtime by Tara Thorne Cable TV has been a great refuge not just for women over 40 (Damages, In Plain Sight, Weeds, Nurse Jackie), but a refuge for great women---both characters and the actors who play them. Following the lead of Glenn Close, Mary McCormack, Mary-Louise Parker and Edie Falco is Laura Linney, who�s created a unique, awards-laden career hopping between films (You Can Count On Me), television (John Adams) and New York theatre (she�s got two Tonys).…

Vampires Suck your parody soul

editor@thecoast.ca (Hillary Titley) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer create a movie that stares back at you blankly. by Hillary Titley When Vampires Suck co-directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer look into a mirror, is there a face staring back at them? When they approach an automatic sliding door, does the scanner detect the presence of a soul?…

Get Low leaves on a high

editor@thecoast.ca (Sue Carter Flinn) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

by Sue Carter Flinn In lesser hands, Aaron Schneider's Get Low could have become a Hallmark "curmudgeon with a heart of gold" special. But thanks to nuanced, mature performances from Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek and Bill Murray, we have a quietly entertaining and, at times, funny yarn.…

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