The epic conclusion to three quarters of an idea stretched into a trilogy of movies arrives in The Hangover Part 3. To track down the crazed Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong), mob boss John Goodman forcibly recruits the Wolfpack (Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis). Deviating even slightly from the carbon copy Hangover 2 at least […]
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Fast & Furious 6
Possibly the most consistent American fantasy film franchise comes roaring back into theatres with Fast & Furious 6. Getting a little too old for this shit, F&F6 finds Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto bringing his crew of superhumanly gifted car thieves out of retirement to rescue ex-girlfriend and previously dead Michelle Rodriguez from a dangerous, international […]
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Mud
The simplicity of childhood gets washed away in Mud, a Mark Twain-like boys’ adventure fable. When fourteen-year-old Ellis and his best friend Neckbone (a name that never ceases to be entertaining) investigate an abandoned boat, stranded high up in a tree after a devastating flood, the boys find a mysterious drifter whose name is Mud […]
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What to do with the Cogswell Interchange?
Over 200 people joined together at the Marriott Harbourfront Hotel last night to eat tzatziki, drink coffee and discuss whatever to do with that Cogswell Interchange. It was the Strategic Urban Partnership’s Cogswell Shakeup event, which brought in a crowd of private citizens and public officials to hear Cogswell redevelopment ideas from over a dozen […]
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Anti-abortion activist honoured. WTF?
It’s an old joke that anytime an institution uses words like “family,” “morality” or “decency” it usually means the exact opposite. That appears to be the case in the upcoming Family Values Awards, which is set to give longtime local anti-abortion advocate Herm Wills recognition for his work with the Campaign Life Coalition. Wills has […]
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s American classic gets the splashy 3D adaptation no one was particularly asking for in Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby. To recount the plot every high schooler knows; Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) moves to West Egg, New York and befriends the mysterious Jay Gatsby. The young millionaire throws opulent parties, but longs for […]
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Tyler Perry Presents: Peeples
Everyone involved in Tyler Perry Presents: Peeples, a lacklustre meet-the-parents romantic comedy, deserves some sort of medal for keeping out anything even resembling Perry’s trademark cinematic poison. Regular guy Wade (ever loveable Craig Robinson) crashes his girlfriend’s family reunion in the Hamptons to ask for her hand in marriage, only to find that his lady […]
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To the Wonder
King of the summer blockbusters, Terrence Malick returns with a vengeance in the broody slab of melancholia, To the Wonder. Olga Kurylenko is a French ex-pat brought to small town America with her precocious daughter by stoic boyfriend Ben Affleck. Under the shadow of her poetic narration, the two struggle to stay together as Affleck […]
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Still Mine
It’s man versus bureaucracy in a stunning true tale from New Brunswick, Still Mine. Elderly farmer Craig Morrison (a dressed-down James Cromwell) just wants to build a small house for his Alzheimer’s stricken wife, the project offering a welcome usefulness in his autumn years. But building inspection officers begin to get in the way. First […]
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Iron Man 3
Tony Stark squares off against his greatest foe to date—panic attacks—in the inevitable Iron Man 3. After saving the planet from cyborg zombie aliens in The Avengers, Stark (the getting-a-little-old-for-this Robert Downey Jr.) retreats to his workshop to tinker with his fantastical toys. When a paralyzing attack by hipster terrorist kingpin The Mandarin (Sir Ben […]
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The Sapphires
A somewhat true story is hacked up and spit out as superficial feel-good ’60s melodrama in the disappointing Australian movie, The Sapphires. Three Aboriginal sisters (and their light-skinned cousin) with some golden pipes get the chance of a lifetime when a washed up producer (Chris O’Dowd) helps them tour USO shows during the Vietnam War. […]
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Blackbird
Jason Buxton’s locally-made, festival darling finally comes to theatres in the earnest depiction of youth justice, Blackbird. Teenager Sean Randall is your typical outsider goth. When his friendship with local “puck bunny” Deanna (Alexia Fast) angers her jock boyfriend, Sean becomes the target of some vicious bullying. Pushed to his breaking point, he crafts an […]