Today brought no real potential to accidentally embarrass myself in front of any film makers or actors, which is a good thing. I rearranged my schedule a bit in order to get home a bit earlier, as this cold thing is getting a bit annoying, and dragging me down a bit. The first movie of [...]
Read more →I went to this on what was contained in the film guide, and I have to say that while they had the general pieces outlined, the synopsis as a whole was a lie. It starts out well enough as a light comedic film about two buddies, one of which (Grandpa) is hopeless with women. His [...]
Read more →Starbucks’ branding is all over the VIFF, and it has been for a number of years. It’s one of those corporate sponsors that puts a lot of time, money, and branding into the event. Starbucks sponsors the telephone information line, and they provide coffee and refreshments for publicity events and press screenings, and in return [...]
Read more →What is real and what is imagined; who is alive, and who isn’t? Present or past? It’s a bit of a muddied view of memory; someone who has lost theirs, and who isn’t able to make new memories, and someone who isn’t able to forget. So unable to forget, that they are drawn again and [...]
Read more →“Schlomo”, at 8 years old, is forced to go undercover in order to save his life. His family is Christian, and the Chosen People are the only ones being evacuated from the camps as part of “Operation Moses.” His mother makes a sacrifice in order to save him. He leaves under the care of a [...]
Read more →Director Marc Levin heads out to find out if people really still believe that the Elders of Zion really existed, and if there really is a massive Jewish conspiracy. Anti-semitism is found in many places, with many people having seen or heard of the book The Protocols of The Elders of Zion. The book has [...]
Read more →In true propaganda fashion, this is a film that picks a side and you should be on that side or you’re going to hate it. If you can accept that Sean Hannity is a jerk, and a mostly useless talking head, and that Bush is evil, then you’ll definitely enjoy this movie; I know I [...]
Read more →It’s been a pretty mellow day here at the Vancouver International Film Festival as far as the films go. I was picking up my tickets this morning and in my confusion in digging for my pass, I delayed just long enough to run into Nagasaki Shunichi; director of Heart, Beating in the Dark; and his [...]
Read more →There’s something about this film that makes it feel a bit like Best in Show with the biggest difference being that the dogs in this movie are dead. I enjoyed Best in Show and Mighty Wind, and I enjoy this documentary; even though Lifelike is the only serious documentary out of the three, it fits [...]
Read more →Three teenage girlfriends force themselves on an early 32 year old, married Keith (David Boreanaz). Threats of exposing him to his wife keep him playing along with the schedule for a bit, because we know any 32 year old being molested by three cute teenage girls would want out. I’m a fan of Caroline Dhavernas’ [...]
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