EVIL DEAD (REMAKE)
Evil Dead: A title every self-respecting horror fan cherishes and holds deeply to their heart. Remake: A word every self-respecting horror fan dreads hearing and with good reason, given the […]
Category Archives: FILM
TRAILER PARK: MAY 2013
FOUR-MINUTE MOVIE MARATHONS There’s no shortage of commentary out there for the big tent pole movies this May. People have pored over the trailer for Star Trek: Into Darkness to […]
PAIN AND GAIN
Despite years spent devolving into parody, there was always a sliver of hope that, given strong material, Michael Bay was capable of proving himself more than just a shallow exploiter […]
CUFF PREVIEWS
Clip (dir. Maja Milos) by Christine Leonard Twenty-first-century Serbia’s answer to Soviet Russia’s coming-of-age rebel yell, Little Vera (1988), Clip offers a raw and ribald glimpse into the heady passions […]
CALGARY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
10 YEARS OF UNDERGROUND FILMS Though Calgary tends to not pop up on unsuspecting radars as a hotbed for underground film, legions of canny fans flock to art-house theatres in […]
TRAILER PARK: APRIL 2013
JUDGING FILMS BY THEIR TRAILERS Evil Dead April 5 It’s tough to tell who’s who in the red band trailer for Evil Dead, the remake for the Bruce Campbell-starring, Sam […]
SPRING BREAKERS
It takes balls to make a film that takes disapproving aim at an entire generation. However, it takes even bigger balls to fashion one that cleverly disguises itself as an […]
G.I. JOE: RETALIATION
There’s one sequence in G.I. Joe: Retaliation that exemplifies exactly what a decent G.I. Joe movie should be: Brave ass-kicking good guys Snake Eyes (Ray Park) and Jinx (Elodie Yung) […]
OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN
Had Steven Seagal not collapsed so spectacularly into the parodic fat Elvis phase of his career a couple decades ago, Olympus Has Fallen might have wound up being a really […]
GREENLITE ARTS FESTIVAL 48 HOUR ECO FILM CHALLENGE
A TWO-DAY DASH TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR OUR PLANET Now in its third year, the NUTV Greenlite Arts Festival provides a fun way to engage in environmentally-friendly initiatives within Calgary’s […]
