Next week, get out and find some great films, on August 13th, Vancouver’s second largest film festival gets underway. The Vancouver Queer Film Festival brings films from around the world for 11 days of movies and events happening all around the city. In addition to celebrating the best in independent queer cinema the VQFF aims…
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DOXA Closing Night
The 2015 DOXA Documentary Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday with closing night film “Iris” preceded by the 2015 festival awards. The 2015 Jurors choose the following films in the four categories; Nigel Moore Award for Youth Programming: Victoria Lean for “After The Last River” DOXA Short Documentary Award: Dan Popa for “Island & Flight”…
Top 10 Grossing Movies of 2014
This year, like many recent years at the movie box office is filled with sequels and remakes as movie studios stick to what works. In fact, The LEGO Movie is the only unique film in the Top 10, the remainder are parts of a franchise or remake/reboot of a pre-existing work. With the budgets for…
2nd Story: Blood Alley
The Only Animal has a mission to create theatre that has a deep connection with place, the environment is often the inspiration for many of their theatre experiences and that is exactly the case for their latest The Only Animal presentation, 2nd Story: Blood Alley. Launching September 27th and 28th, the outdoor setting allows guests to experience…
2014 MTV Movie Awards Winners
The light hearted and always entertaining MTV Movie Awards were presented on Sunday night at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Hosted by late night host Conan O’Brien, the telecast featured performances by Ellie Goulding, Zedd, Twenty-One Pilots, Eminem and Rihanna. Leading the way with eight nominations were the films; American Hustle, The Wolf Of…
25th Annual Queer Film Festival
Tonight the 25th Annual Queer Film Festival kicks off with the Opening Film Magnificent Presence at Vancouver Playhouse, followed by the Gala Party at Vancouver Fanclub on Granville Street. The eleven days that follow is a showcase of dozens of films, making it the second largest film festival in Vancouver and one of the largest Queer…
Movies so bad they’re good.
As the year ends, tv stations and networks seem to trot out an endless run of films to fill the hours while their first run shows are on hiatus. It’s always a good time to catch up on a missed gem or more importantly, catch up on a favourite B Movie, something you wouldn’t seek…