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HOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: Gene Autry and the Mounties

February 15, 2022February 14, 2022ReviewCarleton Young, Elena Verdugo, Gene Autry and the Mounties, Jim Frasher, Pat Buttram, Richard Emery

It’s been quite some time since I’ve written an entry in this series, inspired by Pierre Berton’s immortal tome of the same name. While flipping thru the filmography appendix, I noticed the unofficial prequel to

5 Hollywood Pioneers You Didn’t Know Were Canadian

February 8, 2022February 7, 2022ExclusiveAllan Dwan, Jay Silverheels, Louis B. Mayer, Mack Sennett, Mary Pickford

Just about everyone on both sides of the 49th are well aware of the Canuck credentials of such Hollywood heavyweights as Ryan Reynolds, Keanu Reeves, Rachel McAdams and Jason Reitman (Apparently the letter “R” holds

VSFF 2022 Reviews in a Capsule

February 1, 2022January 31, 2022Festivals, ReviewMensch is a Mensch, Quarantine Fling, The McTheorem, Vancouver Short Film Festival, VSFF

Why don’t studios bother with short films anymore? There simply has to be demand for bite-size stories in a world of two hour+ features and butt-numbing bingeable series. In the meantime, it’s the independent filmmakers

Tales from the Background: THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN

January 25, 2022January 24, 2022IndependentTales from the Background, The Art of Racing in the Rain

While the last entry in this series ended on a rather final note, I’ve since realized that I neglected at least one background appearance. The reason for this oversight is likely because I was unable

CITY OF DREAMS (Book Review)

January 18, 2022January 18, 2022ReviewBernard F. Dick, Carl Laemmle, City of Dreams

There’s a persistent romantic image that the logos that precede our multiplex blockbusters (Paramount’s mountain, Columbia’s torch lady) represent the great dream factories that have churned out motion pictures on huge soundstages hosting massive sets

SWAN SONG Sings a Soulful Ballad

January 11, 2022January 10, 2022ReviewBenjamin Cleary, Dax Rey, Glenn Close, Mahershala Ali, Naomi Harris, Swan Song

If our bodies can be cloned perfectly, right down to the molecule, does that mean our soul, our very essence, can be copied too? While human cloning remains illegal in much of the world, the