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HOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: The Incredible Journey – Review

January 30, 2018September 16, 2018ReviewHollywood's Canada, Sheila Burnford, The Incredible Journey

One of my favourite Disney films growing up was the 1993 wilderness adventure, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey; the epic tale of two dogs and a cat braving hundreds of miles of treacherous terrain to

Demolition (Review)

January 24, 2018January 22, 2018ReviewDemolition, Jean-Marc Vallee

Last week, in my review of Jean-Marc Vallée’s Wild, I acknowledged the Montreal director’s increasingly recognisable style, which makes use of fleeting images and flashbacks to produce emotionally hard-hitting revelations in the present. The intricate

HOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: The Far Country – Review

January 23, 2018September 16, 2018ReviewAnthony Mann, Corinne Calvet, Hollywood's Canada, James Stewart, John McIntire, The Far Country, Walter Brennan

The enduring legends of the 1890’s Klondike Gold Rush were more than enticing enough to lure Hollywood away from the rocky plateau of Monument Valley for a spell. This gave filmmakers an opportunity to cast

Permission (Review)

January 18, 2018August 16, 2018ReviewBrian Cranos, Dan Stevens, David Joseph Craig, Francois Arnaud, Gina Gershon, Jason Sudeikis, Morgan Specter, Permission, Rebecca Hall

A movie about love, directed by Brian Cranos. We all know how love stories go, but this one adds a new twist to the basic love story. Maybe even more than one twist. Anna (Rebecca

Wild (Review)

January 17, 2018January 17, 2018ReviewCheryl Strayed, Jean-Marc Vallee, Wild

The concept of visual poetry is not so easily defined. If I were to make any sort of attempt at defining it, I would say that it is something you sense or feel, evoked from

HOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: Rose-Marie (1936) Review

January 16, 2018January 14, 2018ReviewHollywood's Canada, Rose-Marie

It’s likely that Canada has doubled for every state in the union at least once in countless Hollywood productions filmed in places like Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal over the years. But it may come as