Sanctum At first I was attracted to this by the mention of James Cameron as executive producer whose standards are high enough to helm technical masterpieces like Avatar and Titanic. He’s not directing this, but his name should be enough to register a lot of interest. Then, I watched the trailer and was impressed by […]
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January 8, 2011 by
Season of the Witch (2011) I’m on the side of the knights in Season of the Witch, a medieval, black plague fantasy cum horror. The accused is in the right corner – a girly witch. In the left corner are the knights from the Crusades. All kind of dark. But is it a case of […]
Pete’s Quick Preview
January 3, 2011 by
A quick look at what’s coming up in the next few weeks from our resident film guru Peter Veugelaers. Jan/Feb 2011 There a few carry over films from the previous year being released in more theatres, including The Company Men, Frankie and Alice (starring Halle Berry) and Country Strong (starring Gwyneth Paltrow), which were at […]
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December 25, 2010 by
Pete’s Preview by Peter Veugelaers © 2010 Jonathan Swift’s classic satire about the follies and sins of human kind is given the contemporary treatment. Gulliver’s Travels, first published in 1726, was made into animation in 1939 and a live action/animation version in 1977, which was a British-Belgian co-production. The latest is 3-D which ups the […]
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December 18, 2010 by
by Peter Veugelaers © 2010 How Do You Know has a good cast for a comedy and a good, and experienced Oscar-winning writer/director. In the hands of James L. Brooks it could be getting close to the heights of As Good As It Gets, which Brooks wrote and directed and was released in 1997. The […]
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December 11, 2010 by
Dec 10, 2010. Pete’s Preview by Peter Veugelaers © A year of corporate downsizing in The Company Men should be no sweat for actors Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner and Chris Copper in the lead. It’s a heavyweight top billing. Think back to Space Cowboys except this is not a comedy. The Company […]
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December 4, 2010 by
Dec 2, 2010. Pete’s Preview © by Peter Veugelaers Billed as, “The Citizen Kane of evil Santa movies” (Oscar Hillerstrom), it wasn’t his quote that attracted me first to the tiny marketing leaflet of black action comedy thriller “Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale” at the local art house theatre. I was attracted to the words, […]