Landmark Cinemas’ Filmtastic Films series reaches its halfway point October 9 with Water For Elephants, a charming period piece about circus life in Depression-era America. […]
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It’s almost as if the summer blockbuster season has started early, with the much-heralded opening of The Hunger Games. Based on a best-selling trilogy by
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At the risk of alienating a packed theatre full of 18 to 25-year-olds, I must confess after a recent viewing of 21 Jump Street, to
The last in Landmark Cinemas ‘Filmtastic Films series for this season screens this week at the Qwanlin. A Dangerous Method is the latest film from
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The second-last movie in Landmark Cinemas’ FilmtasticFilms series at theQwanlin Cinema this week isCarnage, a black comedy with an all-star cast. Academy Award winners Kate
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Now that the Oscars buzz has subsided, with the winners all declared, it’s gratifying to see that at least one Academy Award nominee has currently
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Landmark Cinemas’ Filmtastic Films series (formerly called the Arts Films series) reaches its halfway-point this week with Like Crazy. A shoestring-budget independent feature that won
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Landmark Cinemas’ Filmtastic Films series has returned for another season at the Qwanlin Cinema, showing recent independent films and mainstream movies that would not normally
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For Toronto film director Ingrid Veninger, keeping it in the family seems to be a recipe for success. She will be accompanying her newest film,
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This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Yukon Film Society’s Available Light Film Festival, highlighting an impressive array of more than 30 feature films
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what happens to the Homecoming Queen when she’s past her prime? That’s the question posed for Charlize Theron in her new film Young Adult. Theron
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It was exactly two years ago this week that this column first graced the pages of What’s Up Yukon, with a review of Clash of
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The most recent in Landmark Cinemas’ Filmtastic Films series (formerly the Art Films series) is Canadian director David Cronenberg’s 2012 Cannes Film Festival entry, Cosmopolis.
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Clint Eastwood’s new film Trouble With The Curve is the first on-screen featurre outing from the 82-year-old actor since his 2008 appearance in Gran Torino,
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Summer may be over, but it seems the sequels and remakes are not. Quickly ascending to the Number 1 box office position in its first
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The onset of fall signals the start of a new season for the Yukon Film Society’s Available Light Cinema series at the Yukon Arts Centre.
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I’m probably not the best person to review The Expendables 2, not being a particular fan of its genre to begin with, and having a
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green is a strange little sort of movie that borders on being maudlin, but still manages to bring forth its
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The Bourne Legacy is the fourth in the highly successful series of films adapted from Robert Ludlum’s spy novels, featuring Matt Damon as renegade intelligence
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The summer onslaught of sequels and remakes continues unabated, without showing signs of letting up. One of the latest entries in Hollywood’s parade of sameness
The Whitehorse Curling Club will undergo a transformation a little over a week from now, taking on a picnic/drive-in atmosphere for Movie Night at the
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It seems the summer blockbuster season this year isn’t turning out all that badly after all, with the quality of major films already a lot
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Yukon Film Society’s Available Light Cinema series is scheduled for at least one summer showing at the Yukon Arts Centre, although it’s been switched from
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Thirty-five year old Boston rental car agent John Bennett has been dating his girlfriend, Lori Collins, for four years. Lori wants to get married, but
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Visitors to the Atlin Arts and Music Festival this weekend can look forward to an excellent lineup of films to round out their entertainment schedule,
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Adam Sandler’s latest starring vehicle is a crude and lewd piece of low-life comedy that may well offend a certain demographic slice of the population,
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Director Ridley Scott broke some real ground in science-fiction films, first in 1979 with Alien, and again in 1982 with Blade Runner. Both films flew
Men in Black 3 doesn’t do badly at all, in a season that’s already beginning to regale us with remakes and sequels. Will Smith and
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We’re in the thick of it now. Blockbuster season has arrived, with its bumper crop of sequels, remakes and films based on comic-book heroes. Still
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