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Archive for the ‘Documentary’ Category

November 30th, 2005

Now Available on DVD - Nov. 30th

The penguins are invading! Your home entertainment system that is… Smash hit documentary March of the Penguins is out on DVD. I went to see this in the theatre and I can honestly say that I really enjoyed it, and so did the children that were in there with me, so it […]

By Erin Harvey -- 1 comment

November 24th, 2005

Now Available on DVD - Nov. 23rd

This week we get to see the movie that made Tom Cruise go crazy! Well maybe not, he’d been on a bit of a slippery slope for a while, but War of the Worlds was around about the time that the first cracks in the public facade began to gape, causing a rift with […]

By Erin Harvey -- 2 comments

November 18th, 2005

New in Theatres This Week

Believe it or not, there are actually other movies coming out this weekend. But only one in wider release, making it seem like all of the other studios are quaking in fear of letting their piddly movies go up against the unbeatable power that is Harry Potter.
Yes, the boy wizard is back for Harry […]

By Erin Harvey -- 0 comments

October 7th, 2005

Wal-Mart Expose To Screens in November

I can smell it brewing…can you? That at once intoxicating and nauseating feeling that arises from the pit of your stomach when you just know that the crap is going to hit the fan?
Brave New Films has taken aim at the top for their first production, a Robert Greenwald documentary called Wal-Mart: […]

By Erin Harvey -- 1 comment

September 28th, 2005

Fog of War

Last night I watched the Oscar winning Documentary “Fog of War” dircted by Errol Morris. It is essentially an expose on the very interesting Robert S. McNamara. Phillip Glass provides the soundtrack, and the film takes a very stirring look at some of the war-time activities of McNamara, and the effects of some of his […]

By Jacob Murphy -- 0 comments

September 26th, 2005

March of the Penguins: Leave It Be

Why is it that people must take even the most innocent of things, like a documentary about penguin life in Antarctica, and twist it into some mangled political propaganda that sours the movie-going milk for the rest of us?
I went to see March of the Penguins based on the fact that I love animals, and […]

By Erin Harvey -- 7 comments

September 16th, 2005

No More Tears Sister

When Helene Klodawsky, a graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art, was approached by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) to direct a documentary film based on the theme of “Women and War”, the wealth of opportunities within such a broad area were overwhelming. As she told the scattered crowd at […]

By Erin Harvey -- 1 comment

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