Articles by Sean Minogue.

Movies Features

It's a B.C. summer of stars and film shoots

By Craig Takeuchi, R. Paul Dhillon, and Sean Minogue
Vancouver's movie industry has been through a rough patch recently, but here’s a rundown of just some of the stars and productions that will be visiting our city during the summer months.
Read more
Movie Notes

Fire up your cameras

By Sean Minogue
Diesel Film Racing Tour is challenging teams from 18 North American cities to prove they can write, shoot, and edit a short film under very tight constraints.
Read more
Movies Features

Gun guy Michael Madsen seeks his redemption in Vice

By Sean Minogue
He’s cut off a cop’s ear in Reservoir Dogs, buried Uma Thurman alive in Kill Bill, and even kissed Susan Sarandon without flinching in Thelma & Louise, but this time Michael Madsen swears things are different with his new film, Vice. “Sure…I’ve fired some weapons in my life, yeah,” he tells the Georgia Straight on a film-set phone.
Read more
Movie Notes

Vancouver website competes with TV

By Sean Minogue
VancouverIAM.com, a new local website, is establishing the I AM Network Fund to assist local Web-TV series producers with $200 to $1,000 per episode, according to George Fleming, CEO of SoMedia Networks Inc., which owns the site.
Read more
Movies Features

Film shoots reduce footprint

By Sean Minogue
According to the B.C. Film Commission’s Web site, there were seven feature films and six TV series in production across the province at press time. Each production has multiple departments working together, from craft services to set design and costumes, to name just a few. Some Lower Mainland businesses are making it easier for each department to “green” its activities and reduce the environmental impact of each project as a whole.
Read more
Movies Features

Zeros 2 Heroes plots move from online to silver-screen hit

By Sean Minogue
Age of Heroes struck a chord with the on-line community and won one of several people’s-choice awards building momentum in what could be the next big comic-book franchise.
Read more
Television

Geeks, puck bunnies roll out on Canuck TV

By Sean Minogue
While the Writers Guild of America strike rages on south of the border, new and returning Canadian television productions keep rolling out, covering everything from cross-border issues to techno geeks and puck bunnies. Check out these highlights.
Read more
Movies Features

Intelligence provides proof that crime pays

By Sean Minogue
Ian Tracey returns to the small screen in one of the fall TV season's most highly anticipated dramas, and he thinks cops and crooks sometimes look at life the same way. "Adversaries can sometimes relate a lot to the same problems," the star of CBC's Vancouver-based adult drama, Intelligence, tells the Georgia Straight.
Read more
Television

The hockey, the heart, the hits of our fall TV

By Sean Minogue
Toss the sunscreen aside and pick up the remote. It's time to say goodbye to another balmy Vancouver summer. But don't worry your fading farmer's tan won't be the only red-and-white thing this fall. Homegrown Canadian productions will keep you in your seat till Christmas with must-see documentaries, miniseries, and dramas.
Read more