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Hollywood North's going green

Not only does environmental sensitivity lead to a competitive advantage, but such greening practices as carbon offsets and reducing/reusing will keep the world healthy enough to sustain future movie audiences
Movies Features

A sinister role lured Nicole Kidman to The Golden Compass

The busy actress says she's glad she made time for the adaptation of Philip Pullman's fantasy novel, because her character - Mrs. Coulter - and young Lyra are such interesting women
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For Jennifer Jason Leigh, Margot at the Wedding is nasty fun

Because she's married to Margot writer-director Noah Baumbach, the actor became inured to the unsympathetic Pauline long before filming began
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I Am Legend films zombies in New York

Director Francis Lawrence wanted the grit of true-life Manhattan for his Will Smith thriller, just with zombies added

Movie Notes

Movie Notes

News from Hollywood North

Rainmaker sells off non-animation divisions, Whistler and Langara winners On November 29, Rainmaker Entertainment announced that Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. will purchase two of Rainmaker’s three postproduction facilities...

Movie Reviews

Movie Reviews

Atonement

The adaptation from the Ian McEwan novel gets off to a dazzling start and finishes with a satisfying flourish
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Margot at the Wedding

Writer-director Noah Baumbach comes from a family of writers, but this darkly funny skewering of the craft doesn't feel like a hit job, since the characters are too confused to be hateful
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The Golden Compass

If you're not familiar with Philip Pullman's fantasy novel, the beginning might confuse you. Don't let it, since the movie is a grand adventure. Just follow the heroine
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Czech Dream

This mockumentary following the fake ad campaign for a Prague "hyperstore" comments wryly on the Czech Republic's fading identity in the face of the EU and encroaching globalization
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For the Bible Tells Me So

A provocative documentary studies the courageous act of coming out to Christians
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Awake

Performances by Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, and Lena Olin are strong enough to save the silly premise of frozen-in-the-ER Awake
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Why Did I Get Married?

The story of four couples in varying states of marital crisis is full of earnest prayer, stilted advice, hammy villainy, and ridiculously acrid insults. The movie is maddeningly preachy, awkward, and stagy
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How to Cook Your Life

Doris Dörrie's doc about semi-famed Zen priest and chef Edward Espe Brown doesn't have quite enough about food or philosophy, or even comedy, to make use of in your own kitchen, real or metaphorical
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In Search of Mozart

In 128 minutes (condensed from a larger project for European TV), this doc attempts to cover many large (and many pointless) details of the composer's life
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Walk All Over Me

For a movie about dominatrixes, Walk sure manages to be boring

DVD Releases

DVD Releases

10 DVD collections of film and TV notables

From Bourne to Fassbinder, coccoon-worthy DVDs for everyone
DVD Releases

New on DVD > Frasier, Harry Potter, High School Musical 2, + more

Frasier: The Complete Series A major sitcom of the 1990s finally gets the DVD treatment it deserves. Frasier (Kelsey Grammer ) and Niles Crane (David Hyde Pierce) are two psychiatrists living in Seattle...