To Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, and Sundance we can now add Nelson. The Civic is calling this weekend’s Kinesis 2017 “A Celebration of Kootenay Film,” but I’m simply going to call it a “Film Festival Plus.” “Plus,” because, on top…
French director Luc Besson makes spectacular films that are delightfully bonkers. His latest sci-fi epic, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, is the most expensive French film ever made, and, like many of Besson’s movies, has split opinion…
One cliche of movie hyperbole that always attracts my attention is the annual “sleeper hit of the summer.” Add in “Sundance favourite” and I’m sold. This summer, The Big Sick is that film. https://youtu.be/PJmpSMRQhhs This romantic comedy premiered at the…
We caught up with Nelson born actor Thomas Middleditch, starring in this week's animated feature Captain Underpants, to ask him a few questions Is it more difficult to voice act for animation than being on a set? "Actually it's easier. Most of the…
Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant is a sequel to his Alien origins movie Prometheus (2012), while also serving as a prequel of sorts to his original Alien (1979). https://youtu.be/svnAD0TApb8 If you’re a fan of the Alien film series, this will all…
Enter to win some awesome prizes during the week of Beauty and the Beast! Friday April 28th to Thursday May 4th Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is a live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic which refashions the classic characters…
Ghost in the Shell (2017) is the much-anticipated live-action sci-fi thriller based on the Japanese comic (manga) Kōkaku Kidōtai, subtitled The Ghost in the Shell and first serialized in 1989. Since then, there have been several anime (Japanese animation) film…
There’s a very special treat coming to The Civic on March 26th. For fans of Studio Ghibli or animated fables in general, the accolades behind The Red Turtle should whet your appetite for the coming film. A voiceless narrative following…
Julieta is Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s 20th feature film and is based on three short stories by Canadian novelist and Nobel Prize winner, Alice Munro. https://youtu.be/yoi4dbpqZmg Almodóvar has been making feature-length movies for nearly 40 years and remains Spain’s most internationally acclaimed…
My teenage daughters are eagerly awaiting the new movie set in the world of Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, directed by David Yates. I can’t pretend I’m not looking forward to it myself too. Although the…
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