Actor Jay Benedict dies after contracting COVID-19
Aliens star Jay Benedict has died at the age of 68 after contracting COVID-19.The American actor, who also appeared in The Dark Knight Rises, passed away on Saturday, according to ...
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Celebrity Mark Hamill bids emotional farewell to Star Wars
Mark Hamill has shared an emotional farewell with fans of Star Wars 40 years after he began working on the franchise. -
Movies Julia Louis-Dreyfus hopes families find joy in watching 'Onward'
The coronavirus may have prevented audiences from seeking out Pixar’s Onward when it opened in theatres last month, but now that the animated film is available to stream on Disney+, ... -
Movies The year 1970 gave us these five unforgettable movie classics
The year 1970 was far from perfect, but given today’s chaos, we have three words: Take us back. -
Movies Treasure trove of NFB archive content available online
When Canadian actress Margot Kidder died in 2018, the news stories focused on her troubled personal life and the fact that she had portrayed Lois Lane in the Superman movies ... -
Local News COVID-19: Metro Cinema and local Jewish film fest bringing indie cinema to you
When Metro Cinema skipped five screenings in early March waiting for a projector part, little did they know what was coming their way. -
Movies Coffee & Kareem is a decaf comedy with artificial sweetening, says Chris Knight
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Movies Is a high-tech CGI dog in a movie as good as the real thing?
I watched Call Of The Wild the other night — and the dog was terrific.But this wasn’t the latest tech-obsessed version of the Jack London novel.
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Movies Tales from the Loop is the strangest thing since Stranger Things, says Chris Knight
Amazon Prime series set in small-town Ohio will fulfill your need for '80s nostalgia and mystery -
Movies The Cave retells the story of the Thai cave rescue, less than two years later
An oddity in the structure - why so little focus on the victims? - has to do with film rights, explains Chris Knight -
Movies 'Little Women' blooper: Fan spots water bottle in Greta Gerwig film
A superfan of Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic 1868 novel Little Women has spotted modern water bottles in a scene in the movie – prompting a frenzy ... -
Movies Tidy and well-meaning Marcel Marceau biopic isn't the equal of its subject, says Chris Knight
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Movies Chris Knight: James vs. His Future Self is Looper re-imagined as a rom-com
Time travel comedy mixes Back to the Future, Cyrano de Bergerac, and Big Bang Theory -
Local News Vancouver filmmaker’s COVID-19 film firmly faces racism in our times
Mostafa Keshvari’s 63-minute feature looks at the racism that surfaces during a pandemic, a story that unfolds inside a crowded elevator -
Movies Pitt's topless scene was his idea: Tarantino
Brad Pitt’s topless scene in Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 movie Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood was the star’s idea. -
Television Eternal Family glows with Edmonton links, including a Mac DeMarco how-to
In sensible attempts to keep our functional sanity intact, many of us stuck at home are treating the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic as a chance to catch up on ...
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Movies Periscope down! More great submarine movies
Last week, our column focused on films about submarines. Today, we continue our look at submarine movies, as there are quite a number of them! Crimson Tide, 1995, stars Gene ... -
Movies Diving deep to find some film treasures
Last week, our column focused on films about disasters at sea involving cruise ships. This week, submarine films. -
Movies Cruise ship disasters fodder for films
Cruising has grown more and more popular in recent years, with a corresponding rise in accidents and problems with cruise ships. -
Movies Excellent films produced in the '30s
The 1930s are well known for some great films that inspired re-makes and sequels in later decades. An example of this is entitled Werewolf of London, 1935, with Henry Hull. -
Movies The 'Roaring '20s' make for some great movies
We spent three weeks looking at movies about World War I; now we need to look at the 1920s and the movies of that time. -
Movies Glenn Ford another of the great workhorses of film
Glenn Ford is not always considered a top star in motion pictures, but in fact, Ford was a huge star, appearing in more than three television series and 100 movies. -
Movies Broad range of films concerning World War One
Our next column on film and World War I covers more of the broad range of that war’s films. World War I saw the first major use of air warfare. -
Movies Tribute paid the fantastically-talented Christopher Plummer
One of the finest actors in the history of entertainment is a Canadian, Christopher Plummer, star of stage, radio, television, and movies. -
Movies Mounties in the movies
We have looked at the blue and the grey of the Civil War, the blue-shirted Cavalry of the American West, and the red-jacketed infantry of the British Empire. -
Movies Wealth of films examine Anglo-Indian experience
Our last column focused on the British in India, particularly on films made earlier in the 20th Century showing the resentment amongst Indians to British colonial rule.
