Anne Brodie Nic Cage in a faith-based film? Yes indeed, the hardest working man in show business stars in Left Behind, a drama about The Rapture. That puts him on point and part of the wave of faith based films have been trending the last few months and that will appear over at least the next two
Jason Reitman’s provocative drama Men, Women & Children looks at the disconnects that plague family relationships in the digital age. An all-star cast delves into the human experience at various stages of life, and how they’ve been transformed by instant communication. Life’s issues -love, sex, bullying, honesty, privacy and respect – remain the same but our
Mark Myers did three things for the first time for a documentary called Delivery, ironically enough. Not only did he have a film to deliver and a winning stand-up routine – he’d never done it before and was notoriously shy –he was expecting his first child. The former veejay’s experience in television smoothed the path
Grim scenes of slave auctions in Virginia, circa 1860’s take us right back to a callous, entitled time in the southern US when many households owned slaves. The southern Confederates were at war with the northern Unionists over statehood and lifestyle choices of the past few hundred years including their right to own human beings.
Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace star in the noir crime drama The Drop, which is also James Gandolfini’s last film. You can cut the tension with a knife as various crime elements conspire to take hold of a Brooklyn bar and neighbourhood. Hardy plays a soft hearted bartender who imagines himself to be the moral
Lauren Collins’ is a familiar face worldwide thanks to her work on Degrassi in many of its incarnations, The Best Years, Life with Derek and countless other TV shows and films. She’s a highly regarded actress who literally grew up in front of your eyes. These days Collins is flexing new muscles, co-writing and co-producing
Sloan Avrich grew up watching her father Barry Avrich produce and direct movies and stage productions. Some of his most iconic films Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story, Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky, Jackie Mason: The Ultimate Jew and The Citizen Cohl: Untold Story reveal his passion for unique real life characters.
Jennifer Aniston and Tim Robbins are husband and wife in Life of Crime, Daniel Schechter’s adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel Switch. A pair of incompetent – but likeable – cons (John Hawkes and Mos Def) kidnap her and demand $1M in ransom. Her husband’s not paying, so she joins forces with the abductors to wreak
Rob Grant came to the Canadian Film Centre’s Directors Lab in Toronto with a wealth of experience editing the films Cabin in the Woods, The A-Team, Twilight: Breaking Dawn, and 20th Century Fox’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. He’d spent time writing and directing films to prepare for his new path before joining
Disney’s hugely popular kids show Phineas and Ferb’s on a roll. In the last couple of months, it’s broadcast a special Father’s Day episode and a one-hour Save Summer event guest starring Jay Leno. The fourth season kicks off Sunday, and Canadian fans can see the acclaimed Star Wars crossover episode on August 17. The creators of