Chili Palmer is probably one of the most interesting characters John Travolta has brought to the screen, right beside Vincent Vega and Tony Manero. Travolta's gangster with an obsession with the movie business was such a delight in 1995's Get Shorty.
Ever since The Fast and the Furious and XXX, Vin Diesel has made his mark as a sought-after action hero. The gorgeous known-to-be-buff heart throb undresses his tough-guy-image â€" and takes off his shirt â€" in the new Disney movie The Pacifier.
The story is centered around Emily Wang (Maggie Cheung) and Lee Hauser (James Johnston) – a couple who share a heroine addiction, a dream of making it in the music business, and a son who is currently living with Lee's parents as they stumble from town to town trying gain enough backing to resurface a recording contract.
"This story is about Ryan," says the narrative Chris Landreth. "I live in Toronto, a city in Canada where I see way too many shades of gray for my own good health.
From the director of The Italian Job and A Man Apart, F. Gary Gray is bringing back John Travolta and pouncing on audiences with the sequel to Get Shorty. The follow-up film, Be Cool, is once again riding the surface of stereotypes which was the shtick that made its partner in crime Get Shorty a success.
FilmExchange Review: The Best of Secter & The Rest of Secter
Posted by: Timo Puolitaipale • March 3, 2005 @ 11:59am
In 1965, at the age of 22, English literature major David Secter wrote and directed a drama set on the University of Toronto campus about the friendship between two male students. Winter Kept Us Warm became the first English-language Canadian film to play at the Cannes Film Festival.
CQ2 (Seek You Too) is the story of Rachel (Clara Furey), a troubled 17-year-old dancer who one day by some twist of fate decides to follow Jeanne (Danielle Hubbard), an older dance teacher, as she is released from prison.
Review: Reel 2 Real: Weird Sex & Snowshoes
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys • March 1, 2005 @ 11:59am
Inspired by Katherine Monk's book "Weird Sex & Snowshoes: And Other Canadian Film Phenomena", this adapted documentary serves as a celebration of Canadian cinema.
Each and every year film festivals give film fanatics from around the world a chance to see something unique and different from the traditional Hollywood studio releases and the odd independent or foreign film that might get a short and usually unnoticed run at a local theater before disappearing into relative obscurity and the shelves of a local video store.
It's been another year since I cashed in my Oscar hopes and scares. Why did I wait so long to fire off another Oscar look? Well you would have to look back at the year that was 2004.
As it goes with Oscar, it is the first time in three years that a Lord of the Rings film hasn't sucked up so many categories like a Hoover vacuum.
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