F*ck is a pretty in-depth and comprehensive study of the word, its uses, and its origins, and makes use of all the interview materials available of those who have something to say on the matter. The documentarians talked with celebrities, pundits, politicians, newsmen, porn stars, and comedians as they made the rounds of the historical analysis and free speech debate.
For my money, watching any collection of short films is getting good value for your moviegoing dollar. Especially the SOHO shorts. These short films were the winners out of the Rushes SOHO Shorts Festival held at the beginning of August. Edmonton is just the first stop for this collection on a worldwide tour.
I couldn't really get into this story about a young woman struggling with the decision to either stay forever young as a party girl down the path of destruction or grow up, move in with a nice fella, and be a banker or whatever it is that you do when you mature.
Normally this would be a fine little story â€" nothing original mind you, but a story would be there.
Kiviaq as a person is a fascinating study. Born in the Arctic, given a Christian name, transplanted to Edmonton, played football with the Eskimos (irony!), got on City Council, became a lawyer... it goes on and on like this. Now he is fighting cancer and Canada regarding the civil rights of the Inuit people.
Review: The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Posted by: Scott Hayes • September 29, 2006 @ 11:59am
As unconventional as the storytelling may be, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen is indeed a powerful recollection of not just a relevant event in the history of Inuit people, but also a stunning social document on who they were as a people not more than 100 years ago.
Review: The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
Posted by: Dean Kish • September 29, 2006 @ 11:59am
It's a bleak world in the Arctic.
In 1912, Danish explorers come upon a tribe of Inuit who are still embracing the old ways. Their traditions have been passed down from generation to generation and they really have no desire or drive to change.
Jon Heder stars as Roger, a meter maid who lacks self confidence, and all he wants in the world is to ask out his cute neighbor, Amanda (Jacinda Barrett).
Roger gets some advice from one of his friends about a class that helps people with self confidence and that the class did wonders for his friend.
The class is taught by the mysterious Dr.
There have been at least a thousand different films about arrogant rookies who endure basic training and make their new commanding officer proud. We have had army, air force, and marines, but has there ever been one about U.S.
Jon Heder is getting dangerously close to Will Farrell and Owen Wilson territory: playing the same character in every movie.
In School for Scoundrels, Heder is uber-nerd Roger. He works for the New York Parking Authority, handing out tickets for parking violations. He gets harrassed on the job, gets no respect from co-workers, and can't find the cajones to ask his neighbor out.
There have been so many movies made about World War II and so many of them are considered classics. Films like The Guns of Navarone, Midway, Dirty Dozen, and Saving Private Ryan are all considered classics of the war genre.
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