Water, by Deepa Mehta, is a fantastic movie that is both Canadian and international at the same time (director Mehta was born in India and the film was shot in Sri Lanka). Its story is thoughtful and emotional, sad and uplifting, factual and fictional. It is everything that a film should be.

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We have all heard the story of the chicken who claimed the sky was falling. We all know it was a hoax and this little gem of a tale is to teach kids not to lie or exaggerate.

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There is an old saying that states, "There is nothing more dangerous than a bored Marine." That saying unto itself perfectly describes the new war film, Jarhead.

Jarhead is directed by Sam Mendes, the man behind American Beauty and Road to Perdition. In both of those films, Mendes was commenting on the American ideal in some way shape or other.

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Sam Mendes hasn't directed many Hollywood movies, but man, what a resume: he won an Oscar for American Beauty in 1999; he was behind the camera for Road to Perdition in 2002; and now his latest is Jarhead, an anti-war film that uses "Welcome to the Suck" as its tagline.

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Have you ever watched a movie and compared it to shuffling a stack of playing cards? Well that's probably the best way to describe the new movie from director Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean).

Nicolas Cage stars as Dave Spritz, a well-paid local weather man who is having a lot of personal problems. Spritz has split from his estranged wife (Hope Davis) and their two kids.

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When Meryl Streep was pitched a movie about a younger man and an older woman, she was excited. Then she found out she was the younger man's mother. Uma Thurman was the older woman.

As written and directed by Ben Younger (Boiler Room), Prime seems like two different movies.

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For most people, the 24th annual Vancouver International Film Festival started on Thursday, September 29th, with the opening day of screenings at the festival's 10 screens. In terms of the official launch of the parties that come with the festival, that occurred later that night at the Aquarium.

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When it comes to challenges, director Marc Forster isn't one to walk away. Forster is the man responsible for such critical darlings as Finding Neverland and Monster's Ball. The films themselves are complete polar opposites, but challenging nonetheless.

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A little girl, her horse, and a triumph of spirit are all elements that we have seen before in a lot of classic films like The Black Stallion, National Velvet, International Velvet, and of course The Horse Whisperer.

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Have you ever heard of the concept a wolf in sheep's clothing? Well, North Country is a little like that, except it's an average film in Oscar clothing.

North Country stars Charlize Theron as Josey Aimes, a struggling working-class mother who feels that the only way to make a better life for her family is to take a grueling job at the local coal mine.

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