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Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation, Vacation, and a historic debate

Reviews of the latest Mission Impossible, Vacation, Best of Enemies, Tangerine, Madame Bovary and Eden

Top 8 Day Trips from Vancouver: Wine Tours in BC's Okanagan Valley

Boasting some of the best wines internationally, British Columbia's beautiful Okanagan Valley is only a drive away.

Spectacular beachfront comfort at Ocean Village Resort in Tofino, B.C.

After the summer crowds clear out, Ocean Village in Tofino is a wonderful place to go for a kicked-back weekend with the kids, romance, surfing, or all of the above...

Transformers Dark of the Moon, Larry Crowne, The Mountie and a Czech retrospective

The shapeshifting toys are back in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, one of the biggest movies of the summer but a blow to history. (read more)