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Film

Earth Day Lingers and Jennifer Lopez, an Oscar-winning Mystery from Argentina and a Sad Local Computer Tale Arrive

Do you love this planet? A Disney film and a festival let you keep on marking Earth Day a while longer, although there are alternatives. (Read more)

Fifth Annual Women in Film Festival at Vancity Theatre this weekend is packed with great films and people

Check out the 5th annual Women in Film Festival ( WIFF at womeninfilm.ca ) this weekend at the Vancity Theatre.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo will please mystery fans; for comic book fans there's major buzz about Kick-Ass

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo just may be the best film of the season. Readers and movie fans will both approve. (Read more)

Miley Cyrus, clashing titans and a bunch of plastic toys are new in theatres

For this Easter, should you be looking up some pre-Christian Gods? Liam Neeson plays one in the week’s biggest new film. (read more)

Crazy 8s Gala inspires with six amazing short films by Vancouver filmmakers

A wrap-up with pictures of a yearly festival that features independent filmmakers---and brings out their fans. Welcome to Crazy8s at the Vogue Theatre, Saturday night, on Granville Street where the f

Matt Damon In Iraq, Robert Pattinson in New York and a Feisty Teen in England Top the New Movies This Week

The Iraq war is suddenly back in movie theaters, in three films. Matt Damon mixes action and eye-opening expose in his new one. (Read more)

Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

Cultural Olympiad continues during the Paralympic Games with daring dance, thoughtful theatre and awesome art.

On Eve of International Women's Day Kathryn Bigelow Becomes First Woman Ever to Win Oscar for Best Director

Finally, with Kathryn Bigelow, a woman takes the top award in directing. It's about time.

What Sandra Bullock Said About Her Mother at the Oscars

Sandra Bullock, accepting an Oscar for Best Actress,  took advantage of her  "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to express gratefulness to the people who had contributed to her success...

Fighting the Olympic Blues with The Oscar Wildes and Pre-Oscar Buzz

Do we really have to wait four more years for another winter Olympics?  Not having jewel-like Vancouver to turn to night after night for us in Los Angeles has been a little like tumbling off a...