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Reflections of Copies of Adaptations

Reflections of Copies of Adaptations

According to Kirby Ferguson, a smart guy with a website, 74 of the top 100 films in the last decade were sequels, remakes or adaptations, making Hollywood the world's most successful idea remixer.
Back in Black

Back in Black

Time flies, but money never sleeps. If there is one thing we can expect these days, it's yet another sequel.
Dictator Sinks Battleship

Dictator Sinks Battleship

Described as "Inspired by Hasbro's classic naval combat board game" Battleship opens Friday, setting a new low to the levels Hollywood will go for ideas.
God Bless Bobcat Goldthwait

God Bless Bobcat Goldthwait

Maybe it's because crackheads broke into my truck last night (and stole nothing) or maybe I'm just getting old and crotchety, but if you ask me there is a large percentage of today's society who could use a stern talking to.
Summer explodes with a vengeance

Summer explodes with a vengeance

Despite the fresh snow in the alpine or whatever the Gregorian calendar says, it's officially summer — or at least Summer Blockbuster Season.
Long, wrong and safe

Long, wrong and safe

Who remembers last week's 72-Hour Filmmaker Showdown People's Choice Award Winner RUSH with the kickass choreographed ski ballet dance number at the end? It rules right? Turns out the film was directed by Rebecca Wood Barrett AND Lisa Fernandez and s
Romance week vs. festival fun

Romance week vs. festival fun

It's sappy romance week at the Whistler Village 8 and the Garibaldi 5 in Squamish as the latest big-screen adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks book drops this Friday.
You numbskulls...

You numbskulls...

I'm not sure what's opening locally this week but the good news is that The Three Stooges movie that drops on Friday is written and directed by the Farrelly Brothers.
A hard look at Everest's Base Camp

A hard look at Everest's Base Camp

Dianne Whelan's 40 Days at Base Camp premiers in Whistler on Wednesday
'Pretty Dumb' is the new smart

'Pretty Dumb' is the new smart

"Stifler is that guy who hasn't changed, but the world around him has.