Film Reviews

Ex- Pique journalist and movie-loving cinephiliac Jesse Ferreras put forth an interesting concept this week.

It's a good week to be a kid in Whistler.

Back in the days when Vancouver was just starting to get noticed as a bankable place for film and TV production, a new network named FOX anchored their Sunday nights around a Vancouver-based show called 21 Jump Street.

Many people think that here in Canada we don't have much of our own culture. The truth is that we do, but living upstairs from one of the world's largest exporters of (mostly shitty) culture, our stories are often lost amidst the clamour.

We've reached a point where all the classic movie monsters of old have been declawed and wimp-ified. Vampires are no longer immortal blood-sucking fiends using sex to lure you to your deat.

Well, the Oscars are this weekend so don't expect much action at the theatres. Wanderlust opens (with no prescreenings).

Hollywood loves comic book movies because they come with their own rabid fan base to resell crappy sequels and spin-offs that much easier.

Valentine's Day coming up so it's all but inevitable that some sap will drip its way into your local movie theatre.

In the current cinema landscape you gotta have balls the size of watermelons to try and pull off a PG-13 horror movie starring Harry Potter. Especially when it's the first movie actor Daniel Radcliff (a.k.a.

Liam Neeson makes good action flicks — Taken was bad-ass and Hanna was one of the best of last year. This week he's back at it with The Grey , opening Friday at Whistler's Village 8 and the luxurious Garibaldi 5 in Squamish.