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01.02.12
Top Ten Cinematic Treats

Andrew suggests ten dvd rentals for 2012!

12.20.11
Kinsey

Andrew reviews Kinsey this month.

11.22.11
Super

Andrew reviews Super in this month's Rental Fix!

10.18.11
The Road

Andrew review The Road in this month's "Rental Fix".

09.27.11
The Trotsky

Andrew Vallance review The Trotsky in this month's "Rental Fix".

08.16.11
Thor - Movie Review

Andrew gives this month's film one and a half thumbs up - find out what he liked and disliked about Thor!

07.25.11
The King's Speech

Andrew reviews The King's Speech in the July edition of the Fernie Fix.

05.29.11
Dogma

Andrew review the cult film Dogma this month.

04.23.11
The American

George Clooney has had a very interesting career. He has come a long way from relative obscurity in the 80s when he appeared in sitcoms like Rosanne and performed in movies like Return of the Killer Tomatoes. He has since shunned mainstream Hollywood to act in quirky comedies (The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Burn After Reading, Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou, The Men Who Stare at Goats), political thillers (Good Night and Good Luck, Michael Clayton, Syrianna, The Good German), and art films (Solaris).

03.31.11
The Messenger

This month Andrew reviews The Messenger, check out the trailer and review to see if it's your next rental!

02.28.11
500 Days of Summer

Andrew reviews 500 Days of Summer in this month's "Rental Fix".

01.28.11
Movie Review - The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Andrew Vallance reviews The Sorcerer's Apprentice in this month's "Rental Fix" in the Fernie Fix.

12.30.10
The Social Network

Andrew takes a closer look at the movie about the creator of Facebook.

11.30.10
Angel

Not so long ago, vampires were seen as predatory beasts; vile creatures who fed off the blood of fair damsels, slept in coffins and hated humanity. It was not until fairly recently (in the last 16 years) that vampires have begun to be viewed more sympathetically in North American popular culture.

10.29.10
Mr. Bean's Holiday

This month Andrew discusses the intricacies of "the rubbery faced, socially awkward hero" known as Mr. Bean.

10.03.10
Hot Tub Time Machine

In 2010 Hot Tub Time Machine was released. It tells the tale of three men in their 40s, Nick, Lou and Adam, who, in an attempt to escape their sad lives, try to relive their pasts by revisiting an old ski resort.

09.01.10
Kick Ass

Kick Ass, the story of Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), an unskilled, unnoticed, but impossibly good-hearted comic book nerd who decides to right society’s wrongs while wearing a ski mask and a wet suit.

07.30.10
Garden State

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Hollywood has a long tradition of making films about outsiders, people who, for one reason or another, don’t meld properly with mainstream society.

06.28.10
Alice in Wonderland

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The large number of people responsible for creating the wondrous digital world in which Alice finds herself deserve medals for the marvellous spectacle that they have created in this film. Geeks, in this case at least, really do rule.

04.28.10
Whip It!

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2009 saw the release of Whip It!. It is directed and produced by Drew Barrymore (Charlie’s Angels, Titan A.E., Ever After) who also has a minor role in the film. This is a poorly written movie which tries to be witty, but isn’t, and has some feminist themes, but these are basically just used as an excuse to show attractive 20 and 30-something women in tight shorts.

04.01.10
The Prophecy

The old testament God (Jehovah, Yaweh, or whatever you wish to call him), was a psychopath. It was he who authorized the killing of the first-born in Egypt, turned Lot’s wife into a pillar of salt, and inflicted boils upon Job so that he might suffer horribly. Sometimes he would take an active role in his crimes against humanity, but most often God sent Angels to commit the atrocities.

02.27.10
It's Complicated

Meryl Streep has had a long and distinguished career in film. From playing a holocaust survivor in Sophie’s Choice to playing Julia Child in Julie and Julia, she has displayed a remarkable versatility that can be matched by few other actresses in Hollywood. She has played in great romances like Bridges of Madison County (opposite Clint Eastwood); and acted in powerful dramas like The Hours. It is quite odd, then, that such a famous and talented actor should have chosen a role in a film like It’s Complicated.

01.30.10
Milk

In 1993 Hollywood produced the movie Philadelphia. It was a film about Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks), a gay lawyer at a prestigious law firm, who was wrongfully dismissed because he has AIDS. The story follows his journey and that of his homophobic lawyer (Denzel Washington) as they struggle against Beckett’s former employers for compensation. The movie was generally considered excellent. In my opinion, however, it had several flaws. Philadelphia was a movie about gays that had almost no gay content.

12.30.09
Zombieland

Zombies and film go together like peanut butter and jam. They are a mainstay of the horror movie genre.

11.25.09
The Informant

The American film industry has produced many films about corporate and political corruption and the brave men and women who fight against it. From Eight Days of the Condor to The Insider, Silkwood to Michael Clayton, all of these films feature protagonists who worked for truth and justice, and who, while flawed, are still likeable, and the kind of people you want to cheer for.