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Cowboys and Aliens tells tale of monsters vs. bad-ass good guys

If you love cowboy flicks and sci-fi…well… it’s pretty obvious.

Rise Of The Apes shows a few holes

It’s hard to make a good sci-fi movie these days.

KISS bassist turned international television star Gene Simmons happily signs autographs for fans at the Red Robinson Theatre. Photo by Jacob Zinn.

Simmons Clan kick Gene in the Family Jewels

Gene Simmons and family show up in Coquitlam for Q&A session.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon rant

Mike Shames rants about Transformers … and hopes to hell that this one’s better.

X-Men First Class is in

X-Men receives a B+ for its relatable stories and strong cast.

Pirates return with no flounders

Pirates return with no flounders

Writer Mike Shames gives Stranger Tides an A+ in a review of the latest Pirates of the Caribbean flick.

God of thunder? Thor misses and hits a finger.

Thor, God of Thunder, isn’t Oscar-worthy but it entertains nonetheless.

Scream no longer thrills in fourth installment

We don’t know what watching Scream 4 was better for: watching the Cox/Arquette marriage disintegrate or getting to see the Scream plot hash-out one final time.

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Fast Five deviates from car-heist plotlines

Fifth Fast and Furious movie has the series going out with a bang.

Sophia Coppola’s new film entertains but falls short Somewhere

It has been close to five years now since Sophia Coppola’s post modern biopic, Marie Antoinette, hit the theatres.

Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Press Site

Black Swan not just another Hollywood dance flick

The best way to describe Black swan is that it is a psychological, and at times, psychedelic, ballet thriller.

Top 5 funniest travel movies

Writer Carlie Auclair takes us on a trip down memory lane with these gut-busting travel flicks. Don’t forget to pack your sense of humour.

Top 10 dramatic travel movies

By Hayley Woodin [entertainment bureau chief] Is a great travel movie defined by its cinematography? Or is it about an adventurous plot, or even how much the film makes you want to travel to the places in the movie? Everyone will have their own criteria for what movies top their list, but here are 10 [...]

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Classic cartoon character goes 3D

Hanna Barbera’s classic cartoon character Yogi bear, along with his loyal pal Boo Boo, will star in a 3D film produced by Warner Bros.

Efron to play leading man

By Hayley Woodin [entertainment bureau chief] Zac Efron will star in a new romantic drama called “The Lucky One.” The teenage heartthrob will play the role of U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault, acting alongside Blythe Danner (“Meet the Parents,” “Meet the Fockers”) and Taylor Schilling in the screenplay based on the bestselling Nicholas Sparks novel [...]