Enemy of the State (1998)

Genre: Action/Drama/CrimeStarring: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa BonetThe US government wants to pass a bill which would allow them to survey citizens private property which is been done in the interest of national security. Congressman Reynolds (Voight) murders fellow Congressman Phillip Hammersly when the latter refuses to...

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Black Sheep @ The Box Office: The Saw Is Finally Dull

It may not be too fair to say so but it would seem that the SAW series has finally warn out its welcome. Ordinarily, it isn't Halloween if it isn't SAW but the sixth installment of the consistently successful franchise pulled in less than half of what the fifth film did. The reason I say it may not be fair to send SAW to the grave just...

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AN EDUCATION

Written by Nick HornbyDirected by Lone ScherfigStarring Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina and Emma ThompsonJenny: All that poetry and all those songs for something that doesn’t last long at all.For a young lady in the 1960’s, options were slim. Girls went to school to learn about Latin and literature but also, and perhaps more...

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Frost/Nixon (2008)

Genre: Documentary/ Drama/ History/Biography Starring: Micheal Sheen, Frank Langella, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Macfayden, Oliver PlattA good movie can be aptly judged by two things. Firstly, the position of a persons back to the seat along with the expression on his/her face. In this case, my nose was barely inches away from the...

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BLU-REVIEW: WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Watching a kids’ movie when you’re actually a kid is really something. Watching that same movie years later can be pretty risky. You could taint the entire memory by watching it with jaded, adult eyes. Or, if you want to see things more positively, maybe you get to escape your difficult adult life for a couple of hours and feel what it...

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Black Sheep @ The Box Office: Number 1 Is Where they Are

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE was originally slated for release in the spring of 2008. It was delayed until the fall of 2008 and then delayed again for a whole year because Warner Brothers and director, Spike Jonze, could not reach a place where they were both happy with the film. Maurice Sendak's book is considered to be one of the most popular...

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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Written by Spike Jonze and David EggersDirected by Spike JonzeStarring Max Records, Catherine Keener and Mark RuffaloVoices by James Gandolfini, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker, Chris Cooper and Lauren AmbroseJudith: Happiness isn’t always the best way to become happy.It’s been a fair amount of time since I was a young boy. Fortunately...

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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)

Genre: Fantasy/Thriller/Action/Drama/AdventureStarring: Bill Nighy, Rhona Mitra, Michael Sheen, Steven Mackintosh, Kevin GreviouxBeing the third installment of the Underworld series, the movie like its predecessors, leapfrogs onto a very different story from what we have seen so far. The first movie gave a small glimpse of Sonja (Mitra) and...

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CONTEST: FESTIVAL DE NOUVEAU CINEMA (MONTREAL)

Montreal's Festival de Nouveau Cinema is well underway and the good folks at the festival want to give Black Sheep readers the opportunity to see two of the more buzzed about films playing in the next couple of days. Be the first person to contact me at joseph.belanger@gmail.com with the name of the film you want to see and your name will...

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Taxi (2004)

Genre: Action/Comedy/CrimeStarring: Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Jennifer Esposito, Gisele BundchenAndy Washburn (Fallon) is utterly hopeless. A disgrace to the NY PD and a bigger disgrace to the driving community. 'Ze Germans' are robbing a bank in Manhattan, which turns out to be a gang of stunning looking girls headed by Vanessa (Bundchen)....

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Black Sheep @ The Box Office: The Sheep Retreats

I am in Montreal, visiting my family and friends for Thanksgiving, the Canadian one. Therefore, there will be no official box office report this week. Just a brief message to ask the filmgoers what is exactly wrong with them? Hollywood throws a bunch of oafish funny men and their pretty wives with whiny, pathetic problems into a tropical...

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Remembering the year 2005

CRASHWritten by Paul Haggis and Robert MorescoDirected by Paul HaggisNOTE: This article has spoilers aplenty and should not be read by anyone who has not seen the movie.I can still remember the feeling of my stomach dropping when Jack Nicholson announced that the 2005 Best Picture Oscar was being awarded to Paul Haggis’s CRASH, and not the...

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Surrogates (2009)

Genre: Science-fiction/Action/Crime/MysteryStarring: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Boris Kodjoe, James CromwellAn American scientific-research company manages to create a robot in order to help the handicapped. The persons brain is synced with the robot, and whatever the human things, it is executed by the robot. However, this...

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Underworld Evolution (2006)

Genre: Fantasy/Thriller/Action/Science-fiction/Mystery/AdventureStarring: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran, Derek JacobiIn continuation with the previous movie, the movie goes into a flashback, tracing the evolution of Lycans and Vampires. Alexander Corvinus (Jacobi) was the first person to go against the order of nature and develop...

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A SERIOUS MAN

Written and Directed by Joel and Ethan CoenStarring Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed and Sari LennickLarry Gopnick: It’s not always easy to decipher what God is trying to tell us.Let alone deciphering, it isn’t always that easy even hearing what God is trying to tell us most of the time. Imagine trying to hear God speak to you...

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Black Sheep presents: The Belanger Brothers vs. The Coen Brothers

PART FOUR: O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?Joseph:I suppose it is somewhat fitting that our final Coen Brothers face-off is about O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? This is not just because I find myself asking that question most times we talk about film in general but also because one of the film's major themes is brotherhood. I was not a fan of this...

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Black Sheep presents: The Belanger Brothers vs. The Coen Brothers

PART THREE: THE BIG LEBOWSKIMatthew:So when we talked about FARGO, I mentioned that it was one of the most overrated movies of all time. THE BIG LEBOWSKI is the other one. I always compare this movie to SCARFACE. Wait for it. SCARFACE and THE BIG LEBOWSKI have some great quotes to them. Some of the most quotable movies ever. But that's...

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Underworld (2003)

Genre: Fantasy/Science-fiction/Thriller/Action/MysteryStarring: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Billl Nighy, Michael Sheen, Shane BrollyLycans or werewolves, and with the Vampires, have been co-existing unknown to the human race for centuries. Both sworn enemies, the Vampires have been killing the Lycans every since the fall of their leader,...

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Black Sheep presents: The Belanger Brothers vs. The Coen Brothers

PART TWO: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MENJoseph:There is nothing you can say to me that will take away from how I feel about this film. After watching it again for the third or fourth time last night, I can confidently say that NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN is the Coen brothers absolute best work. I know I just said FARGO was their bast work yesterday...

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Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

Genre: Drama/War/BiographyStarring: Tom Hanks, Philip Symour Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Amy AdamsFirst, a short history lecture. The Afghanistan government was threatened by Islamic mujahideen's, who were revolting against the government. Feeling insecure, in 1979, the government asked USSR to invade Afghanistan and take over the countries defense....

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Wake Up Sid (2009)

Genre: Drama/RomanceStarring: Ranbir Kapoor, Konkana Sen-Sharma, Supriya Pathak, Anupam KherChange is always refreshing, especially when it comes from someone you don't expect it. Karan Johar dumps his cliched star cast comprising of King Khan, Bachchan family and company. Not only that, he has also deviated from his stereotypical family...

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