Shrek Forever After (2010)

Genre: Animation/Comedy/Romance/Adventure/FantasyStarring (voice): Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, Walt DohrnI personally felt that DreamWorks should not have ventured beyond Shrek 2, something which got proven right with the fourth installment of the series. Shrek (Myers) the big, fat, ugly, green ogre and Fiona...

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Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Genre: Fantasy/Animation/AdventureStarring: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathway, Crispin GroverBased on Lewis Caroll's two very famous children's books, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, the movie narrates the story of a 19 year old Alice who escapes from her wedding and...

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Police Academy (1984)

Genre: Comedy/DramaStarring: Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, G.W. Bailey, Bubba Smith, Donovan Scott, George Gaynes Fed-up with the high crime rate in the city, the mayor enforces a new law where anyone and everyone can apply to the police force and there would be no restrictions for entry. All those people who dreamt of being on the police...

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Kites (2010)

Genre: Romance/Drama/ActionStarring: Hrithik Roshan, Barbara Mori, Nicholas Brown, Anand Tiwari, Kiran Bedi, Kangana RanautThere is a standard rule when it comes to Bollywood. The amount of hype a movie creates is inversely proportional to its success. My self-made statistics reveal that 99.99% of the viewers preferred to expose themselves...

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AGORA

Written by Mateo Gill and Alejandro AmenabarDirected by Alejandro AmenabarStarring Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella and Oscar IsaacIn 391 A.D., people still believed that the Earth was not only flat but that it was also the center of the universe and that the sun, along with the other wanderers, known to the Pagan Greeks of the time as the other...

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SEX AND THE CITY 2

Written and Directed by Michael Patrick KingStarring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia NixonCarrie Bradshaw: That’s the thing about tradition; when you’re not looking, it just sneaks in.When I first discovered the “Sex and the City” television series, I saw it as a tiny, little gift from heaven.  This series...

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Best of Black Sheep: SEX AND THE CITY

Written and Directed by Michael Patrick KingStarring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristen Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Chris NothCarrie Bradshaw: You know that this is a fairy tale, right sweetheart? Things don’t always work out like this in real life.It’s important to state right away that I am a devout fan of the “Sex and the City”...

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Taking Chance (2009)

Genre: Drama/War/BiographyStarring: Kevin BaconUS Marine Lt.Col. Michael Strobl (Bacon) has served in the US Army for almost his entire life but has seen little field action. Apart from a short stint in Desert Strom he hasn't seen much and has been confined to a desk job. He feels that he hasn't done enough for his country and volunteers...

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Black Sheep @ Inside Out 2010

It is a beautiful day out there, Toronto!  If there is one thing you need to do today, it is to get outside.  And while you're out there, why don't you head on over to the lovely Isabel Bader Theatre to get yourself into the RUSH line for Inside Out's centrepiece gala presentation of Jvier Fuentes-Leon's CONTRACORRIENTE (UNDERTOW)....

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Black Sheep's Blu-Tuesday

This week's new releases are a delicious bunch, stuff you can really sink your teeth into.  And I do mean your teeth.  Specifically, I mean yours and not my teeth as I already sunk mine into the big release this week once before and I think I may have chipped a tooth.  It was definitely way too hard to swallow for me, but you...

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New Moon (2009)

Genre: Romance/Drama/FantasyStarring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattison, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Michael SheenThe Twilight saga continues into its second installment, the New Moon. Bella Swan (Stewart) is madly in love with the vampire Edward Cullan (Pattison) and she realises that Edward will remain the way he is for all his life but...

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Omkara (2006)

Genre: Action/Crime/Drama/RomanceStarring: Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Konkona Sen Sharma, Naseeruddin Shah, Bipasha Basu, Deepak DobriyalSet in rural north India, an area where corruption, outlaws and politicians rule the land, Dolly (Kapoor) a young beautiful girl elopes with one such outlaw. Omkara (Devgan)...

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Black Sheep @ The Box Office

When is $71.25 million not worth shaking a big, green stick at?  When the fourth Shrek installment makes more than $50 million less than the previous installment, that's when.  Studio expectations were already very conservative, expecting SHREK FOREVER AFTER to pull in approximately $100 million, $20 million less than the record...

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

Genre: Fantasy/Science-fiction/ActionStarring: Hugh Jackman, Leiv Schreiber, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins, Taylor KitschThe origination of Wolverine (Jackman) was a well-kept secret, even from Logan himself. Logan had an elder brother Victor (Schreiber) who was also a mutant like him and has similar powers. The brothers enlist themselves in...

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MACGRUBER

Written by Will Forte, John Soloman and Jorma TacconeDirected by Jorma TacconeStarring Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Philippe and Val KilmerMacGruber: There's a big difference between winging it and seeing what happens. On “Saturday Night Live”, MACGRUBER, a throwback to the 1980’s television series, “MacGyver”, is played up every now...

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The Killing Fields (1984)

Genre: History/Drama/War Starring: Sam Waterson, John Malkovich, Haing S. Ngor, Julian SandsThe Vietnam War spilled over its boarders and reached the neighbouring countries of Cambodia and Laos. New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg (Waterson) is sent to Cambodia to cover the war. A Cambodian journalist Dith Pran (Ngor) is appointed as...

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Black Sheep previews Inside Out 2010

The first time I ever came to Toronto was to attend INSIDE OUT, Toronto's LGBT film and video festival.  It was about ten years ago so the festival was half as old as it is now.  And to be fair, INSIDE OUT was not my original reason for visiting Toronto for the first time.  No, that would have to be because I had tickets to...

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MAO'S LAST DANCER

Written by Jan SardiDirected by Bruce BeresfordStarring Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan and Amanda SchullLi Cunxin: When I dance, I dance for them.In 1972, in the Shandong province in the People’s Republic of China, a young boy of no more than eleven years old, was chosen. Exactly what he was chosen for was not made so clear at...

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How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Genre: Animation/Fantasy/Action/Adventure/Comedy Starring (voice): Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America FerreraWelcome to the Viking village of Berk. Most villages have mosquito's and houseflies as pests to deal with but the people have Berk have dragons. The dragons burn down the village and steal the sheep's and the villagers...

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Black Sheep's Blu-Tuesday

A couple of weeks back, I focused on the new BD book release of DOCTOR ZHIVAGO.  I did not get my screener copy on time to review it but I received it shortly afterward.  I wasn't having the greatest of days and a three-hour plus film seemed like the perfect way to get lose for an extended period of time.  Watching the classic...

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