So obviously derivative of Guy Ritchie’s bloody, hyperkinetic style of ensemble crime flick, this could have been called "Lock, Stock and Two Smokin’ Aces." Writer-director Joe Carnahan (whose previous films include the vastly superior, intelligent "Narc") also channels Quentin Tarantino and Tony Scott with his hip dialogue and high body count.
Review: 1.5 stars
Starring: Ben Affleck
Directed By: Joe Carnahan
Running Time: 108 minutes
Paramount Vantage has snapped up the Canadian film "How She Move," a gritty drama about the hip-hop step-dancing scene in Toronto’s notorious Jane-Finch corridor, for a hefty US$3.4 million.
A strike by 21,000 Canadian film, television and radio workers is against the law, say producers who went to court Tuesday in hopes of convincing a judge to appoint an arbitrator to resolve the two-week-old dispute.
Hockey and opera are just a start as Cineplex Entertainment looks past movies to fill seats at Canada’s dominant cinema chain. The 129-theatre operator has rolled out its "digital pre-show network" _ TV ads before the movie _ and the technology enables Cineplex to radically broaden its content.
Videotron’s decision this week to stop making its monthly payments to the Canadian Television Fund makes it impossible for the agency to plan for the upcoming year and that could put thousands of jobs at risk, the fund’s chairman said Wednesday.
So obviously derivative of Guy Ritchie’s bloody, hyperkinetic style of ensemble crime flick, this could have been called "Lock, Stock and Two Smokin’ Aces." Writer-director Joe Carnahan (whose previous films include the vastly superior, intelligent "Narc") also channels Quentin Tarantino and Tony Scott with his hip dialogue and high body count.
Review: 1.5 stars
Starring: Ben Affleck
Directed By: Joe Carnahan
Running Time: 108 minutes
Paramount Vantage has snapped up the Canadian film "How She Move," a gritty drama about the hip-hop step-dancing scene in Toronto’s notorious Jane-Finch corridor, for a hefty US$3.4 million.
A strike by 21,000 Canadian film, television and radio workers is against the law, say producers who went to court Tuesday in hopes of convincing a judge to appoint an arbitrator to resolve the two-week-old dispute.
Hockey and opera are just a start as Cineplex Entertainment looks past movies to fill seats at Canada’s dominant cinema chain. The 129-theatre operator has rolled out its "digital pre-show network" _ TV ads before the movie _ and the technology enables Cineplex to radically broaden its content.
Videotron’s decision this week to stop making its monthly payments to the Canadian Television Fund makes it impossible for the agency to plan for the upcoming year and that could put thousands of jobs at risk, the fund’s chairman said Wednesday.
So obviously derivative of Guy Ritchie’s bloody, hyperkinetic style of ensemble crime flick, this could have been called "Lock, Stock and Two Smokin’ Aces." Writer-director Joe Carnahan (whose previous films include the vastly superior, intelligent "Narc") also channels Quentin Tarantino and Tony Scott with his hip dialogue and high body count.
Review: 1.5 stars
Starring: Ben Affleck
Directed By: Joe Carnahan
Running Time: 108 minutes
Paramount Vantage has snapped up the Canadian film "How She Move," a gritty drama about the hip-hop step-dancing scene in Toronto’s notorious Jane-Finch corridor, for a hefty US$3.4 million.
A strike by 21,000 Canadian film, television and radio workers is against the law, say producers who went to court Tuesday in hopes of convincing a judge to appoint an arbitrator to resolve the two-week-old dispute.
Hockey and opera are just a start as Cineplex Entertainment looks past movies to fill seats at Canada’s dominant cinema chain. The 129-theatre operator has rolled out its "digital pre-show network" _ TV ads before the movie _ and the technology enables Cineplex to radically broaden its content.
Videotron’s decision this week to stop making its monthly payments to the Canadian Television Fund makes it impossible for the agency to plan for the upcoming year and that could put thousands of jobs at risk, the fund’s chairman said Wednesday.