Hot Tub Time Machine
By Jay Runham
“It must be some kind of… Hot Tub Time Machine.”
This quote, straight from the first 15 minutes of the movie, just about sums it up. Hot Tub Time Machine, starring John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson and Clark Duke, is a no logic required, beer with buddies, R-rated romp. There are some hilarious moments, and a giant pile of 80s jokes. 
Unfortunately, in that pile of jokes is also some one liners that fall flat and a weird mix of comedians.
I love seeing a good comedy with friends. Nothing beats those time when you can sit down with a good group of buddies and watch Anchorman. Even more recently, friends alike all went out to catch one of the best comedies of last year, The Hangover. Everyone loves to laugh, but not everyone laughs at the same thing.
Movies like Anchorman and The Hangover nail this problem by entertaining a variety of audiences through the use of a mix of comedians. Hot Tub Time Machine tries to do this too, however jokes between characters don’t play as well as they could. Fortunately the movie has a few more good parts then bad, just like a good friend.
Ah, the 80s, I hardly knew you. But I got to know you so well in this film. Traveling back to 1986, the stage is set for our players. That stage is riddled with cocaine jokes, Michael Jackson, Crispin Glover, and Chevy Chase (both with excellent cameos throughout the movie).
I wish they had spent more time in the 80s than in 2010. 80s nostalgia and the sweet Hot Tub action (that one is for you Jeff) is what everybody is going to see. Hopefully there’s a lot of extended scenes and features on the DVD of the 80’s because it is easily the best part of the film.
This movie is a good friend. They may have a couple of flaws, be crappy sometimes (like Corddry’s character) but in the end…they’re fun. The movie is entertaining (especially if you like 80s jokes) so grab a beer and invite the friends over when this one comes out on DVD.
3/5
(Editor’s note: I feel like we’ve already talked about Hot Tub Time Machine…I wonder if we’ve opened some kind of wormhole. Or that jacuzzi I partied in last night was actually some kind of…hot tub time machine…)
Hot Tub Time Machine
By Paul Poulsen
Hot Tub Time Machine has a title that you it tells you EXACTLY what to expect in the film. Much like Snakes on a Plane, you know what you’re getting into with Hot Tub Time Machine.
There’s a hot tub and it serves as a time machine. No further explanation necessary.
The question then becomes, “Is the best thing about this film its title?” Surprisingly (to me, anyway) there’s actually a pretty entertaining movie to go along with the snappy name.
The plot isn’t anything horribly original. Three middle-aged friends are stuck in shitty jobs and shitty relationships and decide to relive their glory days by visiting a ski resort where they spent some of the best days of their youth. The main character’s nephew gets dragged along for the ride and acts as the voice of reason throughout their fantastic voyage.
The resort is not what they remember but they decide to make the most of it by getting drunk in the hot tub. When the haze clears the next morning, they slowly come to the realization that they’ve somehow traveled back in time to 1986. The group quickly decides that they must try to perfectly recreate their original experience so that they don’t trigger a butterfly effect that would cause harm to the future. However they’re quickly overcome by the temptation to right past wrongs.
Hilarity ensues.
There are a lot of elements that are reminiscent of Back to the Future. However, the presence of Crispin Glover permits me to think these things were lovingly referenced instead of blatantly ripped off.
There were definitely things I didn’t like. The love interest seemed paper thin and anytime there’s a time travel movie, there are a hundred little plot points that you could nitpick, but at the end of the day there were quite a few laughs and a good little story that focuses on the importance of friendship.
650,000,000 edmontonians out of 1,000,000,000
Hot Tub Time Machine doesn’t open until March 26th but you can get free passes by visiting http://eventful.com/campaigns/hottub/edmonton. I signed up and had my tickets emailed to me within 30 minutes but I’ve heard of other people taking up to 12 hours to get theirs. I went to the City Centre screening and the theatre was only about 70% full.
Edmonton enters The Room
If you come across people today who are giggling to themselves, or staring off like nothing makes sense to them anymore, they may have been at Metro Cinema last night.
You might want to ask them if they were there, in case they aren’t the kind of giggling to themselves person you want to be around.
Yes, last night Edmonton was just like Los Angeles or Toronto or New York. We watched “The Room” on the big screen. That’s what I call “world class.”
What’s “The Room?” Only the greatest B-movie since ever.
It’s a terrible movie, rumoured to have cost $6-million, touted with an everlasting billboard in L.A. by the film’s lead actor/director/producer/writer, Tommy Wiseau. As we heard last night, it’s not known where Wiseau came from, how he got the money, or what his deal is.
He marketed the movie as a serious, emotional drama. It’s pure unintentional hilarity, full of re-used shots, unnecessary footage, plenty of small talk, gratuitous sex scenes (after sex scenes), atrocious acting, and football breaks.
Thanks (BIG THANKS) goes to the guys at Turkey Shoot.
Thanks to Dave and Jeff for a great Turkey Shoot. Sorry for my awful photo.
What’s Turkey Shoot you ask? Only Edmonton’s own Mystery Science Theater 3000.
What’s Mystery Science…oh, forget it here’s a link.
Having experienced The Room previously, I was a little worried the Turkey Shooters would step on too much of this masterpiece. They did not. They knew when to let that Wiseau-dialogue capture our attention. They also had fantastic zings. And the audience really got into things with comments of their own, and lots and lots and lots of laughing.
The Tommy Wiseau impersonation contest was just more icing on the cake.
Extra props to resident movie-genius Paul Matwychuck (follow him on Twitter here, download his podcast with Vue’s David Berry here) for being a part of the skewering team. And kudos, as we heard, for introducing the Turkey Shooters to the movie. Bravo!
As Sally wrote about the other day, this was also the Turkey Shoot’s first attempt at live tweeting a movie. I think it went well. They were tweeting while commenting from near the screen, I was tweeting, Sally was tweeting, people in the crowd were tweeting. Lots of people were following on Twitter. I hope #theroomyeg is but the first live tweeting Turkey Shoot does.
He loves us!
May I suggest #drmoreauyeg or simply #yegturkey for next month’s viewing of the Marlon Brando classic “The Island of Dr. Moreau.” Maybe just #yegturkey so we can use it again and again.
As one person tweeted, we should probably all return next year, to remember our evening, the night so many lives changed by viewing The Room.
While I own a copy (thanks to Brittney’s trip to Comic-Con last summer) I could only show the movie to 6 or 7 people at a time. Maybe I’ll start a list so all of Edmonton can enjoy this cinematic gem.
Oh, and the next time this is shown in Edmonton, mark my words, I’m showing up in a tuxedo. Hey, Turkey Shooters, you bring the football.
The Room Comes to #YEG!
Listen you guys, over lo these many years of adulthood, I’ve grown accustomed to some degree of disappointment. As the old saying goes, you can’t always get what you want, and believe me, many a dream has been thwarted in my 70+ years on the planet. But today, I am so, so pleased to tell you that one of my dreams is coming true.
You'll be screaming with excitement over The Room.
That’s because Tommy Wiseau’s masterpiece, “The Room”, is finally hitting the big screen in Edmonton.
So who is the genius responsible for this? Who are these kings among men who finally made it happen?
Let’s all thank the Turkey Shoot guys. If you’re not familiar, Turkey Shoot has been around since 2008, and is a bit of an Edmonton tradition at this point. Each month, Dave Clarke, Jeff Page and friends watch and heckle the very best of the very worst movies, sort of in the tradition of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Anyway, this Wednesday, they’re taking on The Room, and Dave has even signed up on Twitter strictly for the occasion, just so he can live tweet the whole cinematic debacle. And in that spirit of livetweeting, I asked that Dave (who describes himself as a complete twitter “noob”) answer my questions in 140 characters or less.
SALLY: Tell me what Turkey Shoot is and/or how it started.
DAVE: Turkey Shoot, which for brevity I’ll call TS, started in 2008 at the Metro Cinema. It’s a live version of MST3K. Wait, only 14 left fuck wh
DAVE: K. TS is monthly event we make fun of movies,eg,top gun,ice castles. I’m Dave – actor & musician – the other guy is Jeff. Next THE ROOM!¥€•
SALLY: Why MUST folks come to the screening?
DAVE: Reasons to come. Only $10. 35mm print, Wiseau as MEANT to be seen. Share joy with other fans. Plus you r ENCOURAGED to txt during movie.
SALLY: What is “The Room?”
DAVE: The Room is a 2003 movie with a fast growing cult following. Coz it’s so good. Facebook Turkey Shoot has links. Sal you are mega fan I’m out
I don’t know about you jackals, but I’m sold.
Obviously Jeff and I are going to be there tomorrow night, so if you plan on coming, make sure to drop us an email and say hello. And if you can’t make it, watch for the live-tweeting frenzy that will unfold under hashtag #theroomyeg. The Turkey Shoot guys are even going to give Twitterville a heads up right before the movie rolls, just in case you, say, own an autographed DVD copy of The Room and would rather watch that while reading the live comments on twitter.
Get blindsided in the “Twilight”
(Ed note: My apologies to Jay if that headline is just too much)
Review – The Blind Side
By Jay Runham
When I was younger I had a teacher who used to tell all her students to KISS (Keep It Simple Student). It was a funny, helpful and true saying that helped a lot of people get through middle school. Sandra Bullock’s latest film, The Blind Side, gives a KISS to Hollywood and the feel-good genre of uplifting movies.
Keeping It Simple is what this movie seems to do best. Not that this is a bad thing, as the simplicity seems to help keep the movie in a wholesome and family (and I mean the whole family, not the High School Musical family) oriented realm. I would very easily recommend this to anyone with a family, or someone like my Mom. Being that this movie is coming out the same weekend as the new Twilight film, I think that recommendation is an easy one to make. Mom drops the crazed teenage daughter off at the crappy sequel, Mom goes and enjoys a better movie. Hopefully this helps with its box office earnings.
The acting in this movie is about par, much like how I felt about the rest of the movie. I didn’t feel like anyone really stood out. Sandra Bullock doesn’t exactly mail-in her performance, she does a pretty good job as the loving mother. Tim McGraw plays Tim McGraw, which is ok for this role. Kathy Bates makes an appearance near the end of the 2nd act of the movie and does well, though I feel like she missed a couple really opportune comedic beats. The kid who plays SJ (Jae Head) gets the most laughs in the film but overall doesn’t really out shine anyone, and maybe that’s a good thing.
I liked this movie, really I did. The simplicity of it really doesn’t hurt or help the film. It does deal with some issues that could have gotten more complicated (racism, stereotyping, drug use, etc…), but like I said earlier I think keeping these issues simple helped keep this movie viewable for the whole family. The movie does give out a great message about being different and having faith in people, but personally I would have loved to see them dive into the real life issues behind the feel-good story. Overall though, the film is fun, heartwarming and very family friendly. Just don’t look for anyone to be winning any Oscars with this KISS.
3.5/5
(Another editor’s note: The football player the movie is about, Michael Oher, is a real dude.)
Oh, the Horror…
Long live DEDfest. Despite a bit of a confusion.
“We’re still here,”says one of DEDfest’s co-ordinators (and frequent edmontonian contributor), Derek Clayton. “We’re DEDfest, but we’ve now labelled ourselves deadmonton’s horror festival.”
Derek has been a friend of mine for some time, and as such, is well aware that he can only go into so much detail when discussing the actual films featured at his festival. Because if he tells me too much, it will result in tears, or hysteria, or pants-peeing. Because I’m basically the cowardly lion over here. Instead, he gives me the coles’ notes; he says he’s particularly excited about a movie they’re showing this year called “Neighbor.”
“The tag line is it made its own editor vomit. We got it sight unseen. We saw audience reaction online in a clip,” he explains. “That sold us alone.”
Another festival high point will be “Rampage“, the new film from the man moviegoers love to hate: Uwe Boll.
“Word started coming out of Austin [after a screening] saying this is a great movie. It’s not a videogame adaptation. I think he’s a great director when he steps out of the videogame adaptions.”
“Even the shorts that we’ve got this year are fanatastic. There’s not a short or a film that we’ve picked this year that we’re not 100% behind.”
The festival closes out with Norwegian Nazi-Zombie flick Dead Snow.
Since today’s theme seems to be “things Sally doesn’t get,” I ask Derek about the appeal of horror movies. I am a total suck, and don’t understand the appeal of watching slasher flicks. (more…)
More movies
As you can see below (I’m guessing you’re on our main page, if not, go there and look below this story) the film festival is about to blow our minds with movies.
Suspense! Romance? Comedy!
But Metro Cinema is taking things up a notch during the Edmonton International Film Festival by showing Local Filmmakers.
The cats over at HighWire Films (also behind the CJSR Fundrive videos) have Beartrap for your viewing pleasure this weekend.
This looks to be a bit dark, but funny too. They call it Silence of the Lambs meets the Odd Couple. Which is enough to make it worth checking out.
The movie has local talent, crew, and even boasts some great local (and Canadian) music from Colleen Brown, The Famines, The Joe and Rah Rah.
Also local and showing is The Mysteries of Kinematic Inversion: The Old Man and the Oloid.
Metro Cinema is in Zeidler Hall in the Citadel Theatre, 9828 – 101A Ave. (Hey, I didn’t know until the first time I went, so I’m guessing other people don’t know where it is.)
They’re reel and they’re fabulous
That headline remains my favourite Edmonton International Film Festival tagline.
Ignore the man reflected in the glass and focus on the MOVIES.
The EIFF has been busy picking and choosing films for your enjoyment and education.
They’ve got more than 150 movies, so you better hurry and start planning your schedule. Something to note; it sounds like they’ve got more international films than ever before.
There’s also the 24/ONE challenge. This is where people try to create a short film in just 24 hours. A juried selection of 10 will be screened October 2.
Being a film festival there are screenings and showings and parties and galas and more. So hit up their website, poke around the ONLY venue, City Centre Theatre, and get into the glam of movies.
If you’re looking for a handy hand-held Film Fest guide you can pick one up at Second Cups, TIX on the Square, the aforementioned Empire Theatre in City Centre and in the lastest SEE Magazine.
Don’t forget to tell us what’s good and what movies we should be seeing. Drop us a line in the comments or tell everyone on Twitter with the hashtag #eiff.
Best movie theatre ever
Welcome to the best theatre in Edmonton.
By Gregg Beever
Hey Edmonton, what’s happening? Nice shoes, are they new? Well, they look great. Edmonton, you like movies, right? Yeah, I know you do.
Dinner and movie, that’s an evening well spent, isn’t it? Well, I’m going to do you a favour, Edmonton, and let you in on a little secret: only watch movies at the City Centre theatre. Before I tell you why, let’s first explore the reason you shouldn’t watch movies at the other theatres. (more…)
Movie Review: Extract
In case you haven’t noticed, I always farm movie reviews out to you guys. First, I don’t like writing reviews myself, because let’s be honest, who cares what I think about anything? Also, as we’ve mentioned before, both Jeff and I have strong biases that don’t allow us to be evenhanded in this sort of thing.
In this case, the bias is that Mike Judge is my Tarantino. No other filmmaker has ever spoken more directly to my heart, and thusly, I will see anything he does, and give it the same level of care and attention I give to those Food Network Challenge shows that run on the weekend. And not the lame-o ones, where they’re in Hawaii competing to see who can make the biggest mixed drink in a coconut; but the good ones, where they make Disney character cakes but they don’t leave themselves enough time to finish the characters and so the Princess Jasmine they tried to mold from sugar looks like she has had Mickey Rourke calibre facial reconstruction surgery and belongs in the cast of Real Housewives of New York.
That said, the premise of Extract hasn’t been doing much to win me over. From the Extract website:
To the outside eye, Joel Reynold (Jason Bateman) seems to have everything. After all, being the owner of a business he built from the ground up – with its patented brand of culinary extracts – should make the “Extract King” a happy man.However, if Joel hasn’t reached his front door by 8 o’clock, he’ll find his wife, Suzie (Kristen Wiig) cinching up her sweatpants – and about as interested in him as he is in her mastery of supermarket coupon design. Sexually frustrated, Joel confides in his best pal, Dean (Ben Affleck), a barkeep – and soon finds himself wrapped up in a convoluted scheme to make Suzie cheat on him first with a dim-witted gigolo (Dustin Milligan) – thereby allowing him to pursue beautiful new employee Cindy (Mila Kunis) with a clear conscience.
Wah-wah-wah. Any time a movie revolves around somebody not getting any, I file it under “Woody Allen” or “American Pie” and turn my attention to other things (read = Food Network Challenge #263, Battle: Peanuts). But this is Mike Judge, and he is the thinking man’s Kevin Smith (that doesn’t even make sense, but I am the reviewer and this is the internet, so you will accept it as fact), so I was willing to give it a chance. (more…)
Movie Review: Gamer (also, post 301!)
(Let’s see those confetti cannons, people, because we’ve hit 300 posts. This here is 301, and isn’t it fitting that it’s our friend @MondoJay’s review of “Gamer”, the new film starring Mr. 300 himself, Gerard Butler – opening this weekend (times and locations here). Jay won the preview passes we were giving away earlier this week and has been gracious enough to let us know how the movie was.)
By @MondoJay
Sex, explosions and video games do not a good movie make. Gamer, at its core, has an interesting story that tries to bring the video games of today into the future, with the Gladiator style fighting of the past. But unfortunately, something (or someone) got in the way of that story.
And what a weird story it was. I don’t really like getting into plot summaries, but honestly, if you’ve seen Death Race (which is about on par with this movie), or the famous Gladiator (which is 10x better then this film), you’ve basically seen this story. Man goes to jail, leaving family behind, has to fight his way out, violence ensues. There’s nothing new about the story, except that it happens to take place in a very interesting future of human controlling human for fun and sport. The writers/directors tried too hard to cram all sorts of information about the future society and almost forgot about their reused plot. Then, there are times where they keep banging you over the head with the plot devices, effectively insulting the audience. I’m not sure what the directors/writers were thinking.
Ah, speaking of directors/writers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, what a pair those two are. If you are unaware, these two guys are the brilliant (I write this sarcastically) minds behind Crank and 
Crank: High Voltage. I’ve personally only seen Crank, and I actually enjoyed that film for what it was worth (and it was worth a quick laugh),Gamer however felt to me as though there could have been more to it then just a quick laugh. It’s hard to say there was something lost in translation because Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor wrote AND directed the film. So what happened guys?
The cast was there, a pretty strong performance from Gerard Butler, and a really nice a creepy performance from Dexter’s own Michael C. Hall. The visual effects were there, as the film looks pretty good. The concept was there too. Really, I think they just missed the mark on this one. It had potential and it was wasted. Too bad.
2/5
Movie Review: The Time Traveler’s Wife
Okay, so if you have a functioning head with eyes in it, and have spent any time downtown in the last three weeks, you will have seen the poster for The Time Traveler’s Wife about a million times.
I know this isn’t everybody’s cup of tea. And yes, I know that District 9 opens this week, and that this is the INTERNETS and the INTERNETS like District 9. But we had passes to The Time Traveler’s Wife.
And also, we need to use this as an opportunity to discuss something with you guys. After seeing Eric Bana on the Tonight Show earlier this week, promoting this movie, Jeff and I have become Eric Bana extremists. The guy is pretty much the funniest thing around, and we had no idea that he had a somewhat legendary background as a comic actor in Australia before becoming a movie star. He’s totally the new Billy Zane. But a better actor. Sorry, Billy Zane. :(
Now, like all ethical journalists, we are aware of our biases, and will try to account for them. However, you must always remember that Samsonow and I have a strong pro-Bana stance that may unknowingly be reflected in our work. Yes, E.B. has made a few questionable movie choices, but come on, you animals, he’s only human. If you cut Eric Bana, will he not bleed? And how many revered Australian sketch comedy shows have you guys been in the cast of? That’s right, none. Now take a knee.
Anyway, much as I wanted to see the Time Traveler’s Wife, I was unavailable last night. So my good friend Tess volunteered to go on my behalf and jotted down her opinions. And I’m not going to lie, she makes it sound better than I expected. I love Eric Bana enough to be straight with him, so I will admit to not having very high expectations for this.
From roving reporter Tess:
“Adapting a book into a movie is always a precarious task – especially when the book is complicated, which I’m assuming The Time Traveler’s Wife is.
Usually I prefer to see movie versions of books I HAVEN’T read, so I don’t go in with preconceived ideas of what I think the movie should look like. This way, I can take the movie at face value, and usually enjoy it much more. I went into The Time Traveler’s Wife knowing very little about the story, and I think it actually worked against me this time.
When the movie was over, and I was listening to the conversations around me, I heard things like, “It was very close to the book” and other positive remarks. Discussing it with my friends who HAD read the book, they understood details of the movie which kind of confused me, or left me wishing for a more in-depth exploration. (more…)
Movie Magic
(Call them spoilers if you want, but there are certainly movie details ahead.)
As we settled into our seats waiting for Ponyo to begin, the audience was treated to a trailer for The Princess and the Frog, Disney’s latest bid to revive their 2D animation division.
To do it, they seem to be cashing in on “classic” Disney tropes. There’s a princess, a prince, an evil magical guy, transformation of some sort, and the lead character ends up in a poofy white dress at the end. Watching the trailer, I did almost get excited for the retro feel the movie seemed to have going for it…
But then Ponyo began.
Look at that cute little face!
For those who don’t know the work of Ponyo’s director, Hayao Miazaki, he’s often called “The Walt Disney of Japan.” When he appeared at the San Diego Comic Con this summer to promote the movie, he got a standing ovation from over 6000 people in attendance. Yeah, this guy’s got a following. And seeing a film like Ponyo— especially after watching trailers for a movie grasping at old ideas to manufacture new magic —you immediately understand why.
Movie Review: The Ugly Truth (Rated 14A)
By Kenny Total
My wife is the most patient woman in the world. Every time I want to go see explosions, car chases, jiggly girls in t-shirts two sizes too small and gratuitous violence (I’m looking at you, Fast and Furious), she gamely feigns interest as she accompanies me to MichaelBayLand. So when she asked to see The Ugly Truth, I couldn’t very well deny her request.
The premise is not new (complains the Michael Bay fan): A prim and proper television producer is unlucky in love and is aghast when her morning show hires a misogynistic ladies man to share his womanly wisdom in a regular segment called “The Ugly Truth.” Rom-comedy ensues as their wildly differing views on the opposite sex lead to awkward hilarity. 96 minutes later – after a sexy hot dog, remote control panties and Jell-O wrestling – they both come to realize that the qualities they originally loathed are now the things they love.
So what’s the ugly truth about this movie? It’s actually pretty funny. I suspect both Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler are playing stylized versions of themselves. She, the desperate, controlling career woman – and he, the happy-go-lucky, womanizing bachelor. It works well with Butler. He seems like the jovial easy-to-like kind of guy men would want as a wingman. It works with Heigl as well, but with opposite results. Her neurosis would lead the average man to run for his life. Not surprisingly, my wife has an opposing view. Butler’s character was obviously attractive and inappropriately funny but not someone she’d want one of her girlfriends involved with. She saw Heigl as the perfect, sweet, loveable girl you want to see succeed. Pfft… Whatever…
At the end of the day, it boils down to this: Can I recommend this movie? If you’re looking to take your special lady out for Date Night, you should both be suitably entertained by The Ugly Truth. There’s a cool dude that guys wish they could be more like and a likeable lady that the girls want to see succeed.
That said, I’m not a big Katherine Heigl fan, as she reminds me of Jennifer Aniston (in that she’s doomed to play the same role over and over again, opposite a different leading man). If her part had been played by someone I actually found likeable (Sandra Bullock for example), I probably could have justified giving The Ugly Truth an extra half an edmontonian.
Three edmontonians out of five.
Six stars out of ten.
60%
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Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton
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Edmonton loves The Room
I am sealing this DVD case in a vault.
Or, Edmontonians need to love The Room.
Seriously, I will wait for you to come back and read the rest of this story after you go watch the trailer for the movie of our generation.
Go. I know you’ll be back.
It’s so good, right?
Wait, you’re saying, this is just some crappy B-movie. But, I reply, there’s a story (or rather, a billboard) behind this movie that takes it to all new levels.
This is a movie that is so amazing, I would endorse you hosting viewing parties. I would endorse you watching it so many times you could act it out. I would endorse you taking tuxedo-football breaks during the day.
Thanks to our good friend, Brittney, we now hold in our hands a copy (autographed by the star/writer/director/producer and another actor, no less!) and couldn’t be happier.
If I was rolling in money I would pay whatever it took to get Tommy Wiseau here for a screening. I would love to share The Room with you that much, Edmonton. Maybe I can just invite you over, in groups of 5 or 6, to watch this over a period of consecutive Friday nights. You’ll have to bring your own snacks though.
Who cares about Robert Downey Jr. when there are real stars around. (Photo: Brittney Le Blanc)
I’m also jealous that Brittney was so close to a sleeveless Tommy Wiseau. She also snagged a sweet t-shirt (full of your favourite The Room quotes) at Comic-Con. Lucky!
It’s just you and me now, Megatron.
This comes via our friend Joe; it’s from last night’s Citytv pre-screening of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, at Scotiabank Theatre in WEM.
Rumour has it that Optimus didn’t actually have a pass, but they let him in anyway; how can you say no to a guy in a cardboard transformers suit? (Remember that next time you have a job interview or a first date.)
Dreamspeakers’ Fest: Walk of Honour Festivities
I managed to make it over to the Dreamspeakers’s Festival Walk of Honour Festivities on my lunch break this afternoon. What a turnout, and what a cool event – I snapped some terrible cell phone pictures so you guys could check it out. I seriously would’ve stayed there all afternoon if I hadn’t had to go back to work. A giant barbeque, a bunch of great entertainment, and a chance to experience some breathtaking aboriginal culture that I, the whitest person alive, would probably not have had otherwise.
(The dancers especially blew my mind, and I’ll be trying to upload some shaky cell phone video of it later on this evening. If anybody makes it out to any of this weekend’s events, be sure to send us some descriptions, pictures or video! I’d love to see more.)
Anyway, if you’re downtown and get a chance, definitely swing by Beaver Hills House Park at Jasper and 105 St., and check out the shiny new Walk of Honour Display. Whoever designed it should be lauded – they’ve really made something important and spectacular – and the plaques all have really interesting biographies on these esteemed members of Canada’s aboriginal film community. (more…)
Dreamspeakers’ Film Fest
The Dreamspeakers’ Aboriginal Peoples’ Film Festival is on this weekend, running in conjunction with West Edmonton Mall’s Aboriginal Days. Complete event details are available on the Dreamspeakers’ website, including a cool Youth Day initiative (happening tomorrow ) and a full schedule of films.
Edmonton events kick of this morning at 11:30 a.m., with the unveiling of Walk of Honour installment at Beaver Hills House Park (corner of 105 St. and Jasper Ave.)
From the festival website:
The Walk of Honour has been created as a tribute to those Aboriginal artists who have blazed trails in the film industry. It is intended to be a lasting legacy to recognize their efforts and hard work at bringing a new understanding to the varied cultures, traditions, languages and artistic expressions of Aboriginal People in Canada.
The festival runs until June 21st.
