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1ST BITE
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A genre-bending Canadian film about a chef (David La Haye) who accidentally poisons a patron and runs away to a Thai island where he hopes to learn the Zen of cooking. A beautiful local (Napakpapha Nakprasitte) offers to share her ancient cooking secrets, and she entrances (or imprisons) him from the first bite. With Michael Ironside. Hunt Hoe---Canada---2006---117 mins.
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7 TIMES LUCKY
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Kevin Pollak stars as a grifter who meets a beautiful hustler (Liane Balaban) in this story of con artists in a seedy world. Gary Yates---Canada---2004---85 mins.
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75 DEGREES
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Filmmaker Hyatt Bass makes his debut with this cross-generational family drama, set against the backdrop of the sweltering Texas countryside. When Letty (Karen Silas) returns home from her posh, insular world in New York, she upsets her family's fragile emotional balance by causing her sister (Heidi Swedberg) to revisit old jealousies, and her parents (Harris Yulin and Shirley Knight) to add fuel to their bitter rivalry. With William Moses. Hyatt Bass---Canada---2000---86 mins.
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AMERICAN VENUS
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In this bi-polar indie thriller, Rebecca De Mornay plays the obsessive mother of a world-class figure skater. Her daughter (Jane McGregor) decides to shrug off an international competition and runs away to attend college. Spurned and slightly mad, De Mornay is not finished rocking the cradle.
Bruce Sweeney---Canada---2007---81 mins.
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ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: A NEW BEGINNING
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Barbara Hershey, Shirley MacLaine and Rachel Blanchard appear in this television prequel to Kevin Sullivan's Emmy Award-winning classic.
Kevin Sullivan---Canada---2008---144 mins.
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ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: THE COMPLETE FOUR-PART COLLECTION
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Follow the adventures of Anne Shirley (Megan Follows) as she grows from girlhood to young adult to devoted wife in this 4-DVD collection of the popular TV series based on the novels by L. M. Montgomery. Included in this box set are the titles Anne of Green Gables (Kevin Sullivan, 1985, 197 mins.), Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (Sullivan, 1987, 230 mins.), Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (Stefan Scaini, 2000, 185 mins.) and the prequel, Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning) (Sullivan, 2008, 144 mins.).
Kevin Sullivan/Stefan Scaini---Canada---1985-2008---960 mins.
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ANOTHER PLANET
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Young Cassandra Jones signs up for an exchange program in order to learn more about her cultural heritage, but she must first work at a pig farm in Quebec before leaving for Africa. Director Christene Browne uses the plethora of humorous and heartwarming situations that Cassandra faces on the farm to address issues regarding race relations, religion, nationality and sexual politics. In English and French with English subtitles. Christene Browne---Canada---1999---93 mins.
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ASSISTANT, THE
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In this powerful drama, based on the novel by Bernard Malamud, a desperate man robs a grocery store during the Great Depression. When his partner in crime attacks the store owner in a fit of anti-Semitic rage, he is plagued with remorse. To redeem himself, he goes to work for the store owner while he recovers from his injuries, without letting the owner or anyone else know that he was involved in the robbery. Gil Bellows, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Joan Daniel Petrie---Canada---1997---105 mins.
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AUTUMN HEARTS
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Originally titled Emotional Arithmetic, this star-studded ensemble drama about a reunion of Holocaust survivors at a quiet country farmhouse that stirs up suppressed memories and old feelings for Susan Sarandon, Christopher Plummer, Gabriel Byrne, Roy Dupuis, and Max von Sydow. Based on a novel by Paolo Barzman---Canada---2007---79 mins.
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AWAY FROM HER
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The first feature film from actress-turned-director Sarah Polley is a mature and graceful story about the long, imperfect marriage of Fiona and Grant (Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent) that's being broken apart by Alzheimer's. When he makes the tough decision to put her in an assisted living facility, she takes an interest (whether confused or not) in another man (Michael Murphy). Based on a short story by Alice Munro, Away from Her is "sharp and somber, alive to the lacerations of ordinary experience and quietly attentive to grand absurdities and small instances of grace" (A.O. Scott, New York Times). With Olympia Dukakis. Sarah Polley---Canada---2006---110 mins.
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BABY FORMULA, THE
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Filmed in mock documentary style, Alison Reid's comedy introduces a lesbian couple (Angela Vint and Megan Fahlenbock) who aren't content adopting a child. Instead, they take part in an experimental study that would make sperm out of their own stem cells. Well, the process works--on both the young women. Lucky for us, the predicament of having two pregnant partners under one roof proves hilarious and heartwarming.
Alison Reid---Canada---2008---82 mins.
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BAIT
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On a deserted highway, Jack Blake rescues a stranded mother and daughter - and takes his first step in a sinister plot. To Pam and her daughter, Stef, Jack is their Good Samaritan. However, Jack is not who he appears to be and Stef is about to become an unwitting pawn in his deadly game. Nicholas Renton---Canada---2004---98 mins.
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BARNEY'S VERSION (BLU-RAY & DVD)
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Once again, Paul Giamatti makes you root for an almost irredeemable bastard. With Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, Rachelle Lefevre, and Dustin Hoffman.
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BATTLE IN SEATTLE
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Actor Stuart Townsend (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) makes his writing and directing debut with this gritty, earnest film about the clash between once-peaceful protesters and unprepared police during the 1999 World Trade Organization summit in Seattle. The panoramic cast includes Andre Benjamin, Michelle Rodriguez, Woody Harrelson, Ray Liotta, Jennifer Carpenter, and Charlize Theron. "...uses the approach of Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool...The result is not quite a documentary and not quite a drama, but interesting all the same" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times).
Stuart Townsend---USA/Canada---2007---100 mins.
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BECAUSE WHY
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Aimless traveler Alex finally returns home to Montreal, only to find that his best friend is moving away and a former girlfriend is married with children. Feeling a sudden need to settle down, he strikes up a couple of romantic relationships that turn out to be far less than perfect. "...its understated wit and warm humor are winning, and the hilarious and absolutely deadpan performance by Michael Riley as Alex is just right" (Frank Scheck, The Art Paragamian---Canada---1992---104 mins.
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BEST OF DAVID STEINBERG SHOW
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A hilarious Canadian export, this star-studded TV comedy was conceived of as a "show within a show" and inspired its later American equivalent, Garry Shandling's The Larry Sanders Show. From backstage antics to laughs under the lights, Steinberg's show is uproariously funny on both ends. The stand-up comedy host is joined by a cast of well-known guest stars, including Jon Voight, Milton Berle, Scatman Crothers, Robert Vaughn, and many others. Martin Short, John Candy, Dave Thomas, and Andrea Martin are all regular members of the hit comedy cast. This "Best-Of" anthology features highlights from the series. Canada, 1972, 170 mins.
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BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE
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When Maggie falls into a passionate, physical love affair with Kim, she has to keep her relationship a secret from her mother. This proves to be very difficult when Mom moves in with her. Wendy Crewson, Karen Dwyer and Christina Cox star in this very sexy lesbian romp. "Brims over with good humor and high spirits and has moments of stunning eroticism" (Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times). Unrated version. Anne Wheeler---Canada---1999---102 mins.
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BIG MEAT EATER
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A friendly, mild-mannered butcher (his standard greeting is "pleased to meet you, meat to please you") hires a cleaver-wielding apprentice with a dark secret in this bizarre horror-comedy from Canada. When the butcher (George Dawson) discovers that his new protege has murdered the Mayor of Burquitlam and stuffed his corpse in the freezer, things begin to get complicated. But not so complicated as what happens next, as alien invaders bring the corpse of the mayor back to live. Full of toe-tapping musical numbers and plenty of gross splatter, Chris Windsor's low-budget effort is destined for cult Chris Windsor---Canada---1982---82 mins.
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BLACK ROBE
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1634 began the French colonization of Canada through Catholic missions. Black Robe tells the story of an extraordinary priest who braved the North American wilderness and extreme cultural difference to carry his message from Europe. An important indictment of the Church's refusal to assimilate other cultures, and the tragic corruption of Native American societies by the West. From the director of Driving Miss Daisy and Breaker Morant. Bruce Beresford---Canada---1991---101 mins.
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BLACKHEART
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A pair of con artists think they have hit the mark of a lifetime when they meet an heiress-to-be. Their seduce-and-destroy strategy goes awry, leading to a lethal cat and mouse game with a private investigator hot on the trail. Direct-to-video leading man Richard Grieco gets some high-class support from Christopher Plummer in this thriller. Also starring Maria Conchita Alonso. Dominic Shiach---Canada---1998---95 mins.
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