Mindy Ho, an eccentric, strong-minded 12-year-old, stages Taoist magical experiments to save her harried single mother from financial and romantic ruin.
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Tag Archives: Canada
The Age of Ignorance / L’âge des ténèbres (2007) Denys Arcand, Marc Labrèche, Diane Kruger, Sylvie Léonard, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Jean-Marc is a man without qualities living in times that are out of joint. His wife and children ignore him; he’s a mid-level civil servant in Montreal doing his job without care.
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Machotaildrop (2009) Corey Adams, Anthony Amedori, James Faulkner, Rick McCrank, Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Machotaildrop is a highly visual and fantastical journey about an amateur skateboarder, Walter Rhum, who realizes his dream of turning pro and riding for the world’s greatest skateboard company… Machotaildrop.
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Dead of Winter (2014) Robert Rice, Dave Barclay, John Boylan, John Carew, Thriller
In the wilderness of Colorado teams compete in a Geocache treasure hunt that suddenly becomes a deadly game of survival.
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The Pit (1981) Lew Lehman, Sammy Snyders, Jeannie Elias, Sonja Smits, Horror, Mystery
Twelve year-old Jamie Benjamin is a misunderstood lad. His classmates pick on him, his neighbors think he’s weird and his parents ignore him. But now Jamie has a secret weapon: deep in the woods he has discovered a deep pit full of man-eating creatures he calls Trogs… and it isn’t long before he gets an idea for getting revenge and feeding the Trogs in the process!
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The Gunrunner (1989) Nardo Castillo, Kevin Costner, Sara Botsford, Paul Soles, Crime, Drama
1926. The Chinese Civil War. Drifter Ted Beaubien is captured and forced to witness his girlfriend’s execution. He finally escapes and vows to avenge her death by taking on a deadly mission to buy guns abroad and smuggle them back. Arriving in his hometown, Ted is shocked to find his elderly mother and younger brother George are penniless.
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Les États-Unis d’Albert / The United States Of Albert (2005) André Forcier, Éric Bruneau, Émilie Dequenne, Andréa Ferréol, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Albert Renaud, a young Quebec actor with aspirations to become the next Rudolph Valentino, sets off by train for Hollywood with a letter of recommendation from his drama teacher who is Mary Pickford’s aunt.
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All Hat (2007) Leonard Farlinger, Luke Kirby, Keith Carradine, Noam Jenkins, Western
In southwestern Ontario, ex-baseball player Ray Dokes, upon being released from jail, returns to his rural hometown to stay temporarily with his deceased father’s Texan friend, small time horse breeder Pete Culpepper, until he has some footing in whatever the next phase of his life. Ray’s two year incarceration was for assaulting Sonny Stanton, the arrogant son of the wealthiest stable owner and horse breeder in the area, Earl Stanton.
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Corbo (2014) Mathieu Denis, Anthony Therrien, Antoine L’Écuyer, Karelle Tremblay, Biography, Crime, Drama
Montréal, 1966. Jean Corbo, an idealistic 16-year-old of Québécois and Italian descent, befriends two far-left political activists and joins the FLQ (Liberation Front of Québec), an underground movement determined to spark a socialist revolution. Jean thus begins an inextricable march toward his destiny.
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Chorus (2015) François Delisle, Sébastien Ricard, Fanny Mallette, Geneviève Bujold, Drama
A separate couple meet again after ten years when we found the body of their missing son. During their forced reunion, they both handle the death of their child in their own way. Amid the guilt of losing a loved one, they haltingly move toward affirmation of life, acceptance of death and even the possibility of reconciliation.
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