Movies and Film

ENTERTAINMENT FILE: Filmfest ready to raise the curtain

9 Feb 2012

CORNWALL – Top-notch movies, plenty of food and lively discussion are lined up for next weekend, when Aultsville Theatre will host its annual film festival. The three-day event, which doubles as a fundraiser for the venue, kicks off with a screening of Italian film Vincere on Friday, Feb.[...]

Review: 'Journey 2' squanders Verne adventures, Hawaiian backdrops

9 Feb 2012

In its own sweetly bombastic way the 2008 remake of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" did the job, the job being a 21st century 3-D bash starring Brendan Fraser — an actor who gives his all to the green screen, every time — and loosely based on the 19th century Jules Verne adventure, a natural for the movies. Its script proceeded from the idea that Verne, science fiction visionary, was in ...

FX genius says his next film will make you forget James Cameron

9 Feb 2012

Special effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull says he is working on a project that will change the way movies are made and seen—and if anyone can do it, he can.