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| Name: | togolane |
| Comments: | The Trap (1966) Oliver Reed plays a Canadian trapper who buys a wife and takes her home. |
| Name: | The Masked Movie Critic |
| Comments: | Will;
Cool! Putting aside any relevance to this site...I've been trying to recall that film (I guess a series' pilot) for years but had never found it. I had assumed it was called "The Golem" or something and was beginning to think I imagined it! |
| Name: | Will Thomas |
| Comments: | THE WORLD BEYOND (1978) Horror movie set in Canada. |
| Name: | John Kirkby |
| E-mail address: | kirkby.john@gmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.youtube.com/user/CDNJK?feature=mhum |
| Comments: | Thanks for creating/maintaining this website! |
| Name: | Will Thomas |
| Comments: | A BULLET FOR JOEY (1955) Edward G. Robinson plays a Mountie foiling a Russian plot to kidnap an Atomic Scientist in Montreal. |
| Name: | Masked Movie Critic |
| Comments: | GK;
I've been mulling over the idea of a blog for a while now -- particularly as it does seem to be the direction the internet has gone over time (and I could even indulge in maybe a broader range of topics -- albeit still pop cultural). I just haven't been sure if I could/should increase my frequency of postings to justify a blog. But I'm definitely tilting that way. |
| Name: | GK |
| Comments: | Just visiting again after an absence.
Comment on Will Thomas' entries--those are the type of plots in a movie that Canada would be reluctant to make. That repression of normal human emotion--jealousy, revenge, or intolerance in a Canadian province. We hide that reality. Other countries do not and thus their films are more compelling. I believe in the 40s Canada and Hollywood came to an understanding that US films wouldnt be restricted in Canada if Hollywood made films that featured Canadian locations. The irony is that Canadian filmmakers at the time-Budge Crawley for one, were making films that few people would pay to see. if they had followed the US (or UK) lead and made films with more imaginative stories they probably would be better remembered. I agree with your assessment on Hobo with a Shotgun--the title is not particularly cerebral and the project itself came about not from a genuine dramatic motivation like the exploitation films from the Grindhouse era, but more as a comedic commentary (and comedy being something Canada does far too much at the expense of other genres I would argue). You ought to consider making a blog out of your page-you would get more feedback I bet. |
| Name: | Will Thomas |
| Comments: | Scandal at Scourie (1953)
Drama about religious bigotry in Quebec starring Greer Garson. |
| Name: | K.B. |
| Comments: | I recently read something that may be of interest to you. As you no doubt know, Quebec filmmakers more often than not set their movies and TV shows in Canada and frequently show distinctly Canadian elements, while English-Canadian filmmakers usually don't. And Quebec movies/TV shows have great success in their prime market when English-Canadian works usually don't. However, when it comes to foreign sales, it gets interesting. What I read revealed that Quebec movies and TV shows - despite their Canadian success - have very poor foreign sales. Even France has little interest in getting the rights to Quebec movies and TV shows. English-Canadian movies and TV shows typically do MUCH better in the foreign marketplace than Quebec product, despite their reluctance to show distinctly Canadian material.
I'm not saying that this is the ONLY reason why English-Canadian filmmakers are reluctant to put distinctly Canadian themes in their movies/TV shows. But I think it's one of the significant reasons. I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts about this. |
| Name: | Will Thomas |
| Comments: | Mousey AKA Cat and Mouse-starring Kirk Douglas as a Nova Scotia teacher plotting to kill his unfaithful wife.Daniel Petrie directed this one. |
| Name: | GK |
| Comments: | Great site and informative articles. On the propaganda topic, Canada produced a radio series in the 40s called Nazi Eyes on Canada which was rather entertaining. In one segment Vincent Price is a Vancouver engineer who has to battle a Japanese military takeover--he takes his overseer on a tour of some rock crushing machinery and throws him into it.
I usually detect a strain of anti-US sentiment in Canadian film and literature. It is pretty common for the US to be portrayed as some kind of menace-some of it is understandable but it gets ridiculous. What is rare is when Canada criticizes itself like other countries commonly do in their own film and literature. If Canada makes a film about WW2 they are likely to have a hand wringing story about how hard it is for Canadians to kill-and ignore stories of Canadians participating in massacres. "The US made us do it!" On the topic of whether Canadian settings are bad for box office--I think its the type of stories being made-not the setting. Canada has gone out of its way to present itself as boring--lacking the kind of dynamic human behavior that we take for granted like ambition, rage, jealousy. In Canada these traits and emotions are often stifled in media. And we dont normally present Canada as a setting for fantastic events. The film Wolverine was mostly set in Canada and I dont think it bombed. How did Night Breed the 1990 movie do? That was set in Canada. Death Hunt was set in Canada. Japan and England used to export many films into North America that were set in their country and they didnt have box office problems--because the stories were about monsters, action and suspense--the types of things people actually want to watch. Cheers. |
| Name: | Boris |
| Comments: | Your essay was an interesting, well-written response to my queries. However, I feel I should make a few points:
(1) I was not saying that you weren't commenting on your guestbook. What I meant was that you were not commenting on the main parts of your web site. On the main parts of your web site, you publicize every supposed Canadian cinema success and claim that it means there's a large hunger for Canadian films. But when it comes to Canadian movies that bombed, you've been mostly silent. (2) "Splice" did air a number of TV commercials. In fact, since the movie was released (widely) in the United States at the same time as its wide release in Canada, Canadians saw more advertising from it than usual for a widely-released Canadian movies. Canadians saw additional advertisements for the movie in the American TV networks they watched, and American magazines they went through. By the way, I've noticed you've been very quiet about the box office failure of "Score: A Hockey Musical" |
| Name: | The Masked Movie Critic |
| Comments: | Boris...I try not to comment too often on here because, after all, this is the place for people OTHER than me to comment. But I've posted an essay on my main page, addressing the topic (hopefully for the last time). |
| Name: | Boris |
| Comments: | If a Canadian setting doesn't hurt the box office performance of a movie, as you said, how about "Chole" and "Scott Pilgrim"? They were both set in Toronto, but they both bombed in theaters. And the Canadian-set "Gunless" and "Splice" also bombed. |
| Name: | Boris |
| Comments: | I've noticed that you've been very quiet about the box office failure of "Splice" |
| Name: | Boris |
| Comments: | I've noticed that you've been very quiet about the box office failure of "Gunless" |
| Name: | The Masked Movie Critic |
| Comments: | Thanks for the comments and behind-the-scenes insights, Rx! As for needing to be independently wealthy to do this site -- ha! ha! No, I think crazy is the better explanation. |
| Name: | Rx |
| E-mail address: | lineplease@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Mr. Mystery Reviewer guy (?) I was noodling around and found my old series Train 48 written up, and, you know, you got it. Thanks. There were a lot of critics who didn't. I can tell you a few things...like, the actors DID improvise lines (except maybe for the occassional necessary plot point - eg "I'm pregnant" or "He's got a gun".) The writers were great too. And it was crazy. The daily news feature - which was wonderful - sometimes I had to research something as they were shooting because someone brought the topic up - had to be avoided because of the way the episodes were being juggled around with no promise to broadcast daily. Things like that. I thought it was great. For what was accomplished. I don't know how you watch so much stuff. I guess you are independently wealthy. But thanks for a nice write up. |
| Name: | Boris |
| Comments: | With the new "Trailer Park Boys" movie about to be released, don't you think it's time that you reviewed the FIRST "Trailer Park Boys" movie? |
| Name: | Will Thomas |
| Comments: | SEALED CARGO(1951) Thriller about Nazi skullduggery in Newfoundland during WWII stars Dana Andrews and Claude Rains. |
| Name: | eddie o i |
| E-mail address: | napo396@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | hi great site i love canadian tv...lookign fior the series NOrthwood ...if you hve any onfo on acquiring this series please email me thanks |
| Name: | Will Thomas |
| Comments: | THE GRASSHOPPER(1970)Jacqueline Bisset plays a Canadian girl who goes to Vegas. |
| Name: | Will Thomas |
| Comments: | THE WILD NORTH (1952) Stewart Granger plays a french-canadian trapper pursued by a relentless mountie in the canadian rockies of 1900. |
| Name: | Masked Movie Critic |
| Comments: | Thanks to both Waldo and Will (below) for your correction and suggestion respectively -- both have been incorporated. And thanks to the others even further down the page (just so no one feels slighted). And I haven't included "Kenny vs. Spenny" because it's more a reality series and my focus (with some exceptions) is on fiction. Besides, just because I have to witness the decline of civilization doesn't mean I have to review it! |
| Name: | Waldo |
| E-mail address: | itsmelan@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Great entry on Destiny Ridge, but please note that it was filmed in Jasper, Alberta, not Bamf (sic. actual spelling Banff -- Jasper appreciates all the publicity it can get, and the town always had a good laugh when the show was on). Your article was fun to read and thanks for all the work. |
| Name: | Will Thomas |
| Comments: | THE FIRST TIME (1969) Three naive american boys from Buffalo visit Niagara Falls Canada to get laid !They pick up Jacqueline Bisset in a Go-Go Bar and smuggle her across the border. |
| Name: | a a a |
| E-mail address: | 54235@sgfd.com |
| Comments: | No one knows what happened to The Guard. Global stopped airing season 2 episodes last December.
A recommeded series is "Cashing In" on Showcase. It's about an Indian casino and is even funnier than Moose TV. |
| Name: | Boris |
| Comments: | And where is "Kenny Vs. Spenny"? |
| Name: | Masked Movie Critic |
| Comments: | There's a link to a "search" page just below the editorials column on the main page. |
| Name: | Amy Rosenberger |
| E-mail address: | amy@nsaschool.ca |
| Comments: | You need a "search movies" button so we don't have to go through ALL the movies to find the one we like. :) but great site. |
| Name: | Boris |
| Comments: | Where's "Shake Hands With The Devil", "Eastern Promises", "Trailer Park Boys: The Movie", "Fido", and "How She Move"? |
| Name: | Boris |
| Comments: | Where's "Shake Hands With The Devil", "Eastern Promises", "Trailer Park Boys: The Movie" and "How She Move"? |
| Name: | jenn |
| Comments: | you should add Knocked up to the list of non-Canadian movies with Canadian connections- the lead character is from British Columbia and another of the characters is as well |
| Name: | Alice D. Williams |
| E-mail address: | adwilliams123@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Where is "North of 60" in your TV series section??? It was a series for a while. Will write again, Alice
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| Name: | Will Thomas |
| Comments: | The Super Dave Osborne Show, currently on SUNTV is not listed in the database. |
| Name: | ann |
| E-mail address: | catrichards@gmail.com |
| Comments: | This is a great website that I have accidentally stumbled upon! I will come back when I have more time. The movie Fido made in 2007 (I think) was filmed in the Okanagan valley of BC - mostly in Kelowna. Yes, I know it's a zombie movie.... but more of a comedy. It`s now out on video. |
| Name: | Meredith |
| E-mail address: | meredith12@mac.com |
| Comments: | I was referred to the guestbook for a film request.
Does anyone know of any way I might go about getting my hands on a copy of the 1983 film version of Timothy Findley's "The Wars?" This starring Brent Carver, Martha Henry, and William Hutt. I'm not expecting a shiny new DVD, but if there's a VHS out there somewhere I'd more than like to have one. I'm determined to end this search with success. Thanks. M |
| Name: | Franzi |
| E-mail address: | graveyard.cat@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Hello,
I just discovered this great webpage. Seeing that you are an expert for Canadian Movies and TV series, I was wondering if you knew how I can get my hands on "The City" (feat. Torri Higginson)? Being from Germany, the series didn't air over here but I really want to see it. Any suggestions? Thanks a lot in advance, - Franzi |
| Name: | Joe Pepper |
| Comments: | Why do you object to Canadian co-productions not being set in Canada? For example, you objected to THE STATEMENT (a Canada-U.K.-France-U.S. production) not being set in Canada, and you objected to STEAL (a Canada-France-U.K.) production) not being set in Canada. Don't you think those other countries in these co-productions have an equal right to demand where the movies are set? Why do you think it has to be Canada all the time? |
| Name: | John |
| E-mail address: | cyclemiles2000@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Looking for the movie title of a romantic comedy, set in Saskatchewan (as I recall). The story involves a young woman from the urban east whose Euro sports car breaks down near a farm town out on the prairies. Her type A personality eventually succumbs to the slower, friendlier ways of the locals and she stays to reopen the general store with a love interest from the locals.
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| Name: | Goddess Boo |
| Comments: | Love your site!
You might want to include a link to www.canuxploitation.com as his love for cheesy candiana is thorough and explicit! Also, I wanted to comment that anti-Canadian sentiment in the movie industry may be coming mostly from resentment as a lot of industry insiders are outwardly furious that Canadian cinema is "stealing their jobs" (their words) Keep it up! |
| Name: | Cristina |
| E-mail address: | cnicolesco@videotron.ca |
| Comments: | can anybody help? I am lucking for a recent canadian movie, about a young swimmer ( around 14-15) who almost looses everything because of an addiction to the internet chating and porno. His parents helped him out.. Unfortunatelly I do not know the name of the movie. Can anybody help ?? |
| Name: | Alphonse |
| Comments: | Other than this forum, I see nowhere on the site to comment on the content contained within. As I have no particular "Dream" per se...is there another forum? |
| Name: | Thomas A. King |
| E-mail address: | tom.king@sjrb.ca |
| Comments: | Love the site! I have another recommendation on Canadian films (made by Non-Canadians. Fiend Without A Face. It is a 1958 British film about an US airbase at Winthrop, Manitoba, Canada and how their radar tests with nuclear power creates invisible brain creatures to suck out the brains. There is a little more to it than that. The local farming community thinks a crazy US recruit is the cause of the deaths. I can't remember if this was on the list originally or not. I do check it out once a week.
Thanks Thomas A. King |
| Name: | PJ |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.memorabletv.com |
| Comments: | Love the site, keep up the great work! |
| Name: | Clara |
| E-mail address: | loromudo@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I've just spent 4 very enjoyable hours looking for something that I couldn't find (more about that in a sec). I would skim a page, something would catch my eye, I would pause to read, and then onwards.
Ok. What I was looking for was the name of the actor who appeared in a Canadian-made suspense. Do I have any more info? No. Which is probably why I wasn't able to find what I was looking for! Well, a few more details. I THINK the movie was set in B.C. Or was it New Brunswick? Anyway, the point is that the main actor (male) was extremely good-looking and not a terrible actor and I was surprised he wasn't more famous. His name flashed by so quickly on the credits that all I could determine was that it was Eastern European (too many consonants for me to figure out the pronunciation fast enough). It was one of those late-night movies, probably not terribly recent. And that's all I know (can't even remember the plot). |
| Name: | A. |
| E-mail address: | a.best@lsco.edu |
| Comments: | Can anyone tell me whether "Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story," 2003, starring Adam Beach and Eric Schweig is out on DVD and, if so, where to buy it? Thank you. |
| Name: | mabel samudio |
| E-mail address: | mabelsplant@yahoo.com |
| Comments: |
there is a new movie that everybody is talking about it the name is the Secret were can I find it? is a documentaries |
| Name: | atom bruce mckellar |
| Homepage URL: | http://canadianfilminsider.blogspot.com/ |
| Comments: | keep up the informative site on all that's canadian film
http://canadianfilminsider.blogspot.com/ |
| Name: | PARLB |
| E-mail address: | parlb2hotmail.com |
| Comments: | i would like help looking for an old movie???? can you assist me???? sincerely parlb |