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ACT a community theatre - ACT is an amateur association promoting community theatre. This is an open community weblog.
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Anne and Gilbert The Musical - This blog is about the new musical Anne and Gilbert, based on Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island. The musical will be produced at the Harbourfront Jubilee Theatre in Summerside July 12th to September 3rd 2006.
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  • Anne & Gilbert, The Musical marks 500th performance
    Anne & Gilbert, The Musical marks 500th performanceThe GuardianThe celebrated musical about Anne of Green Gables in love, Anne & Gilbert, The Musical will mark its 500th public performance tonight.This landmark is unusual for Canadian musicals, one of the few Canadian musicals in recent decades to have received so many performances. The 500 performances have been spread across the country,
  • Hello Gilbert: An Anne and Gilbert Review
    I came across this review of Anne and Gilbert on a blog called The Way I See It by Amanda Campbell and wanted to share it.
  • Free Children's Tickets to the Anne and Gilbert Musical
    This info was listed in the Tourism PEI e-mail newsletter today:The internationally celebrated musical about Anne of Green Gables in love is offering FREE children's tickets to this year's production. Acclaimed by Newsweek as "Such a Hit!" and The Guardian as "Hands down the best!" Anne & Gilbert runs until September 19th. For more information and to book tickets: 1-800-708-6505.Children 12 and
  • Recording Artist Michael Hughes Joins the Anne & Gilbert Cast
    When Anne & Gilbert begins it run this Tuesday, June 23, a new actor and recording artist will be assuming the role of Gilbert Blythe. Michael Hughes will be portraying the role for the first time opposite Rebecca Parent's Anne Shirley, who is the acclaimed Island actress returning for her third season. Photograph courtesy of www.mickehughes.comIn addition to being a gifted actor, Michael
  • Made for Marilla
    Here's a nice article on Martha Irving, the actress playing Marilla Cuthbert for a second year in Anne and Gilbert - The Musical.Made for MarillaMartha Irving uses her early years on P.E.I. to influence her character in the Harbourfront Theatre production of Anne & Gilbert - The MusicalBY SALLY COLEThe GuardianCharlottetown, P.E.I.June 19, Friday, 2009Martha Irving believes her life has many

Avonlea's Journal - This is the community for the show "Road to Avonlea" which started back in 1990 based on the novels by PEI's Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Beachwalker Films - Mark Sandiford's blog - Beachwalker Films makes television programs that explore the interaction between people and their cultures. Beachwalker produces documentaries, dramas and interactive multi-media projects for broadcast and educational markets. Mark Sandiford is their president.
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  • Wed., December 31st, Qallunaat! wins a Gemini Award
    I am absolutely delighted to say that Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny has won a Special Gemini Award. The Canada Award honours excellence in mainstream television programming which best reflects the racial and cultural diversity of Canada. I will be travelling to Toronto to receive the award on October 20th. Unfortunately, Zebedee Nungak will not be able to join me. He will be over in Scotland shooting another film. Congratulations and a huge thanks to everyone who worked on Qallunaat!
  • Wed., December 31st, First Scientists is back in distribution
    I am delighted to be able to say that First Scientists is now available on DVD through Distribution Access. For two year since the demise of Magic Lantern, First Scientists has been unavailable. Meanwhile, I have been inundated with requests for copies from schools, colleges and libraries around the world. You can order your copy by clicking here or by pasting the following url into your browser: http://www.distributionaccess.com/new/index.cfm
  • Wed., December 31st, Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny and Qallunaank Piusiqsiuriniq on DVD
    The National Film Board has released Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny and Qallunaank Piusiqsiuriniq on a single DVD. I am delighted. The price for Canadian home use is $19.95. Click here to order. Happy viewing!
  • Wed., December 31st, Qallunaat! Wins at Yorkton
    On Saturday, May 26, Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny won a Golden Sheaf award at the Yorkton Short Film Festival in the Best Aboriginal category. Yorkton is the granddaddy of Canadian film festivals, celebrating its 60th year. Qallanaat! is in fine company, joining The Danish Poet, Little Mosque on the Prairie and The Nature of Things on the platform. Qallunaat! is to be released any day now on DVD by the National Film Board. Stay tuned.
  • Wed., December 31st, Qallunaat! to Air on ASN
    Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny is having its world broadcast premiere on ASN, CTV's satellite and cable network in Atlantic Canada. It will air Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 8 PM Atlantic time, 8:30 in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Beater Blog (Kier Kenny) - Beater Days in Beaterville. Beateromics in action. I am the bar tender at Brennan’s on Victoria Row around the corner, Kier is my name. Brennan’s is the local hangout of the Beater Boys.
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  • Thu., July 3rd, #1 in the world Central Boiler - Outdoor Furnaces - Wood Stoves
    While visiting Rollo Bay in search of fresh strawberries I found Atlantic Canada's largest central boiler dealer. Driftwood Gardens is a family operated pesticide free farm exploring the possibilities of wind generated power and biomass heat generation with the goal...
  • Thu., February 14th, Happy Valentine Day
    U know who U are, love U....
  • Wed., December 12th, (no subject)
    How long have I been gone? . It's Christmas across the entire galaxy, it's a great feeling to be on ones home planet for the holidays. The Doctor and I have been on quite a journey, time zones, solar systems,...
  • Wed., November 7th, Back On Planet Earth
    Did you miss me?...
  • Sun., July 29th, Canadian Tire
    I was walking through the automotive section looking for wiper blades. "Is that you" I looked around and there he was "Hi Doc how you doing?" He laughed "Haven't seen you since the night we met Harry." "Yeah what a...

Bloody Terror - Dave S from Charlottetown reviews horror movies.
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  • THINGS THAT SCARE ME AT THE GYM

    BAGGIES


    PINKY RINGS


    GUM
  • KATHRYN BIGELOW (and HAWKS & FULLER)

    I have been a fan of Kathryn Bigelow since I first saw her 1987 horror flick "Near Dark" in those heady VHS days. Here was a movie that was exciting, visual, unpredictable, and funny. Hell, its best set piece even features The Cramps simmering through "Fever" on the jukebox while spurs slice though jugular veins. Sharing three key players from future husband (and future ex-husband) James Cameron's "Aliens" (Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, and Jenette Goldstein), the only disappointment about "Near Dark" is its resolution that feels like studio interference.

    A friend of mine felt, at the time, that "Near Dark" was about accepting yourself for what you are. A fair enough interpretation, but one that's belied by that damned resolution. It wasn't until Bigelow went on to release more films that more obvious themes reveled themselves in her work. Though it's somewhat unfair to compare an original filmmaker like Bigelow with those who have come before her, the classics of both Howard Hawks and Sam Fuller surface in a very positive way.

    My DVD collection is peppered with Bigelow's flicks.. "Near Dark", "Blue Steel", "Point Break", "Strange Days"... and I'm fond of each of these movies in their own way. It's after reflecting on these films as a whole that I began to see that Bigelow seems to share Hawks' interest in the way small groups of (usually) men function both among themselves and as a whole against a common enemy; with Fuller, it's his choreographed and striking violence as well as his compassion for his characters. All of this seems to culminate in this year's Best Picture winner, "The Hurt Locker", a terrific film that is now obviously going to find the audience it deserves --- I love its take on the addiction to the thrill of war. It's a theme both Hawks and Fuller would have loved to tackle, and I'm sure "The Hurt Locker" is a film either of them would have been proud to have made.


    Kathryn Bigelow Filmography

    The Miraculous Year (2011) (TV) (pre-production)
    The Hurt Locker (2008)
    Mission Zero (2007)
    Karen Sisco" (1 episode, 2004)
    - He Was a Friend of Mine (2004) TV episode
    K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
    The Weight of Water (2000)
    "Homicide: Life on the Street" (3 episodes, 1998-1999)
    Strange Days (1995)
    "Wild Palms" (1993) TV mini-series (unknown episodes)
    Point Break (1991)
    Blue Steel (1989)
    New Order: Substance (1989) (V) (video "Touched By The Hand Of God")
    Near Dark (1987)
    The Loveless (1982)
    The Set-Up (1978)
  • THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (2009)


    "The House of the Devil" is an 80's-centric breath of fresh air (as contradictory as that sounds) amidst the over-edited and mega-processed PG-13 horror flicks that have been pooped out of the test-marketed movie anus in the last few years. In fact, director Ti West has wisely set "THOTD" firmly in the 80's, before cell phones ruined many a good horror movie premise.



    College student Sam (an easy to like Jocelin Donahue) needs cash to make the down payment on an apartment so she can leave the shambles of a dorm room she shares with her messy and frequently fucked roommate. Finding photocopied posters advertising a babysitter position, Sam eventually snags the job, and against the pleading of her best friend Megan (an awesome Greta Gerwig), she's dropped off at a creepy home far from the comfort of the shopping mall. There she meets the Ullmans played by the always welcome Tom Noonan and Mary Woronov. Mr. Ullman admits that the babysitting job is somewhat of a ruse as it's actually his wife's elderly mother that needs care taking. He explains that it's difficult to find people who are willing to shoulder the responsibility of caring for the elderly, while childcare seems a comparatively attractive proposition. And anyway, Sam's elderly charge will spend most of the night asleep (shades of "Burnt Offerings"). Sam agrees to stay, but for a greatly inflated fee that will more than take care of the down payment on her must-have apartment. Landlady (the great) Dee Wallace will be pleased. Cue the "babysitter alone in a creepy house" atmospherics.

    Aside for the cast, the great strength of "The House of the Devil" is the way in which the story unfolds. It's a simple premise, simply told, and for patient viewers, the film's atmosphere (both that of the 80's and that of a horror film) and slowly growing sense of unease are a winning change of pace; never boring, never less than engaging. Unfortunately, when we DO reach the climax, it's a bit of a letdown. Here, West has to put his cards on the table and stop playing subtle. Not a terrible ending, mind you, just not on par with the rest of the flick. It would be interesting to see how it would have played with a more "Blair Witch"-style ending.

    "Talk on the phone. Finish your homework. Watch TV. Die." How can you say no?
  • 14 TRACKS TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD

    BLONDIE: "PICTURE THIS"


    CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN: "EYE OF FATIMA (PART 1)"


    THE CARDIGANS: "COMMUNICATION" (LIVE)


    CONCRETE BLONDE: "COLD PART OF TOWN" (LIVE)


    THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS: "O-O-H CHILD"


    MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL: "AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH"


    HOLE: "MALIBU"


    JEAN KNIGHT: "MR. BIG STUFF"


    NIRVANA: "LITHIUM" (LIVE)


    LIZ PHAIR: "POLYESTER BRIDE"


    PIXIES: "DEBASER"


    PRINCE: "WHEN YOU WERE MINE" (LIVE)


    RAMONES: "ROCKAWAY BEACH" (LIVE)


    OTIS REDDING: "(SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY"


    LOU REED: "MEN OF GOOD FORTUNE" (LIVE)
  • PAUL NASCHY & CHAS BALUN
    A while ago, two important figures in the history of horror film passed away: Paul Naschy, whose 1968 ?Frankenstein?s Bloody Terror? this site takes its name from, and Chas Balun, whose writing about the genre helped define what that art is all about.



    Paul Naschy, d. November 30, 2009

    Naschy, born Jacinto Molina, was the Spanish successor to Lon Chaney, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney Jr. In his career he managed to play versions of many of the classic monsters, his most popular character being werewolf Waldemar Daninsky, a role he essayed in 12 films. Alternating between (and sometimes combining) the task of scriptwriter, director and star, Naschy?s enthusiasm for the genre comes across in each and every one of his features, from his crazed Gotho the hunchback in the insane ?Hunchback of the Morgue? to his well? crazed strangler in the giallo ?Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll?.

    I?ve been watching a lot of Naschy movies lately, both before and after his death in November of 2009. Of note, I?ve revisited ?Frankenstein?s Bloody Terror" for the first time since the mid-70s?. It?s a lot of fun with its combination gothic atmosphere and ?modern? setting. No Frankenstein though, but for a brief mention in the prologue. Apparently, the North American distributor was contractually obligated to deliver a Frankenstein pic, so the name was added as an afterthought. Naschy?s there as Daninsky, however, fighting vampires and wearing some mighty impressive getups.

    I?ve also experienced the aforementioned ?Hunchback of the Morgue? and it really is one of the most off its rocker movies I?ve ever seen. Naschy?s portrayal of Gotho is a little too hilarious for me, unfortunately, though he received accolades for his performance. Here, he?s a necrophile who is tricked by a mad scientist who promises to restore his deceased love to life, if Gotho will continue to provide him with bodies for his experiments. The movie is a mind fuck of the first order as campy hunchback and goop creature scenes are mixed with disturbing footage of rats actually being set on fire and a real beheading, as the filmmakers were given the okay to decapitate a corpse. The story goes that Naschy downed some scotch before hand, but was unable to continue beyond the first slice into the corpse?s neck. Yikes! Strong stuff and completely insane when mixed with the other less intense content.

    ?Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll? is a giallo of, if not the first order, then the second order. It?s got everything we love about gialli, from convoluted storytelling and set pieces, to nudity, violence and a lyrical title. ?The Hanging Woman? is not a star vehicle for Naschy, but he makes an impression as a sleazy gravedigger in this entertaining Scottish-set period piece about inheritance, covens and the living dead. And the Naschy-directed ?Panic Beats? is a gory good time that features plenty of double-crossing as the spirit of a knight returns every 100 years to slash, chop and spindle unfaithful spouses. Bottom line, there are plenty of Naschy flicks out there waiting for you to discover if you haven?t already. Check out the invaluable Mark of Naschy website in the links section for more in-depth information.



    Chas Balun, d. December 18, 2009

    Chas Balun wrote about horror movies with humour, love and in his own voice. An opinionated (Thank God!) writer, Balun didn?t mince words when he felt something was worthy of scorn, just as he was incredibly generous when he felt something was worthy of praise. His writing is responsible for turning many of us who were fear fans in the 80?s on to flicks we?d never heard of, particularity a lot of Euro-Horror. ?Nekromantic? anyone? My copy of Balun?s ?Deep Red Horror Handbook? fittingly and proudly houses an autograph I was able to eke from the silver marker of Dario Argento, a filmmaker Balun championed, at the Toronto B-Festival premiere of ?Two Evil Eyes?. Balun?s other essential writing includes ?Horror Holocaust?, ?Beyond Horror Holocaust?, and ?Gore Score?, as well as his ?Deep Red? magazine, and pieces for ?Fangoria? and many others. Also a talented artist who did illustrations for many of his publications (check out some of his t-shirt work at www.RottenCotton.com), Balun?s writing helped change the way we look at horror films, and gave birth to a generation of writers.

Brackley Drive-In Theatre - Now with RSS!
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Carol Little - News and reviews related to PEI author Carol Little.
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  • Gallery Show


    "Hide Your Life Away" has been selected to be on display at Eyelevel Gallery Bookstore, 2063 Gottigen St., Halifax, NS as part of the show "Eyelevel Re-Shelving Initiative: Four" from Feb. 19 - March 28!! :)

  • The Joy of Failure
    Article from January issue of The Buzz, Charlottetown, PE:

    http://www.buzzon.com/columnists/168-little-carol/2300-the-joy-of-failure/
  • Freelance Editing
    Do you need a great editor to ensure that your manuscript / thesis / business plan / grant proposal is professional, clear and error free? ... http://www.carollittle.net/
  • Hide Your Life Away included in university curriculum

    Hide Your Life Away is being included in the course readings for a Canadian Literature class at the University of Prince Edward Island!

    ENGLISH 425: Advanced Studies in Canadian Literature

    Survival in the Urban Wilderness
    Instructor: Greg Doran
    September 2009

    What does urban mean to you? What is the urban Canadian experience? What is Urban Canadian literature? This course will explore, and attempt to answer, these and many more questions. As well, the course will attempt to place Urban Canadian Literature into a larger Canadian literary context. To help define that context, the works on the course, which will include fiction, poetry, and drama, will be viewed through the lens of Atwood?s critical work Survival. While Atwood?s focus was on literature set in the Canadian wilderness, it will serve to help explore the evolving urban wilderness.

    Texts to be read will include How Insensitive (Russell Smith), Stanley Park (Timothy Taylor), Kingsway (Michael Turner), Coyote City (Daniel David Moses), Courage My Love (Sara Dearing), The Betrayer (Michael Hennessy), Hide Your Life Away (Carol Little), and others to be determined.
  • Writers' Guild Calendar
    Carol Little is Miss November in the PEI Writers' Guild 2010 calendar ... http://www.peiwritersguild.com/PEI_Writers_Guild/2010_Calendar.html

    The calendar is dedicated to Frank Ledwell and features poetry by island authors and photographs of island authors in various stages of dress, taken at Rock Barra Artist retreat. All proceeds from sales of the calendar support the guild.

City Cinema Schedule - PEI's repertory theatre. Downtown Charlottetown.
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  • Wed., March 10th, Everybody's Fine at Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 7:00
    This is the last night for this film.

    Rated: Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)
    Runs: 99 minutes
    Director: Kirk Jones
    Country: US
    Released: 2009
    Starring: Robert De Niro, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore

    “A holiday movie of rare sweetness; one likely to inspire a few calls home to Mom or Dad. And De Niro, at its center, gives a performance that's perfect in its simplicity.” - Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times. “This wistful, gently moving family drama stars Robert De Niro as Frank, a retired telephone company employee and widower, who as the movie opens is eagerly preparing for a reunion with his grown children at Thanksgiving.... When Frank's high-achieving kids fail to show, he decides to visit them, embarking on a cross-country journey of often brutal self-discovery. Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell and Drew Barrymore deliver fine performances as Frank's busily self-involved children, but Everybody's Fine is De Niro's picture through and through... He turns in a subtle, poignant performance as a man who has become an alien in his own family. When he contemplates a wheeled suitcase with faint bemusement, he resembles nothing less than E.T.; he's a walking embodiment of vulnerability and loss. Everybody should see Everybody's Fine. But one piece of advice: Phone home first.” - Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post

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  • Tue., March 9th, Everybody's Fine at Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 7:00
    Only 1 days left to see this film.

    Rated: Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)
    Runs: 99 minutes
    Director: Kirk Jones
    Country: US
    Released: 2009
    Starring: Robert De Niro, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore

    “A holiday movie of rare sweetness; one likely to inspire a few calls home to Mom or Dad. And De Niro, at its center, gives a performance that's perfect in its simplicity.” - Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times. “This wistful, gently moving family drama stars Robert De Niro as Frank, a retired telephone company employee and widower, who as the movie opens is eagerly preparing for a reunion with his grown children at Thanksgiving.... When Frank's high-achieving kids fail to show, he decides to visit them, embarking on a cross-country journey of often brutal self-discovery. Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell and Drew Barrymore deliver fine performances as Frank's busily self-involved children, but Everybody's Fine is De Niro's picture through and through... He turns in a subtle, poignant performance as a man who has become an alien in his own family. When he contemplates a wheeled suitcase with faint bemusement, he resembles nothing less than E.T.; he's a walking embodiment of vulnerability and loss. Everybody should see Everybody's Fine. But one piece of advice: Phone home first.” - Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post

    Advance Tickets ~ IMDB on Film ~

  • Mon., March 8th, Everybody's Fine at Monday, March 8, 2010 at 7:00
    Only 2 days left to see this film.

    Rated: Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)
    Runs: 99 minutes
    Director: Kirk Jones
    Country: US
    Released: 2009
    Starring: Robert De Niro, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore

    “A holiday movie of rare sweetness; one likely to inspire a few calls home to Mom or Dad. And De Niro, at its center, gives a performance that's perfect in its simplicity.” - Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times. “This wistful, gently moving family drama stars Robert De Niro as Frank, a retired telephone company employee and widower, who as the movie opens is eagerly preparing for a reunion with his grown children at Thanksgiving.... When Frank's high-achieving kids fail to show, he decides to visit them, embarking on a cross-country journey of often brutal self-discovery. Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell and Drew Barrymore deliver fine performances as Frank's busily self-involved children, but Everybody's Fine is De Niro's picture through and through... He turns in a subtle, poignant performance as a man who has become an alien in his own family. When he contemplates a wheeled suitcase with faint bemusement, he resembles nothing less than E.T.; he's a walking embodiment of vulnerability and loss. Everybody should see Everybody's Fine. But one piece of advice: Phone home first.” - Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post

    Advance Tickets ~ IMDB on Film ~

  • Sun., March 7th, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus at Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 9:05
    Only 7 days left to see this film.

    Rated: 14 Accompaniment (Not Recommended For Young Children)
    Runs: 122 minutes
    Director: Terry Gilliam
    Country: UK/Canada
    Released: 2009
    Starring: Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits
    Awards: Academy Award nominations for Art Direction & Costume Design.

    “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus springs with such dizzying, dazzling force from the mind of its maker that it might as well have been titled The Imagination of Terry Gilliam. Shot through with a bold, extravagant generosity of spirit, this journey behind the literal and figurative looking glass marks a gratifying return to form for Gilliam... And, as Heath Ledger's last film, it arrives with particular poignancy, with Ledger managing to disappear into his role, while imbuing it with his singular presence and energy. The title character is an ancient street performer who oversees a ragtag band of buskers who ply the streets of contemporary London, setting up their traveling stage across from pubs and shops to attract onlookers...Having been lured on stage by Parnassus's comely daughter Valentina and a young emcee named Anton, the unsuspecting mark comes under the mind control of the preternaturally still Parnassus, who sits like a Buddha draped in mystical robes and inscrutable silence. But beware those who venture through the mirror behind him; they will find their imaginations in a cosmic moral tug of war between Parnassus and the malign Mr. Nick, the kind of devil you can't help but dance and make deals with... Gilliam infuses the story with a swirling, plunging kind of visual excitement... to create a world of meticulously curated imagery and textures. Most important, Gilliam has cast actors who can hold their own against his potentially overpowering visual imagination... The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is an extravagant, tattered valentine - a work of gimlet-eyed whimsy, smudge-pot elegance and improbably deep feeling.” - Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post

    Advance Tickets ~ IMDB on Film ~

  • Sun., March 7th, Everybody's Fine at Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 7:00
    Only 3 days left to see this film.

    Rated: Parental Guidance (Language May Offend)
    Runs: 99 minutes
    Director: Kirk Jones
    Country: US
    Released: 2009
    Starring: Robert De Niro, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore

    “A holiday movie of rare sweetness; one likely to inspire a few calls home to Mom or Dad. And De Niro, at its center, gives a performance that's perfect in its simplicity.” - Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times. “This wistful, gently moving family drama stars Robert De Niro as Frank, a retired telephone company employee and widower, who as the movie opens is eagerly preparing for a reunion with his grown children at Thanksgiving.... When Frank's high-achieving kids fail to show, he decides to visit them, embarking on a cross-country journey of often brutal self-discovery. Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell and Drew Barrymore deliver fine performances as Frank's busily self-involved children, but Everybody's Fine is De Niro's picture through and through... He turns in a subtle, poignant performance as a man who has become an alien in his own family. When he contemplates a wheeled suitcase with faint bemusement, he resembles nothing less than E.T.; he's a walking embodiment of vulnerability and loss. Everybody should see Everybody's Fine. But one piece of advice: Phone home first.” - Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post

    Advance Tickets ~ IMDB on Film ~

Confederation Centre - What's on at the Confed. Centre
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Dale Sorensen’s Blog - one trombonist’s thoughts about the world - Hi. I am a professional trombonist in Prince Edward Island Canada. I created this blog to share thoughts or stories about things that are important to me - things like classical music, the environment, my family, and yes, the trombone.
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  • Of Mice and Men
    Last night I had a dream. I dreamed that there was a mouse in our house, and when I discovered it, in my dream, I caught it by the quickest, most resourceful method I could come up with in the spur of the moment - with my bare hand. It ...
  • International Trombone Week 2009
    Today marks the first day of International Trombone Week 2009, and I intend to celebrate! I am going to attempt to write a post a day here on my blog, and I even have a performance planned with the UPEI Trombone Quartet. It is fitting that I should be performing in ...
  • Making Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
    Considering my recent obsession with dark chocolate and my fondness of peanut butter, it's only natural that I should want to eat them together. With Reese's as my model, I've been making my own chocolate peanut butter cups, and it goes like this: Using a double boiler (to avoid scorching), melt ...
  • 25 Things About Me
    I was recently tagged here in the 7 Things thing, and coincidentally tagged by my wife on facebook with the 25 Things thing there. So here I am, killing two birds with one stone, and ending my blogging hiatus with my list of 25 things you don't really need to ...
  • Windterra Wind Turbine
    When we built our off-the-grid house in 2000, our power system consisted primarily of 8 photovoltaic solar panels. Since then, we have been keen on adding a wind turbine to complement the solar, but just haven't made that step yet. My father-in-law recently pointed out a small ad in the ...

Deryl Gallant's Blog - Deryl Gallant, Bassist and Web Developer from PEI, dispensing his thoughts online.
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Don't Feed the Writer-Adventures in Writing for Canadian TV and Film - David Moses is a film and television guy based in Charlottetown. He is often in Vancouver working on the Robson Arms television production. Its blog is at http://robsonarms.typepad.com/
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Haunted PEi - I’m a writer conducting research for a book featuring ghost stories of Prince Edward Island. I’m looking for stories about haunted areas, public buildings and homes.
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  • Ghost tour of Savannah
    Well, this doesn’t qualify as a PEI story but kind of interesting anyway. Last month my husband and I took a trip to Savannah Georgia, purportedly the second-most haunted city in the US (after Salem). The last night we were there I took a carriage ride ghost tour. For a number of reasons, a significant [...]
  • Meeting spirits
    It’s only fair, I suppose, that if I’m soliciting ghost stories I should start out by telling a bit about my own experiences. I’ve fairly often met spirits of the recently passed, whether they were intentionally coming to me or that I happened to be in their physical path. I didn’t know what was happening [...]
  • Hello world!
    Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!

K-Rock 105.5 Blogs - PEI's new rock station. Blogs from the K-Rock jocks. No RSS feeds.
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