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A spotlight on Whip It was held at Yonge & Dundas Square in downtown Toronto - a roller derby exhibition game by the Toronto Derby League with the DVAS (Death Valley Assassins Squad) and The Bay City Bruisers and MC’ed by Val Capone (the Windy City Roller Girls, Axles of Evil and the LA Derby [...]

Terry Gilliam wants to entertain you (be sure of that), entice you to go down the dark alley that he inhabits – he literally wants your soul for the running time of his films. At 69, he is a filmmaker that has verve for storytelling and a sense of imagination that Hollywood couldn’t grow [...]

Spectacularly beautiful and intense, Chloe is a slice of character piece heaven, a sexual thriller that unites visceral tone and acting brilliantly. Directed by Atom Egoyan, wildly known for his films in the sexual arena (The Adjuster, Exotica, and more notably Where the Truth Lies), Chloe is an alluring, yet mature complement to his collection.
Julianne [...]

In Whip it, Ellen Page is Bliss Cavender - a quintessential Texas teen who competes in beauty pageants to please her overbearing mother (Marcia Gay Harden) until she joins a local roller derby league. Based on the book “Derby Girl” by Shauna Cross (she also wrote the screenplay), the film shows much triteness; the richness [...]