Daily Archives: 2012-05-11

CONTEST: See BERNIE in TORONTO!

By Dork Shelf
May 11, 2012

Hey-ho y’all. Let’s send send this week off with a bang and another contest from your friends at Dork Shelf and Alliance Films. We don’t want to send you on a weekend with some guy named Bernie, but we want to send ten lucky winners and a guest of their choosing to an advance screening of Richard Linklater’s new dark comedy BERNIE at an advanced screening in Toronto on Tuesday, May 15th at 7:00pm.

From the director of Slacker, Dazed and Confused, and School of Rock, Bernie (which is based in part on a true story) tells the tale of the titular well respected funeral director from Carthage, Texas (played by Jack Black) who befriends a wealthy older widower with a sour demeanor (Shirley MacLaine), that very quietly disappears from her noted profile in the town, leading many to suspect that the normally unassuming Bernie has killed her. Featuring a supporting performance from Matthew McConaughey as the local district attorney bent on bringing Bernie to justice, the film looks like another interesting feather in director Linklater’s already full cap.

Bernie opens in Toronto on Friday, May 18th, but for your chance at winning a pair of passes to the advance screening, simply email contest@dorkshelf.com with BERNIE in the subject line. Only one entry per person, please. For additional chances to win, like the contest announcement on our Facebook page and/or re-Tweet the announcement from our Twitter! Deadline for entries is 11:59pm on Sunday, May 13th.

Good luck, and as always, stay tuned to Dork Shelf for more great contests and giveaways!

 

 

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TOJam 2012 Day One

May 11, 2012

TCAF may have been crazy, but it’s nothing compared to the encore. TOJam 2012 is currently underway and I’m getting a crash course in game design in one of the most intense creative environments imaginable. Continue reading

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The New Old: Boys, Men, Aliens, and Gremlins

By Dork Shelf
May 11, 2012

Lots of talk about boys and men this week as Brandon Bastaldo takes a look at the coming of age tale La Haine, Andrew Parker looks at the Quebecois hockey comedy Les Boys II, and Phil Brown looks at Men in Black, About a Boy, and the almost childlike inhibition of Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Continue reading

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Big Boys Gone Bananas!* Review

May 11, 2012

The very best kind of David and Goliath stories are the ones where the David in question eventually wins out. However in his battle against fruit giant Dole Foods, victory never feels completely assured for Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten. Big Boys Gone Bananas!* is an autobiographical documentary about Gertten’s protracted moral and legal fight to get his 2009 doc Bananas!* released. The film is essentially a documentary about a documentary, with the director of both movies becoming the central character in his own story. Continue reading

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Interview: Kevin Durand

May 11, 2012

We talked to Canadian character actor Kevin Durand about his latest role as a bank robber in the historical drama Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster, what it’s like to play a lot of character driven roles, and about being able to adapt to filming in Sault Ste. Marie. Oh, and we asked him a tad about Cosmopolis. Continue reading

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