In honour of the upcoming Genie Awards, we offer a look at 10 must-see Canadian films.
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Hell Nay, We Won?t Pay! (New York Times)
The arcane, obsessive and, well, way-way-out-there arguments (and characters) of the tax-denial movement.
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Have bike, will travel – Kerwin to pedal cross country for area causes (Park Rapids Enterprise)
When the sun makes its appearance next Saturday, Donald Kerwin plans to board his bike, tethered to a trailer, and head west. Advertisement: Off The Rack Boutique All Clothes and Coats 50% off!
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6 nights in Paris and Barcelona, from $1,099 (MSNBC)
Explore the French capital and then continue on to the seaside Spanish metropolis sprinkled with beautiful creations by architect Antoni Gaudí.
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Spector defense attacks chauffeur’s testimony (Napa Valley Register)
LOS ANGELES — The defense in Phil Spector’s murder retrial argued Wednesday that jurors should not believe a pivotal story told by the music producer’s chauffeur or the testimony of five women who claimed Spector confronted them with guns years before the shooting death of actress and former Napa County resident Lana Clarkson in 2003.
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‘Tokyo Sonata’ a timely tale of family crisis (Los Angeles Times)
Also reviewed: ‘Three Monkeys,’ Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s mordant neo-noir from Turkey. Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Tokyo Sonata” could scarcely be more timely or prescient. It opens with his hero, Ryuhei Sasaki (Teruyuki Kagawa), losing his job as an administrative director at a healthcare equipment company. A classic middle-management, middle-class man, Sasaki is so devastated by this sudden turn of events …
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Spector’s lawyer urges jurors to discount driver’s testimony (world entertainment news via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Record producer Phil Spector’s defence lawyer has urged jurors in the mogul’s murder retrial to disregard his former chauffeur’s testimony, suggesting the Brazilian is confused by what he heard following the death of actress Lana Clarkson.
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Phil Spector trial: Chauffeur ‘may have misheard confession’ (Daily Telegraph)
A chauffeur who claimed to have heard Phil Spector confess to shooting dead actress Lana Clarkson at his Los Angeles home could have been mistaken defence lawyers have said.
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Spector’s Attorney Tells Jury to Discount Chauffer’s Testimony (KTLA-TV Los Angeles)
LOS ANGELES — He was hungry. He was tired. He was frightened. His English was poor. The fountain was noisy. The words were slurred. The police were pushy. A green card beckoned. An attorney for Phil Spector offered jurors at his murder retrial an array of reasons Wednesday why they should discount the testimony of a Brazilian chauffeur who claims that the pop music producer admitted shooting an …
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Phil Spector – Spectors Lawyer Urges Jurors To Discount Drivers Testimony (ContactMusic)
Record producer PHIL SPECTOR’s defence lawyer has urged jurors in the mogul’s murder retrial to disregard his former chauffeur’s testimony, suggesting the Brazilian is confused …
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