Minority Movie Report - Mike

I just saw 'Last Train Home' at a First Weekend Club screening. The purpose of the First Weekend Club is to help promote Canadian movies. They provide a way of enjoy what is usually referred to as 'Method Movie Going'.

Method Movie Going is really fun. Before and/or after a movie, you take part in an activity that relates to the movie. In this situation, the documentary was about a Chinese family. Before the movie started, we enjoyed a live Chinese harp concert and a dragon dance witch was very interesting. This being a First Weekend Club event, we also had the complimentary wine and appetizers... lets not forget about those comfy couchs, dimmed lights and beautiful location!

'Last Train Home' was an insight in the life of a Chinese family that is trying to provide a better life for there kids.

It's a little slow paced at first but once it picks up, you will be emotionally engaged until the end. It's quite the experience to be able to look into the lives of people in a different culture. The cinematography was great. The landscape and the different locations were used in a very effective manner.

The event was great and I think more people should become members of the First Weekend Club(it's free!!): http://www.firstweekendclub.ca/canada-screens-vancouver/

Also check out the official site for Last Train Home: http://www.eyesteelfilm.com/lasttrainhome

Definitely go and see Last Train Home!!! It will be playing at the Ridge Theater in Vancouver starting Mach 5, 2010. Director Lixin Fan will do Q&A Friday 7 & 9 and Sat 2, 7 & 9

You can check the schedule and buy your tickets here: http://www.festivalcinemas.ca/#coming-soon

Enjoy,
Mike Chery

A funny story... There is always some prizes to be won at these events. You can get 1 ticket 3 tickets or for $5 your arms length. My arms are long since I'm 6,8Ft tall and I usually get the $5 deal. Since I haven't been winning, today, I decided to go with the 3 ticket deal.

The last prize was one free month of DVD rentals by mail from Videomatica( http://twitter.com/Videomatica ) and I WON!!!! Woohoo!!! Only problem is that I was asked to put my hand in the jar to pick the winner..... Awkward.... I picked my number... I got lucky!!!

Link: http://www.firstweekendclub.ca/canada-screens-vancouver/

Hey guys let's keep on celebrating Canadian talents after the Olympics!! Vancouver 2010 was just the beginning...

I'm going to a screening of 'Last Train Home'on Thursday, March 4th. It looks like there are still some tickets available. It's a great way to check out and support our Canadian movies!!

For $15 you get a pre-show celebration with complimentary wine, the movie and a post-screening party!

**OFFICIAL COMPETITION, SUNDANCE 2010***
WINNER, Best Feature: IDFA International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
WINNER, Best Documentary: Whistler Film Festival
WINNER, Best Canadian Film: Rencontres International de Documentaire
WINNER, Best Documentary: Victoria Film Festival

Check it out and come join us!!!
Last Train Home Playing on Thursday, March 4th
http://www.firstweekendclub.ca/canada-screens-vancouver/

Mike Chery

Link: http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100113/help_haiti_100113/20100113/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

I'm really tired of hearing about these bastards that use situations like the earthquake in Haiti to scam people!!!

Dont't be fooled!!! If you are in Canada, please make sure you use this page to donate: http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100113/help_haiti_100113/20100113/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

After watching Megan Fox in Tranformers, I new that Michael Bay had vision of sexy mixed with explosion and your cars transforming into robots beating the crap out of each other as a vehicle for that vision. Well now, he managed to make it a reality!!!! Only things he didn't use was the robots and Megan Fox's body... for a reason.

Check this out!

Mike Chery

"Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is true. There are a million little strings attached to every choice you make; you can destroy your life every time you choose. But maybe you won't know for twenty years. And you may never ever trace it to its source. And you only get one chance to play it out.

Just try and figure out your own divorce. And they say there is no fate, but there is: it's what you create. And even though the world goes on for eons and eons, you are only here for a fraction of a fraction of a second. Most of your time is spent being dead or not yet born. But while alive, you wait in vain, wasting years, for a phone call or a letter or a look from someone or something to make it all right. And it never comes or it seems to but it doesn't really. And so you spend your time in vague regret or vaguer hope that something good will come along. Something to make you feel connected, something to make you feel whole, something to make you feel loved.

And the truth is I feel so angry, and the truth is I feel so fucking sad, and the truth is I've felt so fucking hurt for so fucking long and for just as long I've been pretending I'm OK, just to get along, just for, I don't know why, maybe because no one wants to hear about my misery, because they have their own. Well, fuck everybody. Amen."

Synecdoche New York