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Marise Strauss
Away from Her’s golden girls
In a year filled with prizes and accolades for Away from Her, the icing on the cake so far came when the Hamilton, ON-shot drama fetched Oscar nominations for one of its stars, 66-year-old British movie legend Julie Christie, and for first-time writer/director Sarah Polley.
CBC shuffles MVP, jPod
Looking to regain lost ground with key viewers, CBC has swapped the sporty soap with its oddball office comedy
Berlin beckons Maddin, LaBruce
Why is the Berlin festival playing My Winnipeg? Director and narrator Guy Maddin says its Canadian-ness speaks to anyone with nostalgia for their hometown
Border trumps Kings
CTV’s two-part crime mini posted middling numbers despite strong reviews, while CBC’s The Border is on the up and up
Maple trots out Eye
After opening number one in Canada with Rambo, distributor Maple Pictures looks to score again with Jessica Alba and J-horror
Shaftesbury posting The Summit
Busy Toronto prodco set to deliver the ‘ambitious’ four-hour mini in April, and is two weeks into production on the teen comedy Overruled! for Family and Disney
Iggy spreads to France, Asia
Blueprint’s popular kids comedy series will have a presence in several more territories following new deals closed by Oasis International
Super Channel lands Fox films
Titles including Oscar-nominated Juno and The Simpsons Movie will be available on the pay-TV upstart following a multi-year output deal with Twentieth Century Fox
Rambo trounces Spartans
The comedy spoof ranked number one south of the border, but Rambo‘s $2-million take at the domestic box office shows the Stallone vehicle is still popular with Canadians
SAG honors Christie
Away from Her‘s leading lady bags yet another award for her portrayal as an Alzheimer’s sufferer in Sarah Polley’s debut feature
Major release for How She Move
Mongrel Media and its partners at Paramount Vantage hope the young audience and high energy of How She Move will pay off at the box office, despite the January doldrums
Guard jumps over The Border
The battle of domestic action dramas has, so far, gone to Global and its new series The Guard, which debuted ahead of CBC’s The Border
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