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(June 14 - Toronto, Ontario) There's a long connection between Canada and the Man of Steel, which is now playing. Superman's co-creator, Joe Shuster was born in Toronto. One of his cousins was the comedian Frank Shuster. In the 1978 movie that promised we would believe that a man could fly, Québec-born Glenn Ford (pictured) played father to the young boy who would grow up to become Superman. And the adult Superman, Clark Kent, fell for Lois Lane, played by Margot Kidder in all four of the Christopher Reeve films. In addition to many different US locations, Man of Steel was also shot in several locations in British Columbia. The cast of Warner Bros. Man of Steel stars British-born actor Henry Cavill and contains a number of Canadians including Julian Richings, Tahmoh Penikett, David Paetkau, Ian Tracey and Mike Dopud.
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(June 10 - Toronto, Ontario) One of the events we missed last week was 3rd Annual Canadian Cinema Editors Awards.
Editing is a lot like special effects. Really well done, the audience should never feel as if they are being manipulated. Clumsy editing usually gets in the way of the storytelling and often breaks the suspension of disbelief required to allow the audience to escape into the story. It was famed American director Francis Ford Coppola who once said "the essence of cinema is editing." Northernstars has the list of winners.
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(June 7 - Montréal, Québec) In a truly innovative step forward while paying tribute to its past, the National Film Board (NFB) has launched an app that puts the power of animation into the hands of iPad owners. Users can discover the genius of animation pioneer Norman McLaren and find out how their artistic skills compare to his, using his creative tools and techniques to make and share new works of their own using the app that is wonderfully called, McLaren’s Workshop. Developed by the National Film Board of Canada and selected as the Editor’s Choice at Apple’s App Store, McLaren’s Workshop lets users discover the techniques pioneered by the founder of animation at the NFB, enabling them to bring images to life, just as he did.
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Today's Birthdays:
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Northernstars Victor Cowie, Richard Monette, Eric Schweig and Lauren Lee Smith were born on June 19th. Born in Vancouver, Laren Lee Smith turns 33 today. She was noticed by a fashion scout when she was just 13 years old. She was living in Los Angeles at the time and so embarked on a 6-year career as a professional model. At 19, she returned to Vancouver and began her acting career as part of the cast of Get Carter. Noticed for her role as Riley Adams, described as "a smart, flirtatious, and witty non-conformist," on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the character and thus Smith's role lasted only one season but it made a huge impression.
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Me, the bees and Cancer opens in Toronto this Friday. A documentary from filmmaking pioneer, homeopath rebel, adventurer, rapper, father, fiddler, and lover of life; John Board, Me, the bees and cancer is his highly personal story of an exploration that began after he was diagnosed with Lymphoma in the fall of 2010. For thousands of years mankind has explored one form of medicine or another. There are possible complementary and alternative treatments to “modern” medicine and this film is Board's exploration of that topic that ends with the use of bee stings in an effort to cure his own cancer.
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