Three And Above

The Expendables 3  (2014) A Review by Grant Kanigan Directed by: Patrick Hughes Written By: Sylvester Stallone,  Creighton Rothenberger,                   Katrin Benedikt, and Dave Callaham Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger,               Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson Rating: PG Release Date: August 15th 2014 Jason Statham & Wesley Snipes compare 'knife size' in The Expendables 3 © 2014 - Lionsgate      In the late 1980's just one of the stars of The Expendables 3 would have received an eight figure salary. To make a movie this size back then would have been astronomically expensive. Today, while it was by no means an indie film,  Expendables 3 was made with more heart than cold hard cash. With most stars doing the film for their love of machismo cinema , the latest Expendables film is the most fun in a franchise of ridiculousness.        Where previous Expendables films have carefully straddled the line be

Hard Core Logo  (1996) A Review by Grant Kanigan Directed by: Bruce McDonald Written by: Noel S. Baker, based on                   Michael Turner's novel Starring: Hugh Dillon,  Callum Keith Rennie,                 Bruce McDonald Rating: 14A Release Date: October 25th, 1996 Hugh Dillon and Callum Keith Rennie in Hard Core Logo © Copyright 1996 - Miramax Films - All rights reserved.       Hard Core Logo  is essential Canadian cinema - a mockumentary, in the cruelest sense of the word - this is the film Guy Maddin has been trying to make his entire career, (Maddin's somewhat similar  My Winnipeg was whimsical as well as funny, but ultimately pointless and meandering). Bruce McDonald's punk-opus is not only essential canuck cinema, but quintessential punk rock cinema. No film before or since has so perfectly captured the rebel-without-a-cause spirit and devil may care attitude.        Hard Core Logo follows the eponymous band on their last ever tou