Brian Dennis Movies
- 2006
A junior copy editor at a prominent New York publishing house must choose between starting a family and chasing her dreams when an unplanned pregnancy threatens to sideline her career ambitions. When Frannie (Joanne Kelly) landed author Michael Tate (Colin Ferguson) as a client, it was a dream come true. But almost as soon as she begins working with her favorite writer, Frannie makes a shocking discovery. She is pregnant, and the father is her new boyfriend Calvin (Lucas Bryant). Though they've hardly been together a couple of months, they both agree to leave the city and start a family. But almost as soon as they buy a house in the suburbs, a stranger appears with promises of sweeping Frannie back to the city to live the life she's always dreamt about. Even as the bright lights of New York beckon her, however, Frannie begins to sense that perhaps a life with Calvin is what she truly needed all along. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Joanne Kelly, Lucas Bryant, (more)
Bruce McDonald directed this mock-documentary (and appears onscreen as himself) which looks at a veteran punk rock band taking one final stab at the big time. Singer Joe Dick (Hugh Dillon), guitarist Billy Tallent (Callum Keith Rennie), bassist John Oxenberger (John Pyper-Fergson), and drummer Pipefitter (Bernie Coulson) were the members of Hard Core Logo, a Vancouver-based rock band that was one of Canada's biggest and most influential punk outfits for the better part of a decade. Formed in 1978, Hard Core Logo broke up in 1991 after releasing seven albums and playing over a thousand shows; Joe went on to play the occasional solo gig, Billy moved to L.A. and has been sitting in with platinum-selling alternative pop band Jennifur while their guitarist tries to kick drugs, John has been putting his life back together after a severe nervous breakdown, and Pipefitter hasn't been doing much of anything. Word begins to circulate that Bucky Haight (Julian Richings), one of the seminal figures of Canadian punk and Joe's mentor, lost a leg (or maybe both) following a mysterious incident in which intruders shot him after breaking into his prairie farmhouse. Joe organizes a benefit for Bucky, with Hard Core Logo reuniting for the occasion; the show is a huge success, and Joe persuades Billy to join him, John, and Pipefitter for a five-date reunion tour to cash in on the benefit's notoriety. Billy, killing time while he waits to find out if his spot in Jennifur will become permanent, is more than a bit preoccupied, and his desire for professionalism doesn't mesh especially well with Joe's take-it-as-it-comes attitude -- especially after it becomes evident that Joe's purposes for reuniting the band weren't as benevolent as they seemed. Actual Canadian punk legends D.O.A. make a cameo appearance as one of Hard Core Logo's opening acts, and American punk godfather Joey Ramone appears briefly in a news report about the Bucky Haight benefit show. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
This Canadian drama based on a book by W.P. Kinsella, examines the tension between Indians and Anglos in Canada from an Indian perspective. Silas Crow, who lives on a Northern Ontario reserve, wants to take a mechanic's course in Toronto with his friend Frank Fencepost. But before he can enroll, the teen must write a short narrative describing his home. The film is a series of vignette's from Crow's narrative. The vignette's are alternately funny and poignant. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ryan Rajendra Black, Adam Beach, (more)
- 1991
Everything to do with the much-visited Niagara Falls is the subject of this lively documentary. Whether it is the nearly hilarious kitsch on sale at the tourist shops lining both sides of the falls, or the subject of water pollution and Love Canal, this film looks at it all, beginning with the history of the Niagara Falls as a tourist attraction. Colorful characters abound, including the many desperate daredevils who attempt to survive a ride over the falls. Even amid the relentless promotion of today, this natural wonder still has the power to entrance visitors. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
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