Happy Birthday to Me (1981) dir. J. Lee Thompson
Starring: Melissa Sue Anderson, Tracey E. Bregman, Lawrence Dane, Glenn Ford
**1/2
Revived from Anchor Bay comes this forgotten-about entry in the golden era of early 80’s Canadian tax shelter cinema – an era which produced numerous genre knock-offs of American films. While ‘Happy Birthday to Me’ is no classic and barely a cult film, it’s not embarrassing and worth a look for fans of slasher cinema. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Alan Bacchus
You Might As Well Live (2009) dir. Simon Ennis
Starring: Joshua Peace, Michael Madsen, Stephen McHattie, Greg Bryk, Clark Johnson
***
Guest review by Reece Crothers
Some films are just destined to become cult classics. I’m putting my money on Simon Ennis’ hilarious “You Might As Well Live” to join the rank and file of other Canadian comedies to achieve that status, from “Strange Brew” and “Highway 61″ through “Trailer Park Boys” and “FUBAR”, the latter of which is all the more appropriate here as that film’s director, Michael Dowse serves as executive producer. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Alan Bacchus
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