{"id":2293,"date":"2011-02-05T01:51:07","date_gmt":"2011-02-05T06:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2011-02-05T01:51:07","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T06:51:07","slug":"2011-genie-award-nominees-on-home-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=2293","title":{"rendered":"2011 Genie Award Nominees on Home Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1642\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 96px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/GenieAward_s.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1642\" title=\"GenieAward_s\" src=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/GenieAward_s.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"86\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">My, what big eyes you have, little Genie<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This week the 31st Annual Genie Award nominees were  announced, with the ceremony to be broadcast live from the National Arts Centre  in Ottawa on  Thursday March 10 on CBC.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if the host or a presenter will make a crack or  three about digital locks, the monopolistic behaviour of the major telcos  (Bell, Rogers), or the CRTC\u2019s approval of metered internet billing which the  Harper government is trying to quash because <a href=\"http:\/\/stopthemeter.ca\/\" >416,000  Canadians<\/a> ostensibly said \u2018Bell Sucks.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Possibly, but those wanting the full tally of the Genie  nominees (<em>Remember: Genies = Film, Junos  = Music, Geminies = TV<\/em>), the organization has a list in PDF format (see  link on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.genieawards.ca\/genie31\/main.cfm\" >this page<\/a>),  and <a href=\"http:\/\/genieawards.tribute.ca\/\" >Tribute<\/a> has them broken up  into easier to read categories.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a list of the nominated feature films, docs, and  miscellaneous, which are available or are slated for home video release soon (and linked to Amazon.ca or Archambault.ca).<\/p>\n<p>Before we get to that, how exactly did <strong>Resident  Evil: Afterlife<\/strong>, winner of the 2011 Golden Reel Award, become \u201cthe most  successful production in Canadian feature film history\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, $280 million in worldwide sales rocks, but it\u2019s a Brit  director with an American cast whose Cancon is probably the crew, secondary  actors, extras, and Mike the Muffin Man, who kept everyone smiling with his organic  fudge creole muffin tops and Barracuda milkshakes. I guess the investors are  happy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOMINATED FEATURE FILMS (Fiction &amp; Documentary):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B003FSU6YE?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kqco-20&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=212553&amp;creative=381305&amp;creativeASIN=B003FSU6YE\">7 Jours du Talion \/ 7 Days<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archambault.ca\/10-1-ACH002750900-fr-pr\">10  1\/2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B003Y8YB3M?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kqco-20&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=212553&amp;creative=381305&amp;creativeASIN=B003Y8YB3M\">Amours Imaginaires, Les \/ Heartbeats<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B0039USJLA?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kqco-20&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=212553&amp;creative=381305&amp;creativeASIN=B0039USJLA\">Defendor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B0044784RQ?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kqco-20&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=212553&amp;creative=381305&amp;creativeASIN=B0044784RQ\">Fubar 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B003U9XZYG?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kqco-20&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=212553&amp;creative=381305&amp;creativeASIN=B003U9XZYG\">Gunless<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B003BNO9BO?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kqco-20&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=212553&amp;creative=381305&amp;creativeASIN=B003BNO9BO\">High Life<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archambault.ca\/qmi\/navigation\/search\/ExtendedSearchResults.jsp?searchType=VIDEOS&amp;searchType_new_value=false&amp;erpId=ACH&amp;searchMode=simple&amp;department=ACH420000000000&amp;searchInput=incendies&amp;searchSubmit.x=0&amp;searchSubmit.y=0\">Incendies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B004DMIJ0E?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kqco-20&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=212553&amp;creative=381305&amp;creativeASIN=B004DMIJ0E\">Last Train Home<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B004727JBK?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kqco-20&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=212553&amp;creative=381305&amp;creativeASIN=B004727JBK\">Resident Evil: Afterlife<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B004IY6A0S?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kqco-20&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=212553&amp;creative=381305&amp;creativeASIN=B004IY6A0S\">Shine of Rainbows<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B003YKYX7O?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kqco-20&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=212553&amp;creative=381305&amp;creativeASIN=B003YKYX7O\">Splice<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B003Y8YB0U?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kqco-20&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=212553&amp;creative=381305&amp;creativeASIN=B003Y8YB0U\">Trotsky, The<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B003VIVCQE?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kqco-20&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=212553&amp;creative=381305&amp;creativeASIN=B003VIVCQE\">Wild Hunt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B004C00EPA?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kqco-20&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=212553&amp;creative=381305&amp;creativeASIN=B004C00EPA\">You Don&#8217;t Like The Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Note<\/em>: Jephte Bastien\u2019s film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archambault.ca\/sortie-67(2010)-ACH002778644-fr-pr\">Sortie 67<\/a>,  winner of the Claude Jutra Award, is slated for a release April 26.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lastly, those wanting to catch some of the nominees on the  Big Screen in Big Sound can check the tally of films to be screened at the TIFF  Bell Lightbox as part of <a href=\"http:\/\/tiff.net\/topten\" >Canada\u2019s Top Ten  Feature and Short Films<\/a>, with some panel discussions.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;30\u2014<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>,  Editor<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/Main_Index_Page.htm\">KQEK.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announced Feb. 2, the 2011 Genie Award nominations are out, and I&#8217;ve listed life-saving links to the mega list, and titles currently and soon to be on home video, because you&#8217;re that proud and nationalistic, dammit&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[295],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-AZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}