![]() It’s ruled by gangs of alpha dogs, headed by a team of five: former pets Duke, Rex, King and Boss, as well as the mysterious Chief, a stray who likes to fight. (Atari was adopted by his distant uncle when his parents died in a train crash.)īut when Atari flies to Trash Island in a toy airplane to rescue his pooch, he discovers a strange world rarely seen by humans. This even includes his nephew Atari’s dog Spots. To save the city from infection, he says, he is banishing all the city’s dogs to Trash Island off the coast. Mayor Kobayashi – under the thumb of the corpse-like Major Domo – declares all dogs persona non grata. The dogs all come down with an odd disease called snout flu. And they are all cat lovers who despise dogs. The Kobayashi clan own everything from the golf courses to the amusement parks and pharmaceutical labs. Megasaki in Uni prefecture is a big city controlled by the evil and corrupt Kobayashi dynasty. Abrams as Owen looks like a younger and dumber Dr House (Hugh Laurie), and Pirie is truly unique as a loud-mouthed hooker with a heart of lead. But guess what – this is a comedy! Yup, I’m not joking. Will they ever escape from hideous Toronto? The Go-Getters is an unusual look at the lowest of the low in downtown Toronto. ![]() They try robbing panhandlers, selling sex to teens, and fleecing buskers, but nothing seems to work. But circumstances conspire to make them work together so they can buy bus tickets to Brockville to renovate an abandoned home. He robbed her of her last fiver when she was ODing in a puddle of vomit on the bathrooom floor. He’s a nearly homeless alcoholic who mooches drinks from his brother’s skid row bar. She’s a streetwalker who works for a disabled pimp called Cerebral Paulie, who keeps her addicted to oxycodone. Owen and Lacie (Aaron Abrams, Tomie Amber Pirie) are an odd couple. No nudity, it’s more of a social satire than a bedroom farce. Can a weekend of bed-swapping inject new life into the respective couples’ relationships? And what are their real motives behind this swingers’ retreat?Ī Swingers Weekend is a cute comedy that’s surprisingly tame. Geoffrey and Fiona (Jonas Chernik, Mia Kirchner) are Dan’s old friends whose marriage is falling apart. But their planned foursome gains a fifth and sixth wheel when unexpected guests show up at the door. They’ve invited the attractive TJ and Skai (Michael Xavier, Erin Agostino) - he’s an artist, she’s into yoga – for a gourmet dinner and a weekend of kinky sex. She’s in real estate and he’s CEO at an energy drink corporation, and they’re taking a break from their Toronto jobs for a weekend retreat in a lakeside villa up in cottage country. Lisa and Dan (Erin Karpluk – Being Erica, Randal Edwards) are a power couple. There’s an island of garbage filled with abandoned dogs, a couple of ne’er-do-wells who live in rubbish, and a married couple who risk trashing their marriage for a weekend getaway. This week I’m looking at movies set among the trash. But sometimes movies look in the opposite direction… downward, toward the gutter. Hollywood movies often glamourize everyday life with an idealized view of the world the average person can never attain. The Canadian Film Fest is on now, bringing lots of new movies to the big screen, movies made right here in Toronto and across the country. Hi, this is Daniel Garber at the Movies for and CIUT 89.5 FM.
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