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FEBRUARY 22, 2008 - KANATA KOURIER-STANDARD - PAGE 33
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REEL REVIEWS
Definitely, Maybe a possibly
likeable Valentine's film
KATIE BRADFORD
I dislike Valentine's Day.Though its nice to havepeople tell you
they loveyou, binge on chocolate andcry at sad movies, most ofthe
time I resent the entirecharade. Its fabricated bycompanies like
Hallmark tomake us shell out the bigbucks on useless trinkets,and
we do! What use is aten foot red teddy bear that
sings It had to be You?Hollywood cashes in on
this manufactured holiday aswell, releasing sob-fests anddate
movies by the bowlful,which meant last week sev-eral films were
released on arare Thursday.
Definitely, Maybe wasone of these films thatbanked on couples
and thelovelorn to buy into thestory of a father relivingevery
great love of his life tohelp his daughter cope withher parents
divorce. Writtenand directed by AdamBrooks (Bridget Jones: TheEdge
of Reason), it sort of,kind of, maybe delivers.
The father is William
Hayes (Ryan Reynolds), aformer political consultantwho seems to
have a knackfor falling in love and pro-posing, as well as for
kissingevery woman who looks hisway. This is how you end upwith the
complicated lovetriangle (or is it a square?Parallelogram?) that
fuels
most of the film. Abigail
Breslin plays his daugh-ter Maya who is desperateto know which
woman inthe story is her mother (asHayes changes all the namesto
throw her off). The pos-sible mommies are: Emily(Elizabeth Banks),
Summer(Rachel Weisz), and April(Isla Fisher). Not quite asconfusing
as it sounds, butstill a little heavy on themate-swapping for
me.
The film moves from agreat, refreshing comingof age story to
corny lovestory, to a half heartedfather-daughter buddy com-edy.
While a lot of the timethe flashback style works,it is unbalanced.
I was leftfeeling fully immersed inHayes romantic history,
butlacking in his relationshipwith his daughter. Whileit is obvious
they are veryclose and that this little girlchanged the course of
hislife, notable aspects are leftout. We never flashback toher
birth, and their relation-
ship is often forgotten forhuge spans of time only toresurface
randomly, throw-ing off the story rhythm.
Despite this, Breslin andReynolds are quite adorabletogether
(which makes thelack of exploration into theircharacters even more
dis-appointing), and Reynoldsseems to work as a lead-ing man. While
the writingsuffers at times, the endingwas less predictable than
Ithought, but not by much.
Some of the charactersfeel unnecessary, underde-
veloped or entirely unlikely,and this is where the
moviestumbles. Luckily, it is par-tially saved by the solidacting
that is provided, byFisher in particular.
One more detail I feel isoverlooked: history! If weare flashing
back to the 90s,everyone should look liketheyre in the 90s. The
reli-ance on old news footagefrom election campaigns isthen
juxtaposed with thosewatching it, and the fashionsand hairstyles
reveal them-selves as completely inac-curate. I watched over
12years pass and everyone inthe film managed to remainin fashions
that are popular
today. Obviously an aesthet-ic choice (flannel shirts
andshoulder pads are no longerconsidered sexy) but it hurtsthe
authenticity of Hayesstory and the charactersthemselves.
The film is imperfect, butin all a rather enjoyable tripthrough
memory lane.
Music festival brings thebrass to Earl of March
DANIEL REIDKOURIER-STANDARD
As February winds down in Kanata, Earlof March Secondary School
will be hit-ting a crescendo as concert and jazz bands
and orchestras blast their tunes and try toimpress adjudicators
during the CapitalRegion Music Festival.
Concert bands and orchestras will per-form Feb. 20 to 24 and
jazz ensembles andcombos will play Feb. 29 to March 2.
Upcoming Kanata performances include: Feb. 21: Earl of March
Grade 10
Concert Band, 2 p.m. Feb. 21: W. Erskine Johnston Public
School Senior Band, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22: Earl of March Grade 9
Concert
Band, 1 p.m. Feb. 22: Earl of March Senior Concert
Band, 5 p.m. Feb. 24: Stephen Leacock Public School
Grade 7 Band, 11 a.m. Feb. 24: Stephen Leacock Public School
Grade 8 Band, 1 p.m. Feb. 29: The Portrait Ensemble, 5:30
p.m. Feb. 29: Earl of March Senior Jazz,
7:30 p.m. March 1: Earl of March Junior Jazz,
3:30 p.m.The festival is also offering eight schol-
arships to young orchestra and jazz musi-cians.
Previous scholarship winners haveincluded Kanatas Lucas Haneman
(gui-tar), from Earl of March Secondary School,who earned the Bill
Shuttleworth MemorialScholarship in 2005.
Lindsay Davis (tuba), from W. ErskineJohnston Public School,
earned the IMCMusic Camp Scholarship in 2006.
For a complete schedule of concerts andmore information, visit
www.crmf.on.ca.
3 OUT OF 5 STARS
KATIE BRADFORD
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Volunteers provide assis-
tance, companionship andencouragement in a groupsetting for
adults with vary-ing degrees of dementia andAlzheimers to help
themachieve and maintain theirmaximum level of function-
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The program includesplanned social, recreationaland physical
activities. Formore information, call 613-591-3686 or visit
www.com-munityresourcecentre.ca.
Members of the Portrait Ensemble jazz band perform at the Kanata
Chapters. The
band will be playing again at Earl of March Secondary School on
Feb. 29.
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