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‘Float’ Review: A Half-Baked Romance Makes Small-Town Living Seem Idyllic

I have never wanted to move to a small town more than I did after watching this film – but there’s a reason why I’m still a city girl. Lionsgate’s latest movie, Float, has a very interesting origin story, as it happens to be an adaptation of a Wattpad novel written by Kate Marchant. For those who don’t know, Wattpad is a notorious platform used by preteens and young adults to write and indulge…

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Float (dir. Sherren Lee) x VIFF 2023.

Set in Tofino, Andrea Bang's Waverly impulsively decides to spend the summer before medical school with her estranged aunt in the scenic beach town despite her city girl roots. Adapted from the wildly popular novel by Kate Marchant on Wattpad, the low-key but earnest romance hardly breaks new ground. However, its very appealing cast elevates the light romantic material about a lost young woman trying to find herself while learning to swim and falling in love. It's an entirely and aggressively pleasant watch.

Premiering at the 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival as part of the Northern Lights series at the Rio Theatre on Sept. 30 and International Village on Oct. 2.

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Code 8 Part II (2024) Movie Review

Code 8 Part II – Movie Review Director: Jeff Chan Writer: Chris Pare, Jeff Chan, Sherren Lee, Jesse LaVercombe (Screenplay) Cast Robbie Amell (Simulant) Stephen Amell (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out of the Shadows) Alex Mallari Jr. (The Adam Project) Sirena Gulamgaus (Hellmington) Aaron Abrams (Children Ruin Everything) Moe Jeudy-Lamour (Ted Lasso) Plot: Follows a girl fighting to get…

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Float: Directed by Sherren Lee. With Robbie Amell, Sarah Desjardins, Andrea Bang, Michelle Krusiec. After she nearly drowns, a young woman unexpectedly falls for the small-town lifeguard who rescued her. Based on the novel by Kate Marchant.

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Happy Halloween Murdoch Mysteries fans! The CBC has a sweet treat: a sneak peek at "The Philately Fatality," written by Mary Pedersen and directed by Sherren Lee.

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The Things You Think I’m Thinking (2017) dir. Sherren Lee

Cinematography by Ian McMillan

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Netflix Nabs Robbie and Stephen Amell’s ‘Code 8’ Sci-Fi Thriller Sequel

The world rights deal was unveiled as Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos keynoted the Banff World Media Festival and marks the streaming giant's first original Canadian English-language feature acquisition.

Cousins Stephen Amell and Robbie Amell have sold the sequel to their sci-fi thriller Code 8 to Netflix.

The streaming giant picked up the global rights to Code 8: Part II in a deal with XYZ Films. The acquisition marks Netflix’s first English-language original feature from Canada after the streaming giant took the global rights to Canadian director Ricardo Trogi’s Le Guide de la famille parfaite (The Guide to the Perfect Family), the French-language dramedy about an over-parenting society that got a theatrical release in Quebec and a simultaneous release in the rest of the world on Netflix.

Jeff Chan, who directed the original Code 8 sci-fi flick, will helm the sequel, with Robbie Amell (Upload) and Stephen Amell (Arrow) reprising their roles. There’s no other word on casting for the sequel, which is set to shoot in Canada later year before a global release on Netflix.

Code 8: Part II, from Collective Pictures, sees a teenage girl with abnormal abilities after witnessing the murder of her brother seek the help of an ex-con (Robbie Amell) and his former partner-in-crime (Stephen Amell). Together, they face a unit of corrupt police officers who deploy advanced robotic technology to prevent themselves from being exposed.

The Code 8 sequel is written by Chris Paré, Chan, Sherren Lee and Jesse LaVercombe. Chan, Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell and Paré are producing, with XYZ Films executive producing.

The original Code 8 thriller was set in a world where four percent of the population is born with varying supernatural abilities, but rather than be billionaires or superheroes, most “specials” face discrimination, live in poverty and often resort to crime. That leaves Connor Reed, played by The Flash star Robbie Amell, as a powerful young man struggling to pay for his ailing mother’s medical treatment. To earn money, he joins a criminal world led by Garrett, played by Stephen Amell.

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Short Film Research

As part of my research, I decided to watch a number of short films on YouTube and Vimeo to get a feel for how they achieve great storytelling in a short space of time. While I started off by picking out some from my favourite genre, sci-fi, (see my watchlist for everything I saw) the film that stood out to me was called “The Things You Think I’m Thinking.”

The Things You Think I’m Thinking (2019), dir. Sherren Lee.

Like “How to Get Away With ...”, this film is set inside, in just one or two rooms, and focuses on two central characters (although it is from the perspective of one). The film takes its time setting up the story, but it doesn’t feel like time wasted. Each small scene drives the story forward. In this film, the setup is used to introduce us to Sean and to show us his daily life, his version of ‘ordinary’ - significant to this story because Sean is not our typical protagonists. It’s rare that you see disabled actors as protagonists; perhaps that’s why Sherren Lee, the director, took her time with the beginning. “I was scared of not being able to handle the subject matter in the ‘right’ way,” she said in a recent interview (Oretsky, 2019). However, I think she pulled it off - the handling of the story is so careful, in the best way possible. It is gentle and considered, which helps with the tension that builds as the narrative progresses.

In the same interview I also learned that filming in a small space was intentional, used to build tension. I hope our film does this too - by setting it in one room, with three characters, all talking over one another and disagreeing, a sense of claustrophobia is sure to creep in. 

“The Things You Think I’m Thinking” also uses music to dictate how the viewer should feel - music only ever accompanies the moments where Sean feels comfortable; when his mood changes, silence ensues. This quiet is so uncomfortable at times, it’s no wonder the characters are reduced to arguing to fill the space. The editing changes when they argue, too - the cuts are quicker, more direct, not as invisible as they were. They’re used to create a divide between the two characters, staring each other down. The film has such a great rhythm, it’s almost tactile; this is a great example of a film driven by emotion above all else.

However, my favourite editing decision in this short film was made in the final shot, where no editing has been done at all. This shot lasts for over 90 seconds - and in a 13-minute film, this holds weight. It shows that not only does the editor, Simone Smith, know when to make cuts, when to make them invisible versus when to make them obvious, but that she also knows when not to. I think there’s a lot I could learn from her. 

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A black male burn-survivor and amputee goes on a date with a regularly-abled man. "The Things You Think I'm Thinking" is this week's Staff Pick Premiere. Read more about it on the Vimeo Blog: http://bit.ly/339YJv3 Starring Prince Amponsah, Jesse LaVercombe Directed by Sherren Lee Produced by Charlie Hidalgo, Sherren Lee Written by Jesse LaVercombe Edited by Simone Smith Cinematography by Ian Macmillan Original Score by Casey Manierka-Quaile The Things You Think I'm Thinking won the Grand Jury Award for Best International Narrative Short Film at Outfest 2018, AWFJ EDA Award at the Whistler Film Festival 2017, the Special Jury Prize at the Canadian Film Festival 2018, two Golden Sheaf Awards for Best Director Fiction and Best Multicultural at the Yorkton Film Festival 2018, the Best Canadian Short Award at Inside Out Toronto 2018 and OutEast Queer Film Festival 2018, has been in competition at over seventy festivals including Slamdance 2018, SXSW 2018 and was selected as a VIMEO STAFF PICK premiere on November 20th, 2019.

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A black male burn-survivor and amputee goes on a date with a regularly-abled man. "The Things You Think I'm Thinking" is this week's Staff Pick Premiere. Read more about it on the Vimeo Blog: https://vimeo.com/blog/post/staff-pick-premiere-the-things-you-think-im-thinking-by-sherren-lee Starring Prince Amponsah, Jesse LaVercombe Directed by Sherren Lee Produced by Charlie Hidalgo, Sherren Lee Written by Jesse LaVercombe Edited by Simone Smith Cinematography by Ian Macmillan Original Score by Casey Manierka-Quaile The Things You Think I'm Thinking won the Grand Jury Award for Best International Narrative Short Film at Outfest 2018, AWFJ EDA Award at the Whistler Film Festival 2017, the Special Jury Prize at the Canadian Film Festival 2018, two Golden Sheaf Awards for Best Director Fiction and Best Multicultural at the Yorkton Film Festival 2018, the Best Canadian Short Award at Inside Out Toronto 2018 and OutEast Queer Film Festival 2018, has been in competition at over seventy festivals including Slamdance 2018, SXSW 2018 and was selected as a VIMEO STAFF PICK premiere on November 20th, 2019.

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Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell and Director Jeff Chan To Return For ‘CODE 8: PART II'. Production Starts Later This Year!

Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell and Director Jeff Chan To Return For ‘CODE 8: PART II’. Production Starts Later This Year!

Robbie Amell and Stephen Amell are set to star in the highly anticipated sci-fi sequel CODE 8: PART II directed by Jeff Chan (CODE 8). The film is written by Chris Paré & Chan, and Sherren Lee & Jesse LaVercombe. Producers include Chan, Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell and Paré, with XYZ Films executive producing and handling sales. The film is set for a start date in the fourth quarter of 2021.…

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The Things You Think I'm Thinking by Sherren Lee from Sherren Lee on Vimeo.

A black male burn-survivor and amputee goes on a date with a regularly-abled man.

"The Things You Think I'm Thinking" is this week's Staff Pick Premiere. Read more about it on the Vimeo Blog: vimeo.com/blog/post/staff-pick-premiere-the-things-you-think-im-thinking-by-sherren-lee

Starring Prince Amponsah, Jesse LaVercombe

Directed by Sherren Lee Produced by Charlie Hidalgo, Sherren Lee Written by Jesse LaVercombe Edited by Simone Smith Cinematography by Ian Macmillan Original Score by Casey Manierka-Quaile

The Things You Think I'm Thinking won the Grand Jury Award for Best International Narrative Short Film at Outfest 2018, AWFJ EDA Award at the Whistler Film Festival 2017, the Special Jury Prize at the Canadian Film Festival 2018, two Golden Sheaf Awards for Best Director Fiction and Best Multicultural at the Yorkton Film Festival 2018, the Best Canadian Short Award at Inside Out Toronto 2018 and OutEast Queer Film Festival 2018, has been in competition at over seventy festivals including Slamdance 2018, SXSW 2018 and was selected as a VIMEO STAFF PICK premiere on November 20th, 2019.

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A black male burn-survivor and amputee goes on a date with a regularly-abled man. "The Things You Think I'm Thinking" is this week's Staff Pick Premiere. Read more about it on the Vimeo Blog: https://ift.tt/2s077QF Starring Prince Amponsah, Jesse LaVercombe Directed by Sherren Lee Produced by Charlie Hidalgo, Sherren Lee Written by Jesse LaVercombe Edited by Simone Smith Cinematography by Ian Macmillan Original Score by Casey Manierka-Quaile The Things You Think I'm Thinking won the Grand Jury Award for Best International Narrative Short Film at Outfest 2018, AWFJ EDA Award at the Whistler Film Festival 2017, the Special Jury Prize at the Canadian Film Festival 2018, two Golden Sheaf Awards for Best Director Fiction and Best Multicultural at the Yorkton Film Festival 2018, the Best Canadian Short Award at Inside Out Toronto 2018 and OutEast Queer Film Festival 2018, has been in competition at over seventy festivals including Slamdance 2018, SXSW 2018 and was selected as a VIMEO STAFF PICK premiere on November 20th, 2019.

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The Things You Think I'm Thinking by Sherren Lee by Sherren Lee

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Robbie Amell & Stephen Amell To Star In ‘Code 8’ Sequel

EXCLUSIVE: Robbie Amell and Stephen Amell are expanding the Code 8 universe. After spearheading the crowd-funded original film, the cousins are set to reprise their roles in the sci-fi sequel Code 8: Part II. Jeff Chan is also returning to direct.

Chan also penned the screenplay with Chris Paré, who wrote Code 8, as well as Sherren Lee and Jesse LaVercombe. The plot centers on the 4% of people living in fictional Lincoln City who possess special abilities and are often confronted by advanced, militarized police technology. It’s a sci-fi fantasy about the extraordinary power that we as individuals hold, versus the technological superiority of the institutions that we live within.

The sequel follows the journey of a teenage girl fighting to get justice for her slain brother at the hands of corrupt police officers. After becoming a witness to the cover-up, she becomes a target and enlists the help of an ex-con (Robbie Amell) and his former partner-in-crime (Stephen Amell). Together, they face a highly regarded and well protected police sergeant who will use every tool to prevent himself from being exposed.

Chan, Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell and Paré will once again produce the pic.

“There’s nothing better than working with family and friends,” said Robbie Amell. “Code 8 was the embodiment of that. I can’t wait to get back to work on the sequel.”

“Code 8 is an incredibly personal and special project for all of us,” Stephen Amell added. “We built the world in the first one and now we’re ready to blow it out!”

Code 8 raised $2.5 million from more than 35,000 backers through Indiegogo, making it the second-largest crowdfunded original film of all time. It set the record for the highest-grossing day-and-date release for Elevation Pictures in Canada and for Vertical Entertainment in the U.S. Upon the film’s release, Deadline reported that a shortform series adaptation was in the works at the now-defunct Quibi.

“We’re beyond thrilled to get the team back together and bring more of the Code 8 universe to our very passionate fans. We know this is a sequel that will push the story to new heights,” said Chan.

XYZ Films is handling sales and will serve as executive producer. The film is set for a start date in the fourth quarter of this year.

Robbie Amell is currently starring in the new Amazon series Upload, which was picked up for a second season soon after its debut. He’s also part of the cast of the forthcoming Resident Evil reboot Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. He’s repped by WME and Protégé Entertainment.

Stephen Amell, who recently wrapped an eight-season run as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow in the CW series Arrow, will next be seen in the Starz wrestling family drama Heels, slated to premiere this year.