MOVIES

It was a great year for movies and in 2014, we supported films across all genres and studios.

Among the films we supported this year were Top Five, The Gambler, Interstellar, The Theory of Everything, St. Vincent, The Best of Me, The Judge, Men, Women & Children, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hercules, Lawrence & Holloman, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Fed Up, Down River, Cheap Thrills, Labor Day, and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.

Thank you to the Biz family of customers for entering our contests and attending screenings to show your support for new films.

INTERVIEWS

Our interviews this year included Rupert Wyatt (The Gambler), Thor Diakow (Breakfast Television Vancouver), Taylor Hill (Leap 4 Your Life), Jim Gordon (CTV and The Travel Guys), Jennifer Copping (Good People), Ins Choi (Subway Stations of the Cross), Pippa Johnstone (The Rainmaker), Paul Armstrong (Lawrence & Holloman), Dakota Daulby (Black Fly), Suzanne Ristic (Poor), Laura Adkin (I Wanna Date U), Daniel Arnold (Lawrence & Holloman), Charie Van Dyke and John Craig (New Image College of Fine Arts), Robert Salvador (Espresso), Derek Lee and Clif Prowse (Afflicted), Ben Ratner (Down River), Maxwell McCabe-Lokos (The Husband), and Pat Kiely (Three Night Stand).

EVENTS

2014 marked our first foray into pop-up stores with BizPop.1 and BizPop.2 at Go Studios! We had so much fun that we’re excited to do more in 2015.

We also celebrated local industry events like Stage to Screen – In Conversation with David Auburn, Phrike FilmFest, and The Vancouver Actor Symposium and theatre productions like Hamlet and Poor at the Fringe and Subway Stations of the Cross, Espresso, and The Rainmaker at Pacific Theatre.

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Thank you to everyone who made 2014 such a wonderful year for us at BizBooks.net and we look forward to doing it all over again next year!

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Film Details

Written, directed by, and starring Chris Rock, Top Five tells the story of New York City comedian-turned-film star Andre Allen, whose unexpected encounter with a journalist (Rosario Dawson) forces him to confront the comedy career—and the past—that he’s left behind. Starring Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Hart, Tracy Morgan, Cedric The Entertainer, J.B. Smoove, Sherri Shepherd, Anders Holm, Romany Malco, Leslie Jones, Michael Che, and Jay Pharoah.

In theatres on December 12th, 2014.

Screening Details

Date: Wednesday, December 10th, 2014

Theatre: International Village

Time: 7pm

How to Enter

We want to know what your Top 5 Comedies are. Tell us for your chance to win a pass to see Top Five .

Please send an e-mail to info@bizbooks.net and please include this information:

• Your Name

• Your E-mail Address

• Your Phone Number

• Your Top 5 Comedies

• “Top Five Movie Contest” in the subject line

Winners will be selected at random and will be contacted by e-mail.

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