Month: March 2007

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By Jeff Townsend

It was a night of razzle dazzle, slam dunks and three point bombs as the Calgary High School Athletic Association put on its annual boys and girls basketball selects games Wed., Feb. 21. The girls and boys double header consisted of one grade 12 player from each school in Calgary divided into North and South… Continue reading Online Exclusive: High-school selects are dunktacular!

By Kyle Francis

It’s a rare film that’s both an entertaining story as well as a thought-provoking discourse on the nature of socialism and human interaction. It’s even more impressive when it’s wrought with rich symbolism and breathtaking performances. When a film like that comes along–well, it usually wins an Academy Award, actually. Those who watched the glitter-soaked… Continue reading Fine German engineering

By Ryan Pike

To the average filmgoer, a director’s name carries with it a load of expectations. When a film is the latest effort from the acclaimed director of Fight Club and Se7en, it’s easy to expect a combination of each of those films. For those with more tempered expectations, David Fincher’s Zodiac is an impressive, if lengthy,… Continue reading Another killer Fincher flick

By Kevin de Vlaming

Jesus Hopped the A Train occurred as the result of an unlikely mix of elements. The recipe: take one part former CFL player turned thespian, one part local television personality dabbling in theatrics and a couple of producers borrowed from Ground Zero Theatre and Hit & Myth productions, then mix liberally into a base of… Continue reading A train worth hopping on, kind of

By Kenzie Love

Here’s a coincidence: The Number 23 is the twenty-third movie or television series Jim Carrey has appeared in since 1991. Okay, maybe it’s not, considering he appeared in 15 of them before then, but it’s strikingly similar to the absurd lengths Joel Schumacher goes to convince viewers that this is a number people should be… Continue reading Another zero for Schumacher

By Darren Young

As the old saying goes, “the only thing cooler than a three-headed chicken is a five-headed chicken.” Fabricated or not, Vancouver based alternative folk band Mother Mother exemplify the meaning of the adage, having just re-released their debut album as a five-piece band as opposed to their original acoustic trio. The album, entitled Touch Up,… Continue reading Double matriarchy

By Chris Tait

If anyone has learned anything from film sequels, it’s that if the first one sucked, chances are the second one will suck more. Phillip J. Bartell and Q. Allan Brocka take this to a whole new level in their addition to this year’s Fairy Tales gay and lesbian film festival, Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds.… Continue reading A rose by any other name would suck as bad

By Kevin de Vlaming

Who’d have thought eighteen years ago, when Chris Hannah and Jord Samolesky first decided to inject a little critical consciousness into a then-politically-stagnant Winnipeg music scene, that they’d still be striving to bring responsible politics to the masses nearly two decades later? Of course, Propagandhi has seen its share of change along the way. For… Continue reading Gandhi wasn’t really into propaganda