Month: November 2007

By Hoang-Mai Hong

Adapting a story from one medium into another is a tremendously tricky task. In translation from one of Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s major works, the film adaptation of Love in the Time of Cholera will undoubtedly lose certain things in the process. The film, though, has the potential to expose Marquez’s masterful prose… Continue reading Cholera isn’t infectious

By Ryan Pike

It’s easy for filmmakers to cultivate a reputation, good or bad, through repetition. For Joel and Ethan Coen, that reputation was for crafting a series of quirky films filled with odd-ball characters. The approach has served the brothers well over the past two decades–garnering them legions of fans, critical acclaim and a combined five Academy… Continue reading A pleasant trip to the Country

By Ryan Pike

The world of professional wrestling is a downright wacky place. Since the carnival days, muscled-up men and women have pretended to fight for money. In the years since, the industry has become increasingly sophisticated and organized, eventually becoming a billion-dollar industry despite the inherent insanity of the business. Imagine growing up in it. Bret Hart… Continue reading A Hart-felt book

By Ryan Pike

In 1964, a former cop-turned-screenwriter named Gene Roddenberry came up with an idea for a new science fiction television series called Star Trek. The series followed the adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and the USS Enterprise on its five-year mission to boldly go where no man had gone before. Despite being well-received for its… Continue reading Boldly going where many have gone before

By Jordyn Marcellus

First impressions are vitally important to any film or theatre project. If you can’t grab your audience, hook them into the story and make the audience identify with the characters, the entire production falls apart. Unfortunately, Front Row Centre’s 2007-08 season opener, Nine, has an opening scene that confuses, annoys and leaves a bad impression… Continue reading Front Row Centre’s Nine doesn’t equal 8Ω

By Jordyn Marcellus

You’d think with an ultra-popular single, regular playtime on college and CBC radio and a shout-out from über-popular celebrity news blogger Perez Hilton himself that Vancouver band Mother Mother would be sitting pretty on the throne of indie rock stardom. Unfortunately, that’s woefully untrue. “I would have to disagree that Mother Mother is getting popular,”… Continue reading Driving in a trailer with your Mother

By Alex Khalifa

Students have received their fair share of report cards in their long educational careers. Now, students surveys provide an opportunity for them to do the grading. November has been a month that has seen a surplus of results announced in various surveys pertaining to university performance. National Survey of Student Engagement, the Canadian Undergraduate Survey… Continue reading Student judgment

By Chelsee Albo

Five full kit drummers. Nine crooning choir ladies. Five dazzling dancers. An orchestra featuring strings and horns. It’s all organized by one man: Calgary singer/songwriter Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, who celebrated the release of his second disc, This is MBF, with a party at the Grand Theatre Sat., Nov. 3. “I can play guitar, but I’d… Continue reading MBF is A-OK

By Indrani Kar

Only in Calgary would things like jazz shows and flamenco dance still be considered avant-garde. But since it is, why not take advantage of it! There is a special quality and ambiance to dance productions that are a bit off-the-radar in even well-known genres that isn’t always evident amidst better-known dance companies. Some artists in… Continue reading Fantastic flamenco!