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Film review: No Clue

By Matthew Parkinson

A damsel in distress, a femme fatale and a fake detective, plus video games, guns and Tim Hortons coffee make up the key elements of No Clue — a comedic detective movie based around a key misunderstanding. A woman, Kyra (Amy Smart), walks into the office of Leo Falloon (Corner Gas’s Brent Butt, who also… Continue reading Film review: No Clue

Book review: The Douglas Notebooks

By Sean Sullivan

The Douglas Notebooks does not achieve what it sets out to do.
 The book, written by Québécois author Christine Eddie, attempts to create a modern-day fable but embraces a very loose definition of the genre. A fable is typically a tale involving animal characters, a heavy emphasis on nature and an ending with a moral.… Continue reading Book review: The Douglas Notebooks

2011 in film

By Chad Utke

It’s that red-carpet-and-celluloid time of year again — the Academy Awards are set to honour films that were a cut above the rest. 2011 was an odd year for the film industry — there were plenty of watchable movies, but very few great ones that will go down as timeless pieces of art. One of… Continue reading 2011 in film

Motorcycle show rides through town

By Lizette De Klerk

On January 6, the doors of the BMO Centre swung open to a crowd of motorcycling enthusiasts ready to enjoy everything the 2012 Calgary Motorcycle Show had to offer. Top industry manufacturers, including Aprilia, BMW, Ducati, Harley-Davidson and Kawasaki exhibited their new 2012 models. The latest motorcycles, ATVs, scooters and the newest gear and accessories… Continue reading Motorcycle show rides through town

Editorial: We don’t need no education, we just need jobs

By Jordyn Marcellus

One enterprising young New York college graduate has found the best way to beat the recession unemployment blues. Trina Thomson, 27, is suing her alma mater — Monroe College in New York City — for her entire tuition because the campus career centre hasn’t helped her find a full-time job. Her suit is worth $72,000:… Continue reading Editorial: We don’t need no education, we just need jobs

On riding bikes

By Doug Horner

It is very early morning, and because mornings have recently been robbed of an hour of daylight, I am biking in darkness. Up ahead is a tunnel, a nexus of sorts. On one side exists a quiet tree-lined residential street and on the other the raucous unpredictability of Calgary’s urban centre. I enter the tunnel… Continue reading On riding bikes

Does anyone know heaven’s Postal Code?

By Elijah Stauth

In one way or another, He’s slighted us all. Maybe for you it was when He made your strawberry yogurt burp viscous dairy all over your brand new argyle sweater, effectively ruining any chance you had at impressing the brainy biochemist guest-lecturing your class. Or perhaps it was when, in a moment of undisputed malice,… Continue reading Does anyone know heaven’s Postal Code?

Spooky flicks send us into winter

By Hoang-Mai Hong

Hark! Good movies be on the horizon! Almost! It’s getting closer to American Thanksgiving, that time of year when studios begin to roll out their finest fillies for award season. But sadly, it is always darkest before the dawn, and before we can see such gems The Soloist, starring Robert Downey Jr., and The Road,… Continue reading Spooky flicks send us into winter

Biopic burns out

By Savannah Hall

In the late ’50s and early ’60s, at the peak of the civil rights movements, Ernie Davis was one of the few African Americans playing varsity football. The Express, starring Rob Brown (Take the Lead, Coach Carter) as Davis and Dennis Quaid (The Rookie, Any Given Sunday) as coach Schwartzwalder, tells his story. After growing… Continue reading Biopic burns out

Calgary’s ridings in brief

By Ryan Pike

Calgary-Nose-Hill Four candidates will compete for a Parliamentary seat in Calgary-Nose-Hill, the riding tied for the fewest contenders in the city. Long-time Conservative Member of Parliament and current Small Business and Tourism Secretary of State Diane Ablonsky returns to vie for a sixth term. Ablonsky garnered 68 per cent of the vote back in 2006.… Continue reading Calgary’s ridings in brief