By Jeff Kubik
So there I was, trying to become a more sensitive, understanding, enlightened guy, when, dropped right in the middle of my edification I find an ad for a telephone dating service with smutty pictures of hot, sweaty shower action.I am, and have been for some time, an aficionado of late night television. I’m addicted to… Continue reading A victim of late night TV
By Jeff Kubik
Once upon as a time, there was a little girl named Coraline who found a house just like hers. It had another mother and another father, good food to eat, and rats. But when this little girl wanted to go home, they didn’t want her to leave.Someone wrote Coraline’s story in a book for everyone… Continue reading Small differences sometimes scary
By Jeff Kubik
Give me a non-linear plot. Flash. Give me satire delivered with all the subtlety of silicone breast implants. Flash. Give me Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club. Flash.Jump to the synopsis. Invisible Monsters is about sex, drugs, and identity (no rock and roll, though there is cha-cha music).Shannon McFarland is a model… Continue reading Chuck Palahniuk in the trash
By Jeff Kubik
I’d like to make one thing clear straight away: I’m not going to say “it”.I’m not going to work that ubiquitous Crocodile Hunter catch phrase into the title of the piece in some kind of witty pun or exclaim it at any point in the review. I’ll leave that to every other review written for… Continue reading With a thumb pointing down under
By Jeff Kubik
Accused of a crime he didn’t commit. On the run from the law while fighting to uncover the truth. Sound familiar? Don’t fear, this movie is about a brand new kind of fugitive.Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report is a complex assortment of various genres; it’s a sci-fi, action, whodunit that explores the ethical implications of sacrifices… Continue reading Minority Report Report
By Amanda Hu
The Calgary Fringe Festival is in full swing and there are many productions to choose from, spanning from one-person show to musical, to puppet show and beyond. Here is the Gauntlet‘s look at some of what the festival has offered so far.Use Me: An Undead Musical There’s a first for everything. In the case of… Continue reading Of singing, stereotypes and sex
With zombie and undead culture bigger than ever, it’s not surprising that this infectious genre is making its mark on Calgary’s theatre circuit. At the 2008 Calgary Fringe Festival, the theme is manifesting as Use Me: An Undead Musical, a play that combines the beloved genre with a deeply unsettling premise and an unexpected dose… Continue reading A musical about love between life and death
By Chris Tait
University is a place of learning. We continually kid ourselves with this misleading line. The truth is, it’s unavoidable learning things at university, just as it is anywhere else.Fluid dynamics, collision physics, anatomy, chemistry, and medicine. But you don’t have to go to class to get all of these lessons. There are no prerequisite courses,… Continue reading The man with the plan
Do you ever wake up feeling empty? Unfulfilled? A little blase? Has your daily routine deprived you of your sense of passion? Your sense of experimentation? When was the last time you felt… naughty? If you started with "yes" and ended with "never" when answering, you may have missed the Sky High Cabaret, the burlesque… Continue reading You’re fashionably late
If you read the Thu., Nov. 27 issue of the Gauntlet, you may recall a particularly libelous letter directed at me. The whole fiasco began a few weeks ago, when I was given a CD by White Cowbell Oklahoma to review. Try as I might, I just could not find any redeeming value to this… Continue reading Sufferer of rare disease speaks out