By Ryan Pike
This past Sunday, the 59th Primetime Emmys arrived with all the pageantry and hoopla typically reserved for a 12-year-old’s birthday party. Odds are that unless you watched much television over the past week and a half, you didn’t really know about the Emmys. Even if you did know, you probably didn’t care—early ratings numbers peg… Continue reading The Emmys: the awards show nobody cares about
Al Gore is the man. Vice-president of one of the most celebrated administrations in U.S. presidential history, an Academy Award winner, rumored nominee for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, a successful business man, father of a Futurama staff writer, Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. is even courageous enough to grow a beard. Sure, there have been… Continue reading Gosh golly gee, ain’t Gore great?
The world has a new nuclear power. Last weekend North Korea announced it successfully detonated a nuclear bomb in an underground facility. This left the rest of the world scrambling to determine whether North Korea’s claim was true and to denounce it, whether it was or not. Reactions from the United States, Japan and North… Continue reading Holding on for a hero
By Fiona McLay
Con·ver·gence – the process of coming together or the state of having come together toward a common point. Considered mathematically, “convergence” is the property or manner of approaching a limit, such as a point, line, function, or value. Physiologically, it’s the coordinated turning of the eyes inward to focus on an object at close range,… Continue reading A convergence of talent
By the release of his eighth album, Ron Sexsmith should be used to interviews. But at a press junket for his new album, Time Being, Sexsmith looks anything but relaxed as he fidgets with his coffee mug and avoids eye contact. Then again, it could be the exhaustion from being in six different cities in… Continue reading A smith of sex and words
From the producers of Bridget Jones’ Diary, Love Actually, Johnny English and Shaun of the Dead, comes the new romantic comedy Wimbledon. So it’s not surprising the movie comes off like Bridget Jones on espn. Peter Colt (Paul Bettany) is the least likely candidate to win Wimbledon. Lizzie Bradbury (Kirsten Dunst) is America’s John McEnroe… Continue reading Movie Review: More than love for Wimbledon
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow has used the most modern of technology to create a futuristic past from past visions of the future. Certainly not the most straightforward of descriptions, owing mostly to the English language’s insufficient number of verb tenses, but it’s clearly what director/writer/computer animator Kerry Conran was aiming for. He’s… Continue reading Movie Review: Sky Captain a blast from the past
Relying heavily on a 2001 article in Spin magazine naming 2000’s 100 Broken Windows “one of the essential records of 2001 you missed,” Edinborough, Scotland’s Idlewild decided North America was ready for their fuzzy blend of Sonic Youth influenced punk and Brit pop sensibilities. Received very well with spots on Conan and Letterman, Idlewild’s future… Continue reading Idlewild, The Remote Part
By Ken Clarke
Anyone who’s followed the career of Neil Young knows better than to have any preconceived notions about where he’s headed next.This time out, Young has recruited legendary players Booker T. Jones (keyboards) and Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass) from Booker T & The MG’s. Their inclusion helps Young conjure up a soulful ’60s R&B sound for… Continue reading Neil Young, Are You Passionate?
By Phil Serchuk
With the ratings for Survivor: Africa at an all-time low, many new reality shows have been placed on the backburner. Production has been halted on many new reality TV shows originally slated to air in 2002/03. Reality series such as NBC’s "Home Alone: Real Kids, Real Homes" and Disney’s "Lost in the Magic Kingdom" have… Continue reading Who wants to be a porno star?