CD Review: Decemberists, We All Raise Our Voices to the Air
Interesting is a prickly word. When I say something is interesting, I usually mean that it is mediocre, but that I am feeling too wimpy…
Amy Anne Smith
How to watch Game of Thrones, season two
Warning: slight to significant to severe spoilers ahead — HBO is an island in a sea of bad television and the Game of Thrones series…
Worthy adaptation (Hunger Games double take!)
For most, Katniss Everdeen needs no introduction. Suzanna Collins’s bestselling novel The Hunger Games has moved out of Scholastic Book orders and into the mainstream….
Do-it-yourself movement invades Edge Gallery
Have you ever thought about where the things you buy come from? The packaged food in the grocery store: salt n’ vinegar chips, frozen beef…
Manitoba invades SXSW
The South by Southwest music festival is about to kick off and in the spirit of SXSW we here at the Manitoban have decided to…
CD Review: Islands, A Sleep & A Forgetting
Islands has always been a band on the periphery of my musical interests. I gave earlier albums Arms Way and Vapours a listen, but was…
Life After Pokémon
Ash Ketchum was the undisputed hero of my childhood. He had that red Pokéball hat that he would turn backwards every time he prepared to…
The Academy Awards Awards!
Amy’s Picks Most hilarious acceptant speech: It is so easy to love and to hate Meryl Streep. The Academy has nominated her for an…
Something to talk about
The title of the film We Need to Talk About Kevin is an apt one. Full disclosure from the start: this film is exceptional! People…
Twenty-First Century Sherlock Holmes
Robert Downey Jr. is like popcorn — when you are at the movies, he is totally irresistible. Whether he is playing a superhero in the…