Arts & Culture

Movie review: The Way

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Patrick Gratton
Emilio Estevez’s films (first Bobby and now The Way) read to me as cinematic fortune cookies: dubious, unenlightening and, most of all, disposable. In Bobby, a glorious train wreck featuring an ensemble of B-list...
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No road for wise men

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Patrick Gratton
Director of Cinematography, Javier Aguirresatobe, establishes immense tableaux wide shots in John Hillcoat’s The Road, a film depicting the state of life in a post-apocalyptic world. One such shot features the protagonists, simply named...
Arts & Culture

Oscar Wild : The calm before the shitstorm

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Patrick Gratton
I lost my Oscar virginity at the age of nine. It was the year Titanic won Best Picture and swept the majority of the remaining categories. The year 2000 marked the first year that...
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U of W gets a new green fleet thanks to energy...

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Patrick Gratton
The Center for Sustainable Transportation (CST) at the University of Winnipeg is upgrading the U of W’s transportation services with the addition of OttoView devices. CST is a non-profit organization that is...
Arts & Culture

Wild Things, I Think I Love You

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Patrick Gratton
Audiences will undoubtedly be depressed while watching Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are. But this kind of mood is rare and refreshing when we consider the fact that it is targeted towards...
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New website allowing students to sell course material criticized by university...

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Patrick Gratton
In the last couple of years a number of websites have created an interactive marketplace where students on select college campuses in the United States can share class notes with fellow students. On these...
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Canada West foundation report highlights Winnipeg Initiative for a safer tomorrow

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Patrick Gratton
The latest report delivered by Canada West Foundation’s Core Challenges Initiative has recently named the North End Community Renewal Corporation (NECRC) as one of the many inner city establishments in Western Canada fighting against...
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