CD review: Jen Lane, For the Night
Don’t be fooled by the cover art of Jen Lane’s For The Night: this is not the urban folk-pop it would appear to be at…
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CD review: Amanda Palmer, Amanda Palmer Performs the Popular Hits of Radiohead on Her Magical Ukulele
APPTPHOROHMU is an indie pop album by the ever-fascinating, possibly insane, Dresden Dolls front-woman. As an avid Radiohead fan, I can say that I’ve seen…
Case 39 aims low, misses
Case 39, like many horror movies, relies heavily on the devices and themes of its genre. While some of these are successfully employed, the film’s…
Broken hearts and social scenes
According to what some guy told me, if you have done something for three years or more, you can be an expert witness in a…
Vampire Remixed
Let Me In is a violent vampire horror-drama that centers on a desperate bond that forms between two lonely kids, one of whom is a…
Michael Cera in review
Fans of the Scott Pilgrim series seemed collectively intrigued by the idea of the Canadian graphic novel being transformed into an Edgar Wright flick, and…
Science book review
I like birds. Although I have probably passed my prime birding days — when I lived in my Jeep for months at a time and…
A glimpse into the forbidden world of the salon
“My favourite emotion, laughing through tears,” said Clairee Belcher (Susan Clarke), one of the six memorable characters who inhabit Truvy’s Beauty Salon. The packed house…
Inglorious
One word can sum up my experience of the Prairie Theater Exchange’s (PTE) production of Glorious! It says it right there in my title. Need…
Meteor Storm, by Wayne Tefs
A man stands by the side of the road, squinting into the parched distance. His shoes are encrusted with the dust from the road ahead,…