Crash movie review
Crash movie REVIEW | Crash isn’t a happy movie. It’s actually pretty depressing. It’s somewhat like Magnolia, only with a whole lot of racism. People are probably going to love it. Crash is about ...
Sarah Vowell Q&A, Assassination Vacation
Sarah Vowell Q&A | Who is Sarah Vowell? She’s been compared to Lisa Simpson. She was the voice of Violet in Pixar’s The Incredibles. She used to be a rock journalist, and now she writes ...
New Paramount movie theatre opens in Vancouver
EVENTS & WRITING | 2018: A new Paramount movie theatre? This is news? Apparently. Jesus actual Christ, life at Dose was boring. Looking back through my old clippings and files as I go on with ...
Read this, sound smart
BOOKS | Read this, sound smart. Never stop learning. If anything, that’s what growing up with Oprah taught us. Alas, between everything else we already have to do and deal with – jobs, families, ...
A Lot Like Love movie review
A Lot Like Love movie REVIEW | In a lot of ways, A Lot Like Love is totally predictable. Nice guy Owen (Ashton Kutcher) and artistic Emily (Amanda Peet) are pseudo friends (pseudo in that they ...
Saturday by Ian McEwan not your typical day
REVIEW | Saturday by Ian McEwan | Knopf/Random House. A day in the life of a middle-class guy in the modern world? Total cliché, right? Well, yes, but while the premise of Ian McEwan’s novel ...
Credits worth watching
FILM | Movie credit sequences worth watching: the good, the bad, the funny. Contrary to what you may think, the credits really are part of the movie. I like to stick it out at the movies and ...
Harlequin girl
CULTURE | Hannah Guy is a Harlequin girl. Throbbing manhood? Member? Shaft? Actually, in the world of Harlequin, those words are out. According to Hannah Guy, 30, a Toronto freelancer who creates ...
Fever Pitch covers all the bases
Fever Pitch film REVIEW | Three things about Fever Pitch are surprising right off the bat. It’s a Nick Hornby adaptation that doesn’t star Hugh Grant. It’s about baseball, but Kevin Costner ...
How to break up with a friend
CULTURE | Want to learn how to break up with a friend? Dude, just do it. Toxic friends. We’ve all had them. For whatever the reason, certain platonic relationships just tank. And when that ...
Looking chic on the cheap
STYLE | Bargain hunting can be pretty overwhelming, but looking chic on the cheap is doable. Stores like Winners and Value Village may yield some of the most unique items at the best prices, but ...
Teen Angst poetry: so bad it’s good
INTERVIEW with Sara Bynoe | Teen angst poetry. Ex boyfriends are good for something after all. At least, Sara Bynoe’s was. The 24 year old Vancouverite is about to set off on a multi-city book ...