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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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason DVD review

REVIEW | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Universal), with Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant. It wasn’t as good as the first film, but Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason did well for a ...

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The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green, review

BOOKS | The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green, review | Joshua Braff, Algonquin Books, 2004. Celebrity brothers are all over the place right now. Former Stand By Me star Jerry O’Connell’s ...

Stories from home

Sentinel fragments

The buried, alive

Go deep

F2020 ORC – The yellow bathroom (I go back to black)

New Paramount movie theatre opens in Vancouver

Read this, sound smart

A Lot Like Love movie review

Saturday by Ian McEwan not your typical day

Credits worth watching

Harlequin girl

Fever Pitch covers all the bases

How to break up with a friend

Looking chic on the cheap

Teen Angst poetry: so bad it’s good

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason DVD review

The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green, review