Can a show outlive its cast?
TV | Can a show outlive its cast? Sometimes. Sure. It’s been known to happen. Not often, but occasionally. And in fact, it’s happening right now. Come September you won’t be able to ...
Everything bad is good for you
REVIEW | Everything Bad is Good for You, 2005. This just in: TV makes you smart. At least, according to Steven Johnson’s new book, Everything Bad is Good For You, it does. Wait, it gets better. ...
Monster-in-law review
Monster-in-law REVIEW | Fonda meets Jenny from the Block. If you think the line “I think you dislocated my Vagina” is funny, Monster-in-law may be for you. Starring Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, ...
Interview with psychic Dougall Fraser
INTERVIEW with psychic Dougall Fraser | Dougall Fraser is having a bad day. He’s been up since 5 a.m., he’s jet lagged, and there’s a problem with his hotel room. He’s ...
Paul Haggis interview
Paul Haggis INTERVIEW | He’s the guy who penned the Million Dollar Baby screenplay that won Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood Oscars. But Paul Haggis isn’t full of himself. On the ...
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 ...