I was listening to Q on CBC late one night as Natasha and I often do while getting ready for bed, and there was a panel of people (who I thought were “Canada Reads” panelists) discussing books. One panelist, with only a few seconds to pitch “The Book of Night Women” by James Marlon, described [...]

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Quite a lot’s been said about Avatar this week – but I had an opportunity to go check it out for myself last night and it greatly surpassed my expectations. Go see it!
Plotwise, it felt like James Cameron lifted pages directly from “Dances with Wolves” and “The Last Samurai”, and then threw a bunch of [...]

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I saw the movie Gamer earlier in the week with Ron, John, and Don. If you “ah” the “on” in Jason we all have rhyming names.
Right – so the film was bad. It had some really clever ideas (mostly ripped from Running Man and Smash TV), there were some really oddball amusing scenes (including a [...]

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For our anniversary, Natasha and I followed up on a hot tip from a couple of sources and managed to get in to Atelier Restaurant, which resulted in the singlemost exciting culinary experience that either of us have ever been a part of. I don’t think I can recommend it enough – Chef Marc Lepine [...]

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I feel I owe a more articulate rationale to the people wondering why I have such a bee in my shorts over this new Watchmen movie. (I had a little rant about it at a party recently, but I don’t think I explained myself well.)
Anyhow – Watchmen, with a little historical context. During the 40’s [...]

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I probably should have waited longer to review Miracle at St. Anna properly because I feel like I’m still digesting it, it wasn’t at all what I was expecting. From the previews, it looks like a caper film with a military backstory. I think I was expecting something like “The Inside Man”, but instead it [...]

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Natasha and I caught a showing of “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” on Friday night, and really enjoyed it. The music throughout the film was really great – even though I admit I’m too old to chase bands around all night, I still love discovering hipster indie music and sharing it with my friends. Watching [...]

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