Friday, March 12, 2010
On the TV Winter Wave Riders premieres Sunday
See Eva Madden-Hagen's Nova Scotia winter surfing doc, CBC at noon.
Posted by Sue Carter Flinn on Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 3:11 PM
- Riley Smith
- Eva Madden-Hagen and surfer Lesley Choyce
And if you don't have a TV, no probs—the doc goes online Monday at cbc.ca/landandsea/. Read more in Carsten Knox's interview here.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Awards Oscar night liveblog recap: ladies win, show fails
Did you miss last night's snoozer? We stayed up so you didn't have to...
Posted by Sue Carter Flinn on Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:38 AM
- At least someone kept Sacha Baron Cohen at home.
Ben Stiller, eh? Apparently it was Sacha Baron Cohen who was supposed to do an Avatar sketch, but it was banned because it might offend director James Cameron. That would have at least given the night a pulse: the most controversial moment was when a short film director totally got Kanyed by a drunk woman, who we hope is involved somehow in the winning movie. Awkward afterparty, for sure.
Still, Cameron got his when Katherine Bigelow and The Hurt Locker blew up Avatar with golden statues. Relive the glory in our liveblog.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Awards Oscar liveblog this Sunday night!
Join us here and rip up the red carpet in style.
Posted by Sue Carter Flinn on Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:33 PM
- What would you say to this man? Tell us Sunday night.
This is where you'll want to be Sunday night, as The Coast's movie crew dusts off their plastic tiaras and James Cameron shaking-fist for the Academy Awards and red carpet rundown liveblog. And we'll see just how right Coast readers were in our Oscars poll.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
That Other Coast The MOCA
Not to be confused with mokka
Posted by Jane Kansas on Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 12:24 PM
- Mark Rothko's "No. 301, 1959"
Friday, February 12, 2010
Sightings! CANCELLED: Jason Mewes will be silent at SMU
Kevin Smith's better half cancels university appearance due to illness.
Posted by Sue Carter Flinn on Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:11 PM
Random celebrity appearance of the week: Jason Mewes (Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) is speaking on Monday, 7pm at SMU as part of the university's Fun-da-Mental Festival (Winter Carnival and Wellness Week), at McNally Theatre. Free for SMU students, $10 for the rest of you.
Makes sense that Mewes would speak at a wellness conference: dude's survived one nasty addiction problem that lasted through most of his most famous roles, which he'll be talking about. And you can ask him about Degrassi.
UPDATE: Mewes is ill and had to cancel his appearance. As a consolation prize, read Kevin Smith's Twitter as he tears Southwest Airline a new one for kicking him off a plane for being too fat. Maybe Dave Carroll with write a song for him.Friday, February 5, 2010
That Other Coast The Armand Hammer Museum
Not to be confused with Arm & Hammer
Posted by Jane Kansas on Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- Detail of van Gogh's "The Sower"
That Other Coast Animal & bird life I have seen and/or heard
Kansas encounters LA wildlife and it's not the paparazzi.
Posted by Jane Kansas on Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 1:34 AM
From the patio in Los Angeles I have heard:
1) gentle owls hoo-hooing every night
2) horse (probably from Lea Thompson's spread)
3) various birds including one with a big voice like a pterodactyl
4) rooster
5) coyotes almost every night—group howls
6) dogs responding to the coyotes
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
This is Sidney Crosby's basement....sort of
New Reebok commercial rebuilds Cole Harbour myth in Pittsburgh.
Posted by Sue Carter Flinn on Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 5:13 PM
By now, you've probably seen Sidney Crosby's new Reebok commercial and know all about the legend of the pockmarked dryer. If not:
This is my town. This is my house. This is my mom and dad. This is my basement....
Whoa. Wait a second...
This commercial has me all riled up like a bad case of static cling. In December USA Today ran this revealing fact:
The Pittsburgh Penguins star's childhood basement was reproduced exactly in Pittsburgh for a Reebok commercial about Crosby shooting pucks into the dryer. However, Crosby, in good fun, conceded afterward that wasn't exactly how the game was played when he was growing up in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia.
"The story is misunderstood," he said, chuckling. "I wasn't trying to shoot pucks in it. When I missed the net, I would hit the dryer on one side of the net. When I appeared on the Jay Leno show, he had me shoot at it, and everyone just assumed I shot pucks in it."
OK, I'm not naive enough to believe everything I see on TV is for reals, but you too, Crosby? With Tiger Woods out of the running you were in the lead for athlete most likely to make mom swoon.
Now you're probably going to tell me this isn't really the Lunenburg mayor.
Awards Cast your Academy vote and you could win
Enter our Oscars poll and be eligible to win one of five pairs of tickets to Empire Theatres.
Posted by Sue Carter Flinn on Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 10:51 AM
Why should the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have all the fun when it comes to the international sport of Oscar speculation? Cast your ballot as a member of The Coast's academy, and you might be one of five lucky winners of a prize from Empire Theatres: a pair of tickets that you and a friend can use for a free movie at Park Lane or the Oxford. Survey closes Monday, March 1. Results will be announced in the March 4 issue of The Coast.
Rules:
Select who you think will take home hardware when the envelopes are opened for reals March 7, and your name will go in a random draw for the Empire Theatres prizes. Enjoy.
Friday, January 29, 2010
That Other Coast Kansas ascends to the Getty Center
Built on a human scale, Jane calls it "a Valhalla over Century City."
Posted by Jane Kansas on Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:29 PM
- The Getty Centre is like Valhalla over Century City
It is huge—five main buildings. It is high—in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains. It looks down on Los Angeles. And yet, for all its grandness, it is made for people; built on a human scale. Its basic unit is a square thirty inches to a side. It makes great sense as a place.
- The thirty inch square in a wall and window of the Getty
That Other Coast Late Late Afternoon with Craig Ferguson
Jane Kansas learns that it takes longer than 42 minutes to make 42 minutes of TV.
Posted by Jane Kansas on Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 1:19 PM
The old intro to The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson had a montage of disturbingly ugly characters - men with nightmarish dental work and comb-overs. When I was up late and David Letterman was over I switched stations right away to avoid the British/Scottish comedy thing of really mean caricature and whoever Craig Whatshisname was.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Film world Celebrate 30 years of AFF with New Waterford Girl
Atlantic Film Festival brings back the classic for a one-time screening, January 27.
Posted by Sue Carter Flinn on Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:18 PM
On Wednesday, January 27, 7pm at Empire Theatres Park Lane, there's a pay-what-you-can screening of New Waterford Girl, with donations supporting the Atlantic Film Festival Association. It's like the Rocky Horror of Atlantic cinema: everyone knows at least one line from the beloved 1999 coming-of-age story.
The event also celebrates the AFF's 25-year partnership with Telefilm Canada's Atlantic Regional Office. To attend, RSVP by noon on January 27 at rsvp@atlanticfilm.com, or call 420-4791. Dowload an invite here.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Film world Doing a double lutz for Ice Castles
Trailer for Halifax-shot movie now online.
Posted by Sue Carter Flinn on Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:04 PM
Coming soon: the direct-to-DVD remake of the classic 70s skate-and-cry Ice Castles, shot in Halifax featuring Taylor Firth, Michelle Kwon and what appears to be half of city as extras.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Film world Thrillema returns...
The horror film series crawls out of the grave to Dartmouth Crossing.
Posted by Sue Carter Flinn on Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:25 PM
You just can't keep a good zombie down. Jason Eisener's popular cult movie series starts up again on January 21, at its new fancy Dartmouth Crossing theatre home. The first screening is Peter Jackson's DEAD/ALIVE (the uncut US version), and as always, it will be a 35mm print. The night kicks off at 9pm with Jason Shipley's short film Blood Shed.
Tickets are available at the door, or true horror heads can buy them ahead of time through Pretty Things Boutique, here.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Sightings! It's Pardis Parker time!
Halifax filmmaker/actor first Canadian to be selected for CBS showcase.
Posted by Sue Carter Flinn on Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Everything’s coming up sunshine for Halifax filmmaker/actor/comedian Pardis Parker. He’s down in Los Angeles for CBS’s annual industry showcase. Over 3,000 performers were considered, but only 13 made the cut to show their stuff to invited network executives, casting directors, showrunners, managers and agents. Parker, the first Canadian to ever be selected, is in good company: Previous showcase talents include Nasim Pedrad (Saturday Night Live) and Wyatt Cenac (The Daily Show).
“I’m having a lot of fun preparing for the showcase,” writes Parker, who was discovered while performing stand-up at a comedy club. “The other guys in the showcase are really talented, and it’s great to work with a group of like-minded people.”
Parker, who just finished shooting a role in Rohan Fernando’s feature Snow, is currently in pre-production on his own film, “a modern take on Bollywood-style musicals.”
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