In the early 1990s, the Crash Test Dummies strummed their way into the international stage with a string of smart, oddball hits—including “Afternoons and Coffeespoons”, “Swimming in your ocean”, “In the days of the caveman,” and, of course, the unforgettable ear worm “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm.” The album on which those songs were featured, God […]
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Hal-Con, a homecoming
Kristina Gillis has come a long way since her first Hal-Con three years ago. “I was a bit worried about being judged because I was also cosplaying for the first time, but I was amazed at how well it went over,” she recalls on day three of Hal-Con 2019. “Everyone was so friendly and accepting.” […]
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Robert Eggers keeps it weird
The Lighthouse Oct 25-30 Scotiabank Cineplex 190 Chain Lake Drive cineplex.ca When Robert Eggers unveiled The Witch in 2015, he was so convinced it wouldn’t succeed that he sought a back up project “just in case.” After learning that his brother, Max, was working on a story about two men living in a lighthouse at […]
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Review: Run this Town runs out of breath
Run this Town wants to say a lot of things. Unfortunately, it says nothing at all. A slick and entertaining hot-mess of a tale from writer-director Ricky Tollman (Enfant Terrible), Run this Town follows reporter Bram as he tries and fails to land the story that led to the downfall of Rob Ford. (Watching the […]
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Review: Her Last Project sees a woman writing her own ending
Shelly Sarwal didn’t view her death as a tragedy. But, that doesn’t mean she wanted to die. As she points out in Her Last Project, which chronicles the last year and half of her life after being diagnosed with Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)—a rare and incurable neurodegenerative disease—she just wasn’t given a choice in the […]
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Review: Murmur is beautifully bleak
Written and directed by Dartmouth-based filmmaker Heather Young, (Dog Girl, Milk) Murmur—which opened this year’s FIN Atlantic International Film Festival—tells the beautifully bleak story of Donna (Shan McDonald), a kind-hearted woman whose loneliness is palpable. She doesn’t appear to have anyone in her life except her daughter, who refuses to answer her calls or texts. […]
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FIN-tastic films and where to find them
This years’ edition of FIN Atlantic International Film Festival offers audiences a heady mix of timely topics, fresh faces, big ideas and big names. With 120 films screening over eight days, it’s impossible to get to all of them—so, here are a handful not-be-missed flicks we’re extra-amped for. Get ready to binge! Murmur The fest’s […]