Lorna’s Silence is a good film to watch if you ever think you’re in the middle of a jam. You are not. But Lorna sure as hell is. Here, the Belgian Dardenne brothers (The Son, The Child), bring perhaps the ultimate being-in-a-pickle tale. Lorna, an Albanian, has become a Belgian by paying a junkie to […]
Kyle Wells
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Our Annual Halifax Fix the City list
Create an emergency shelter When the harshest winds of winter hit the city, and the streets are buried beneath a blizzard’s weight in ice and snow, where can the homeless turn in a pinch for safe and supportive care? Nowhere, since the closure of Pendleton Place, a harm reduction centre that the Nova Scotia Department […]
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Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something Darkside
After taking on the original 1977 Star Wars movie with Blue Harvest, the college wet-dream cartoon Family Guy is back with an Empire Strikes Back parody. I’ve been a Family Guy fan from the start—with no shame in it—but even I’m starting to get a little tired of the repetitive jokes and increasingly dull pop […]
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The Girl in the Park
A woman’s daughter is kidnapped from a playground. Her family breaks apart. She loses touch with them. Now she is back to pick up the pieces. David Auburn’s film never seems to be sure what it’s about. The mother (Sigourney Weaver) deals with the ultimate loss, certainly, but The Girl in the Park also tries […]
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Humpday
It’s an old story: two college buddies go separate ways after graduating. One travels, couch surfs, bums around; the other gets a job, gets married, buys a house. And, like always, the one shows up unexpectedly at the other’s place, gets him drunk and stoned and puts his marriage into jeopardy. And then they decide […]
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Tom Waits
Tom Waits never gets old, both figuratively and literally. He proves himself again on Glitter and Doom as he yelps, howls and rasps his way through a set of newer gems and reworked classics with undaunted energy. It’s a collection of increasingly rare live performances from his 2008 tour, bringing to life the rapture and […]
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Holiday parties: Drinking on the company’s bill
Trying to find the right place to drink too many rum and eggnogs and sloppily make-out with that guy from accounting? Whether you have a small crew or a full staff, consider these places for your next drunken rendition of “Frosty the Snowman.” –Kyle Wells Victory Arms Pub This Lord Nelson Hotel bar can hold […]
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The Biggest Small Party of the Season
Looking for a big Christmas party for your small office? This year the Atlantica Hotel bar, Season’s Bistro and Wine Bar (1980 Robie Street, 490-3331) is hosting Season’s Biggest Small Party on December 5th and 12th. Bring your group of twenty or less to join other offices for a buffet-dance-drinkathon for just $32 a head. […]
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Half-missing NSLC sign, Quinpool Road.
What’s wrong? Half-missing NSLC sign, Quinpool Road. Who’s responsible? Rick Perkins, NSLC spokesperson. REMARKS In an ironic case of biting the hand that feeds, some drunk evidently tore the top half off this sign. Now how’re ya gonna know where to go to get the fuel for your next vandalism spree, wise guy? Perkins says […]