[Image-1] Public obsession with HBO’s Game of Thrones has swept across North America like a Dothraki horde. Anyone daring to speak out against our television king faces a gruesome beheading—or at least disapproving talk show audiences. So it’s not surprising to hear Cineplex confirm that Game of Thrones: The IMAX Experience will be screening at […]
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Risky business inside Washmill underpass report
[Image-1] It was a “perfect storm” of failures that lost the municipality $11 million in building the Washmill Lake underpass. Yesterday, auditor general Larry Munroe presented his 129-page report to the city’s audit and finance committee. It was the culmination of a two-year long investigation into the Bayers Lake capital project. While Munroe—at great length—detailed […]
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Mehta’s menu
Even though scenes of sizzling kerala shrimp curry make theatre popcorn depressing as hell, Dilip Mehta’s Cooking with Stella isn’t a typical feel-good foodie film. The satirical charm pops up immediately in the opening, with a statement that it’s based on an almost true story. Don McKellar downplays his usual Cancon quirkiness as Michael, a […]
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Satirical Cooking with Stella
How much you enjoy Cooking with Stella depends on how much you’re willing to set aside your hopes for a foodie movie and accept it as a cross-cultural satire with a side dish of Bollywood antics. Don McKellar plays it straight as Michael, a father, chef and husband to Maya (Lisa Ray), a Canadian diplomat […]
