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Blood, boobs and brutal violence, the three key ingredients to your typical Hollywood “guy flick.” And in the case of Drive Angry 3D, one hell of an action-packed thrill ride. Todd Farmer and Patrick Lussier have come together to create one of the best 3D-enhanced movies since the explosion of the latest triple-dimensional trend in cinema. Continue reading
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Daniel Barnz’s Beastly is a modern take on a classic tale — Beauty and the Beast. How modern you ask? A few “txt” messages too modern. The film takes the fairytale and puts it in a chic, sexy high school with the beautiful people as aristocrats who rule over the “uggos”. Oh, and Mary-Kate Olsen is an emo girl/witch — she’s moody and magic. Continue reading
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Ontario indie-rockers Born Ruffians are toughing out the Canadian highways this March. Along its coast-to-coast journey the band will be taking a stop in Edmonton to play some of their quirky rock and roll. Continue reading
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Loitering online watching YouTube videos, local bartender Brandon Walker stumbled across a band playing on what appeared to be the confined space of someone’s balcony, overlooking the skyline of Dublin, Ireland. Continue reading
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Vancouver’s Rebel Spell plays Friday, March 4, at DV8 with Calgary’s Meisha and the Spanks, as well as two local acts, The Old Sins and Micelli.
The band is touring in support of its recently released album, It’s a Beautiful Future. Continue reading
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Just by sitting and listening to Brittany and Jenesse Graling of Sister Gray, one truly gets a sense of the infectious charm and passion they put into their EP, Close the Night. Continue reading
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The Winter Light Festival ends on March 5 with the spectacular and enchanting Star Party taking place at Elk Island National Park from 4 to 10 p.m. Continue reading
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It’s very rare that I can say I’m going into a movie completely blind. Usually I’ve seen a preview or two, and can put together some basic idea of the plot. Continue reading
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The Almost is a band that emerged under the wings of Underoath founding member Aaron Gillespie. On previous releases, he had created and recorded all of the songs. Continue reading
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Keith Urban is one of the most popular singers on the country music scene these days and his current CD, Get Closer, is a really good example of why that’s the case. Continue reading
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I’m a sucker for a great Canadian band. One, because I love great music and two, because I just think Canadians are better. Continue reading
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Vancouver’s Dreadnoughts are back with its third album, Polka’s Not Dead. What is interesting about The Dreadnoughts is it actually do play polka-influenced punk rock. Continue reading
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What Plants and Animals lack in low-end frequency, the members make up for in sheer energy and enthusiasm. Continue reading
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Local punk shack DV8 Tavern on 99 Street and 83 Avenue will be holding its first annual Youth Emergency Shelter Society (YESS) benefit show on Friday, Feb. 25. Continue reading
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February is women in horror month.
It may have started when writer and producer Debra Hill joined forces with John Carpenter to pen what has, during the last 30 years, become one of the most recognized and appreciated horror films of all time — one that paved the bloody path for a generation of pseudo-copies — Halloween. Continue reading
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A bed of nails, ambient bar noises, asymmetrical skeletal squares, lavish dresses and a tree in a box.
It seems that Grant MacEwan University’s Centre for the Arts and Communications (CFAC) has transformed into a gallery. Continue reading
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Reggae rockers Lionize are set to pounce upon Edmonton fans on Feb. 21.
The band, from Silver Spring, Md., recently wrapped up a month-long tour with Authority Zero and is now touring with Streetlight Manifesto and can’t wait for the Canadian dates. Continue reading
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For 24-year-old musician David Eggert, it is hard to remember a time when he didn’t play the cello.
“I don’t know what life is like without music,” says Eggert. Continue reading
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Activision has pulled the plug on its Guitar Hero series of games, actively ending the six-year reign as one of the most successful video game franchises of the last decade. Continue reading
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Valentine’s Day began when St. Valentine, a holy priest in Rome, was beheaded because he continued to marry couples after Claudius II forbade marriage. Continue reading
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There is one day of the year completely devoted to love. It comes in the form of candy hearts, red roses and Hallmark cards.
Ladies and gentleman, Feb. 14 is Valentine’s Day. Continue reading
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The girls of Winnipeg’s Oh My Darling will be hitting the icy roads of Western Canada this February, making their first stop of the tour in Edmonton. Continue reading
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Holly Turner stars with Steve Jodoin in a touching play about an older woman recounting the youthful days of her love life.
Playing at the L’Uni Theatre on 8527 Marie-Anne Gaboury St., La peau d’Elisa plays out a delicate tale of lost love between a woman and her youth. Continue reading
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Some think making films should be left to the Hollywood directors.
The minds behind Metro Digital Shorts believe otherwise. Being a director, producer, actor or otherwise is no “exclusive” club to this crew. Their attitude is simply to jump in and try the film medium out for size — be it HD camera or cell phone recorder. Continue reading
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