Oh, Mr. Carter

Last night Meg and I watched Tha Carter, the new documentary out about Lil Wayne.  I’m always a bit apprehensive about watching documentaries or reading books about musicians I like, ever since I read a bio about Led Zeppelin, because I’m afraid that learning about them will ruin their music for me.  When I read [...]

Night Terrors

Meghan showed me the trailer for Paranormal Activity a while ago – she introduced it with “this looks super scary and WE HAVE TO SEE IT.”  She’s into scary shit like that, while I can terrify myself if I think about the basement too much.  Given that her hermano-in-law works with me, I was eventually [...]

Zombieland

On Saturday night a bunch of us went out to see Zombieland.  It was one of the best Zombie movies I’ve ever seen.  If not the best.
What struck me the most was the gore – this is a true zombie flick in that they don’t shy away from brains and splitting heads.  They show you [...]

A Little Bit of So Much Truth

Last night was the last film of the CCPA’s third series of Popcorn With Your Politics. The screening was a follow-up to Jill Irene Friedberg’s Granito de Arena, called Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad (A Little Bit of So Much Truth) that follows the public schoolteachers of Mexico’s poorest region, Oaxaca, as they fight for [...]

Where in the World is Spurlock’s Humility?

Tonight is date night, so apartment plans are on hold until the weekend, and tonight we’re going for dinner and to Winnipeg’s indie theatre, Cinematheque, to see Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson. I’m looking forward to seeing it as Thompson is one of my favorite writers.  Plus, I need something to [...]

Kung Fu Panda, 3D?

After awkwardly and heat-scoredly smoking a joint in the parking lot, Matt and I head to Kung Fu Panda 3D at the IMAX.
Me: “Matt, is this 3D?”
Matt: “I don’t know.  Yes?  Yes it is.  Look, it’s 3D.  You can see dimension.”
Me: “Yeah.  You’re totally right.  But I thought we’d have glasses.”
Matt: “Nobody else does.  Maybe [...]

Sex and the City

On Saturday night I picked up Meghan and brought her back to my place. We got ready in our ‘going-out-clothes’ (also drunkenly referred to as ‘hoor-wear’), picked up Deirdre from her place, and made our way over to the Grant Park cinema. After smoking a bowl in the car, we walked in to [...]

Granito de Arena

I reviewed the film Granito de Arena for The Uniter this week. It’s the third installment of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Manitoba’s first film series, called “Popocorn With Your Politics.” I have been wanting to get more involved with the CCPA-MB for a while now, and figured this was a good way [...]

Who says the revolution is over?

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Manitoba has started showing film series, and I met Dad at the Park Theatre on Wednesday for the second film of their first series: Popcorn With Your Politics. The film was Iraq for Sale, and despite barraging my friends with emails, I couldn’t convince any of them to drag [...]