Month: April 2014
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Michael Bay vs. Ninja Turtles Fans!
Director Michael Bay pisses off the Internet (and one fan and Feedback Society member) by messing with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in his reboot. Following the release of the first trailer for Michael Bay’s reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Internet erupted. Beyond the story feeling somewhat unfamiliar, the Turtles are easily…
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The Feedback Society’s “Should I Be Watching That Show?”
‘Should I Be Watching That Show’ is a preview of new television series as they hit the small screen, asking would we tune in again? While I don’t watch a show without reading The A.V. Club write up the next day, there’s folly in reviewing single episodes of television — judging without seeing the whole…
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Tobacco – Ultima II Massage
Tom Fec, a.k.a Tobacco, is back with his new record, ‘Ultima II Massage,’ continuing to spread his weird, wonderful gospel of stoneriffic electronic synth pop. The world of music needs weirdos. If it weren’t for the Screamin’ Jay Hawkinses, the Captain Beefhearts, and the Grace Joneses of our musical pasts, everything would move along so…
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The Husband
Nothing will accelerate a mid-life crisis faster than your wife cheating on you, and in Bruce McDonald’s new film, The Husband, protagonist Henry Andreas gets shafted with a capital S. Not only is his wife unfaithful, but she ends up in jail for sexually interfering with a 14-year old minor, leaving him to take care…
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Concert Review: Saskatoon – Against Me!
Adrien Begrand looks at what has changed, and what has stayed the same for Against Me! reviewing their recent live show at Louis’ in Saskatoon. The constraints of a genre as unfortunately masculine-dominated as rock have to be unimaginably frustrating for a musician trying to deal with gender dysphoria. As the years go by though,…
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Wake in Fright (a.k.a. Outback)
Australia’s ‘Wake in Fright’ may have almost been lost to filmgoers physically, but found and restored, it hasn’t lost an ounce of horrifying, psychological kick. The trajectory of the film Wake in Fright (also known as Outback) is similar to the Heart of Darkness path that is undertaken by its lead character. Where protagonist John…
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Nymph()maniac
Lars Von Trier’s two-part film about nymphomania isn’t really about nymphomania, nor as controversial as you’d expect, you know, for a movie full of dicks. Nymphomaniac is a movie with a lot of genitalia flying to and fro across the screen; humping and pumping and dumping and dicks and cocks and pussies and chains and…