Month: April 2017
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Local Music Feedback – Raeburn
In this week’s installment of Local Music Feedback, we talk to bedroom producer Raeburn, whose long gestating album, Wessi Pessi, was well worth the wait. Raeburn is the one word moniker and musical identity of Maxwell Raeburn Warner, who you might also know as the drummer for Saskatoon act Pandas in Japan. But Raeburn is…
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The Fate of the Furious
While you’re forced to avoid plotholes as if they were potholes, The Fate of the Furious delivers what you’d expect — dumb fun and spectacle. The Fate of the Furious wears both its heart and a NOS tank on its sleeve. It strikes a weird but complementary tone: The word “family” is spoken 16 times…
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Father John Misty – Pure Comedy
Father John Misty’s new album, Pure Comedy, sees the singer / songwriter writing some welcome arrangements, and some perhaps over the top politically charged lyrics. Liberation philosophy, at least as it’s been defined by Ellacuria, is basically this: it really, really hates any form of idealism, even that which transcends the theoretical arena and moves…
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Koneline: our land beautiful
Koneline: our land beautiful is playing in Regina, starting later this week. Here is a photo essay from the movie, visual poetry about British Columbia. Koneline: our land beautiful is a new film from director Nettie Wild that takes place in the northwest of BC. It’s about the people who live there and change that’s…
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T2 Trainspotting 2
Renton, Spud, Begbie, and Sickboy are back in T2 Trainspotting 2, which has minor issues, but is as strong of a sequel as you’ll find. I had seen Trainspotting a lot when I was in my 20s, but after watching it too many times (and reading the book a few times), I left it alone…
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13 Reasons Why
Nevermind Degrassi Junior High; 13 Reasons Why, the new show from Netflix, has the market cornered on capturing the (trauma of the) high school experience. I watch a lot of garbage on TV. A large portion of my chosen entertainment is curated for the specific purpose of helping me turn my brain off, stop my…
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Interview: Writer Alice Kuipers – Me (and) Me
Me (and) Me is the new novel from Saskatoon writer Alice Kuipers. We talk to Kuipers about her writing and the balance of her life. Saskatoon young adult fiction writer Alice Kuipers is releasing her new book, Me (and) Me, on April 11th. This is Kuipers’ fifth novel, the latest in a successful run of…
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Ghost in the Shell
The Ghost in the Shell live action remake hit theatres this weekend, but unfortunately, it’s all shell and no ghost – a bland, heartless action movie. Born out of the techno-wizardry of countless sci-fi minds and presented to us in a visually-pleasing package, Ghost in the Shell still isn’t exactly the genre behemoth it possibly…