EIFF: Hang Ten in … Ireland?!
Every film festival always has a documentary or two, and Between Land and Sea focuses on the lives of a band of like- minded sportsmen in the international surfing hotspot of … Ireland. No, that wasn’t a typo. The town of Lahinch, on the west coast of Ireland near the cliffs of Moher, lays claim […]
EIFF: Necessary Evil an existential comedy with horns
Fans of The Good Place might be interested in another existential comedy, Necessary Evil – making its premiere at the Edmonton International Film Festival on Friday night. The web series (aiming for TV) is a bit darker in its hour-long pilot episode Soul Purpose. It’s set in a hell that actually looks like hell – […]
A Visit with the Puppet Master
Some puppets broke the (local) internet recently in what appeared to be a professional television commercial for the Bear’s Worst Show Ever, starring puppet versions of Scott McCord and Yukon Jack. It turned out to be one amazing contest entry for the “Worst Ad Ever.” It didn’t win the $10,000 prize. Puppetsmith Trevor Duffy says […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Crash Test Dummies make smart return
Winnipeg alt-folk act Crash Test Dummies are best known for their 1991 single Superman’s Song, but the band has managed to propel that into a lengthy career in the music world that now includes a total of nine full-length albums, plus a couple of compilation albums and even a live album. The band plays a […]
PLAYBOT: Shakespeare women tell their side of story
Out, damned spot! Five, six, seven, eight … Could you imagine the “Women of Shakespeare” dancing in skimpy attire in a modern burlesque show? And now, four hundred years later, you can – with the return of Shakespeare’s Sirens: A Burlesque Revue, at Fort Edmonton Park’s Capitol Theatre Sept. 28-29. All your favourites will be […]
EDMONTON EXPO-SE: So much money, GTA lives, Bob Ross
The money that flew through the Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo this weekend was mind-boggling. The entire event is designed to suck your bank account dry. Do the math, if you dare! Consider the official count of 41,238 people (up from last year) each paying $80 for their pass. That’s about $3.3 million (more when […]
The Book of Mormon a surprise – not a spoof
Ding! Dong! There they are at the door bell again – the two earnest young men in dark suits, white shirts and ties, sure of their mission, clutching their theological tomes and looking for converts. Elder Price and Elder Cunningham are back ringing promoting THE WORD as revealed to that “All-American prophet,” Joseph Smith. The […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Rise Against vs. NERDS
If you’re doing punk rock cosplay at the Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo on Friday night, take care not to get into the wrong line – because Rise Against is playing a separate event in the same building. Could be some healthy cross-over here: Straight-edge hardcore band from Chicago whose very name suggests – nay, […]
PLAYBOT: Once upon a romance
He’s a street musician who’s starting to have doubts about his chosen career path. She’s a beautiful young passer-by who becomes his muse. What could possibly go wrong? Why, nothing, of course – aside from life and, possibly, love. In this multiple-Tony winning musical at the Citadel Theatre Sept. 22-Oct. 14, Julien Arnold and Ruth […]
Win passes to Edmonton Expo!
It’s fun to imagine that the celebrity guests at the Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo this weekend could come as their real characters – and have a battle! If Darth Maul (Ray Park) had a fight with Data (Brent Spiner), who would win? No contest. Phaser beats light sabre. Could Aquaman (Jason Momoa from DC […]
End of the Earth?
CARTOONIST’S NOTE: Today’s End of the Earth is a guest strip from local cartoonist Tony Esteves, whose comic strip, Cigarro and Cerveja, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. You may recognize it from a lengthy run in the University of Alberta’s student newspaper, The Gateway, where it regaled its readers with tales of a cigarette-smoking rabbit […]
