November 6 Video Games Live Orpheum Theatre Video Games Live is a project created by composer Tony Tallarico to bridge the gap between more classical forms of music and video game scores. The project had one of its first performances in Vancouver, and since then Tallarico and his crew have travelled around the world on…
“Oldie but a Goodie” Movie Review With the American release of Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars in 1967, the “spaghetti western” was born. The sequel For a Few Dollars More, and the trilogy-transcending final film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, solidified both Leone and the series’ star, Clint Eastwood as untouchable Hollywood…
La-Ti-Da Records relieve the doldrums and stresses of mid-fall with The Fall Down/Get Down With the onset of rain and dropping temperatures, it’s safe to say that festival season is finished. For the majority of festival hoppers, fall means hanging up the fanny packs for pea coats and scarves. For the rest of us, though,…
Directed by: The Wachowskis, Tom Tykwer Stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess Running time: 164 minutes It is likely that Cloud Atlas will be the film that fills theatres for the next three months, gets quoted endlessly on Facebook, and inspires various Halloween and cosplay costumes. The movie has the same attractive…
Author’s post-Potter debut overcomes some contrived mature themes to deliver an engaging look at human nature This is not Harry Potter. Feel free to repeat that to yourself as many times as necessary while reading The Casual Vacancy. That’s not to say that J.K. Rowling’s latest book doesn’t deliver, but the author’s return to writing…
“Eventually, there has to be a person that leaves Earth with no intention of ever coming back. I realized there is no reason this can’t be me.” From the first scene, Lunarcy! draws the audience in with its fast-paced, witty narrative and quirky heroes. Successfully jumping from discussions of fornicating man-bats, to lunar sports, to…