If you haven’t been privy to the Internet-phenomena that is ChatRoulette.com, I’d recommend giving it a look. The website, which has been up and running since November 2009, was created by a 17-year-old high school student in Moscow as a way for him and his friends to randomly meet strangers online.
Using it is simple. Press [...]
Speed dating, speed hating
Dating tips for guys
Conversation
Nothing is more awkward than prolonged lulls in conversation, but dont just blurt out anything to break the silence. Sometimes, its hard to tell just what is acceptable to say. Its easy to offend a girl; you might be offending one right now. Take an observation like Asian babies are cute. Though race inclusive, [...]
If you can’t stand the tweet, stay out of the kitchen
A couple years ago, during Canadian Music Week, I watched a group on the cusp of stardom. They were playing post-Benjamin Gibbard pitch-corrected power pop for a room full of screaming, gooby 16-year-olds. This was the beginning of a movement in pop that would lead to the Owl City single I hear everywhere I go [...]
Bold, brash, brazen
I was in New York three years ago and I tried to see a The Whitest Kids You Know show at Carolines comedy club. At that point TWKYK were developing a show for the Spike network and would not be seen that night. Instead, they were replaced by a headlining act Id never heard of. [...]
That’s the last of TIFF
Another TIFF has come to a close, with the awards ceremony ending as I write this. This past week marks the end of festival parties, where quasi-celebrities mingled with industry folk and had awk- ward conversations with three- drink-deep volunteers. The good celebrities (you know the ones Im talking about) went to better par- ties, [...]
TIFF in closing
SOLITARY MAN Directed by Brian Koppelman & David Levien Starring Michael Douglas & Jesse Eisenberg
RATING: MM
Michael Douglas as an aging womanizer. Just as uncomfortable to watch as it sounds.
After a doctor discovers an abnor- mality during a routine checkup, instead of following up, Ben (Douglas) begins a frivolous, destruc- tive midlife crisis. Six years [...]
TIFF survival guide: The art of watching a movie alone
Some activities, when done alone, inspire certain social stigma. Its as though going out for dinner or for a drink on your own is reserved only for characters in films in order to portray how brooding and lonesome they are – think of the wide shot of Bill Murray slouched over the hotel bar in [...]
FILM IN REVIEW: The Men Who Stare at Goats
George Clooney and Grant Heslov have teamed up once again since co-writing Goodnight and Good Luck, which garnered five Academy Award nominations in 2005.
Super cute of them, right? The dynamics have switched this time around with Heslov directing and Clooney back in front of the camera. Although I am not entirely sure The Men Who [...]
Aren’t you not supposed to have sex underwater?
Reproduction in nature can be a strange and beautiful thing. And who better to explain the inner workings of sexuality in the animal kingdom than the often eccentric and always beautiful Isabella Rossellini?
In 2008, Rossellini, in conjunction with the Sundance Channel, released her first Green Pornos – eight short films featuring the mating habits and [...]
TIFF Previewed: Reviews
THE ROAD
Directed by John Hillcoat
Starring Charlize Theron & Viggo Mortensen
John Hilcoats adaptation of Cormac McCarthys post-apocalyptic classic has been getting some big attention after its premier at the Venice Film Festival. In my eyes, Viggo Mortensen can do no wrong. Charlize Theron might be able to, but shes just so darn pretty, right?
MAX MANUS
Directed by [...]
