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2012 Winnipeg Comedy Festival Coverage
Posted by Showbiz Monkeys | Friday, April 6, 2012 @ 12:20am
The Winnipeg Comedy Festival has been steadily growing, adding performers, shows, and days to the festival year after year. In 2012 -- now in its 11th year -- the festival stretched to 11 days, added a small town touring element, and expanded its venue base to all sorts of great little comedy spots around the city to go along with the big galas at Pantages and feature shows at the Gas Station Theatre.
This year, we were given the opportunity to speak with some extremely talented comics and performers who have more to say than just some info about their shows while in Winnipeg. From well-known names like Alan Thicke, Harland Williams, and David Steinberg to great working comics like Rebecca Kohler and Matt Kirshen, we had this year's festival covered. Watch, listen, and/or read all our interviews below:
Album Review: OFF! - OFF!
Posted by Matt Moskal | Thursday, May 17, 2012 @ 8:00am
At 56-years old, Keith Morris has dedicated the majority of his life to hardcore punk. He was the leader of Circle Jerks for three decades and fronted Black Flag for Nervous Breakdown. When his term with one band ended, he fought tooth-and-nail to keep a microphone in-hand. In 2009, when Circle Jerks neared their third hiatus, Morris and Burning Brides' Dimitri Coats formed OFF! For super-group status, Redd Kross' Steven Shane McDonald and Rocket from the Crypt's Mario Rubalcaba were recruited.
The group's flagship compilation, First Four EPs, was an infuriated and impressive introduction. It was like Morris released thirty years of rage in a mere seventeen minutes. As if the stars hadn't aligned enough, critics and punks alike took notice. Despite their praise and expanded fan-base, OFF! haven't changed sonically in the past two years. However. their self-titled second album is a suitable successor to their 2010 debut.
Fringe: Brave New World - Part 2
Posted by Andrew Burns | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 @ 8:02pm
Another 22 down, 13 left to go, and still a ton of sci-fi mystery to look forward to. Fringe closes out another stellar season of TV with season 4’s head scratching finale, “Brave New World: Part 2”. Somehow this finale episode oddly ended up being one of Fringe’s few predictable episodes of the whole year. A spotlight on their foreshadowing if you will.
How I Met Your Mother: The Magician's Code
Posted by S. P. Young | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 @ 7:11pm
"Aren't you tired of waiting for destiny, Ted?" Isn't it time to make your own destiny?"
The seventh season of How I Met Your Mother concluded with the two-parter, "The Magician's Code." By now, the show should really have provided an answer to how Ted met the mother of his children, but alas, it has not. After seven seasons, she is still shrouded in mystery. This is likely due to the writers not anticipating that the show would last this long and get renewed for an eigth season. As such, the last two seasons seemed to have dragged its foot in its storytelling, preferring to emphasize some pointless go-nowhere relationships, and some useless tragic and sentimental moments. None of which, have added much to the show, except for pushing off when Ted would finally and officially meet that titular mother.
Supernatural: There Will Be Blood
Posted by Kyle Tetarenko | Monday, May 14, 2012 @ 8:44pm
What a predictably dull hour of television.
The Big Bang Theory: The Launch Reflection
Posted by S. P. Young | Friday, May 11, 2012 @ 10:29pm
"Howard and Bernadette. I know you two planned on getting married in a big fancy wedding. But when you're in love, it doesn't matter where or how these things happen. It just matters that you have each other."
Closing the fifth season of The Big Bang Theory, was "The Countdown Reflection." As the title suggested, this episode was told in a flashback with Howard in the rocket cockpit awaiting take-off in Kazakhstan. As the cosmonaut spoke of the gas leak, Howard tried to take his mind off it, by thinking back to his big day with Bernadette.
TV Rants & Raves: Comedy Round-Up 2012
Posted by Tony Hinds | Friday, May 11, 2012 @ 11:49am
The hour long drama has entered its golden age in the past decade, giving us some of the best TV since the medium’s inception. Landmark shows like Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones take their viewers beyond anything television (and in some cases even cinema... *cough* The Wire) have ever before accomplished. But on the other side of the tracks, comedy continues to thrive, all the while receiving far less attention or critical accolades. So as we arrive at the mid point of the year, I wanted to highlight a few of the better examples of comedies that (in most cases) you can tune in a watch right now! In no particular order.
The Vampire Diaries: The Departed
Posted by Kyle Tetarenko | Thursday, May 10, 2012 @ 10:10pm
Klaus may be out of the game but with Alaric still on the hunt, anything can happen in the season’s finale, The Departed.
Modern Family: Disneyland
Posted by S. P. Young | Thursday, May 10, 2012 @ 8:08pm
"But I realized that staying with my kids was more important than leaving my wife. Now that's not the right decision for everyone, but it was the right decision for me."
"Disneyland" told two stories. The first was the entire family's trip to the theme park, and the second was Jay sitting at home talking about the past. These two stories would eventually intersect at the end, as Jay wanted everybody to go see the animatronic Abraham Lincoln give a speech. "Disneyland" is the closest Modern Family has ever come to providing a backstory episode, but more importantly, it showed the side of Jay that made all the right decisions.
Glee: Prom-asaurus
Posted by Michael Walkey | Thursday, May 10, 2012 @ 1:02pm
Prom episodes historically have provided television with some of its most memorable moments. Who can forget Donna Martin getting drunk and almost expelled from West Beverly High or Carlton Banks’ manic “Carlton Dance on Speed”, literally.
Traditionally someone loses their virginity or gets busted for an illegal substance at Prom. At McKinley, however, it’s all about the Queen.
Album Review: Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur
Posted by Matt Moskal | Thursday, May 10, 2012 @ 8:00am
Kathleen Edwards has made a career of manipulating bitterness into success. On her 2003 debut album, Failer, the dissolution of young love inspired the bulk of her creativity. Over a decade has passed since the Ottawa-native recorded her first songs at Little Bullhorn Studios. She has since sought inspiration from controversial murders ("Alicia Ross"), crime and punishment ("In State"), racism ("Oh Canada") and Canadian broadcasters ("I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory"). Behind the resentful alt-folk was a romantic in a contemptible world. It was part of the charm that attracted critics and fans to her otherwise straightforward songwriting. In the four years after 2008's Asking for Flowers, Edwards embarked on a new emotional journey. While the romantic has remained intact, her fourth album, Voyageur, suggests otherwise for the cynic.
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Fringe: Brave New World - Part 2
How I Met Your Mother: The Magician's Code
Supernatural: There Will Be Blood
The Big Bang Theory: The Launch Reflection
TV Rants & Raves: Comedy Round-Up 2012
The Vampire Diaries: The Departed
The 10 greatest moustaches in film and television history
Interview: The Lonely Island's Jorma Taccone and Chester Tam
Interview: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer of The Lonely Island
The Lonely Island, SNL's Digital Short masterminds, have a new CD coming out
Interview: Chester Tam of Hot Rod and The Lonely Island
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never National Sneak Preview Event on Wednesday, February 9, 2011
I Wish (Clip)
Hysteria (Clip)
Battlefield America (Featurette)
Battleship (Resurrecting Might Mo)
The Dictator (Clip)
Prometheus (Clip)
Enter to win a double pass to the new dark comedy, Bernie, starring Jack Black and directed by Richard Linklater.
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