Robert Downey Jr. is like popcorn — when you are at the movies, he is totally irresistible. Whether he is playing a superhero in the Iron Man franchise, or an award winning Australian method actor turned soldier in Tropic Thunder, there is something about Robert Downey that just makes you happy. Charisma. When it was [...]
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Author Archive for Amy Anne Smith
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The Academy Awards
It is Oscar season! Every year, as we plunge into the deep freeze of winter, Hollywood starts to vibrate with excitement. Award season kicks off the new year. Flowing gowns cascade down the shoulders of the world’s most elite actresses, skin-tight scraps of fabric are pasted to picturesque bodies, suits and tuxedos begin to march. [...]
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Indie Game movie goes big
It’s always exciting when somebody from Winnipeg makes it big. As far as cities go Winnipeg is cold, flat and so humble we are underrated by default. So when Winnipeg filmmakers go to the Sundance Film Festival (arguably one of the biggest film festivals in the world), it’s something we are all invited — compelled [...]
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Ten great things
A good veggie burger is crucial to the survival of any non-meat-eater. It can also be a delicious alternative to the repetitive “I would like a burger n’ fries please” for those of us who usually prefer beef. There are killer vegetarian burgers all across Winnipeg, for almost every suppertime scenario. By no means exhaustive, the [...]
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Water Bodies
Janessa Brunet is a university of Manitoba graduate, holding a bachelor of fine arts. She is also a talented artist and an exceptional photographer. Her smile animates her face, and when she laughs she does so in earnest. And the beauty of the artist inhabits her work. Starting from Jan. 6, some of Burnet’s photographs [...]
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The Hobbit
In 11 months and counting, the first installation of The Hobbit will hit the theatres. I was only a wee teenager when The Fellowship of the Ring was released in 2001, but I remember going to the cinema right around Christmas time to see Tolkien’s epic rendered on the silver screen. A desperate fan of [...]
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Intimacy, efficiency and a lot of windows
The Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport opened the runways to 747s and small carrier planes alike last October. Now that the snow has sprinkled our streets, now that exams have reared their prickly faces, it’s the season where we have reason and time to travel. Christmas has come and gone, and with it so [...]
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Romeo and Juliet
Every few years, the Manitoba Theatre Centre performs a version or adaptation of one William Shakespeare’s plays. Richard the Third was performed in 2003, set in the American invasion of Iraq, and most people remember Keanu Reeves coming to our great city to play the role of Hamlet in the mid-90s. Right now, until Dec. [...]
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Forgotten swing
Neda Kianmehr is a new artist with a beautiful history, and The Gallery of Student Art (GoSA) will be featuring her artwork in University Centre Dec. 5-16.. The exhibition is called Forgotten Swing, a title was chosen for a very specific reason. “All of us experience, in our childhood, sitting on a swing dreaming,” said [...]
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Talking Heads re-imagined
A group of musicians and graduates of our U of M jazz program have recently begun a fantastic series of concerts wherein classic pop albums are re-imagined in the style of contemporary jazz tunes. The first two albums showcased were Bob Marley’s album Exodus and Stevie Wonder’s Inner Visions. Up this Thursday is Talking Heads [...]