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B is for . . .

B is for . . .
Beauty
Betrayal
Bad writing
Bana (as in Eric)
Bastard child
Bitch
Beheadings
Boleyn.
On Friday, I had the pleasure of seeing the drastically delayed The Other Boleyn Girl. Even before its release, all the Boleyn buzz was negative, with claims that the studio delayed the release (originally scheduled for last year) due to a lack of confidence [...]

Not All That Glitters Is Oscar

Yesterday, yours truly watched the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards on IFC which celebrated the year’s best in independent film. Though there were some similarities with the Oscar nominees, the Independent Spirit Awards prides itself in honoring those looked over and has a more international flavour. It reacts to “Hollywood” associations with dramatic disdain [...]

Vu’s Oscar Picks

So it has all led up to this. After all the nastiness of the Writers’ Strike, what better way to let bygones be bygones than the Oscars? With less than a week to go, cinephiles everywhere are scrambling to rental stores and theatres to see the Oscar nods. But some of us [...]

Candidates Cozy Up for the Stars

Hillary to Barack: “I HAVE JUNGLE FEVER.”
Yeah, I know I’m about half a week late on this news but whatever. Last Friday, I woke up to find headlines and footage of Hillary and Barack making nice in public. You know what’s worse than PDA? . . . fake PDA. Then again, it [...]