Alienated in Vancouver

I'm predisposed to dislike James Franco, and I'm not exactly sure why. I have enjoyed most of the movies I've seen him in. I am ...

Boy is Devil's Knot a piece of worthless shit. Just wanted to weigh in, for the benefit of anyone curious who still has not seen the ...

Was it the Georgia Straight that listed it? As a young man living in Maple Ridge, in the days before the internet, I was utterly dependent o...

I really liked They Live, though it's nowhere convenient to me, so I never rented anything from them. I've bought the odd video ther...

Won't have much to say for a bit, but it's surely a sign of the end of the world that Gerry Hannah has joined Facebook . He also h...

I will fail in my civic responsibility to vote this weekend. I'm spread too thin - I likely won't even be in the town I'm suppos...

I don't know if it's a feature of my age, of having moved back to a conservative town, or if I'm just running out of steam, but ...

Talked briefly to Ron Reyes for the Straight about Not Yer Buddy and the current state of PIGGY, who play the release of the newest Not Y...

This year has seen the highest concentration of David M. musical activity in Vancouver since I don't know when. And it's not done ye...

Mecca Normal by Sean Raggett Don't know much about KRAMER, but I have a bunch of albums he's on (or distributed on his now defun...

I may have missed Bison and the Misfits this weekend, but I briefly checked out Nerdfest 2014, curated at the Rickshaw by the former "...

I saw and enjoyed John Wick tonight. It's a savvy, smartly made, funny, violent, and very entertaining film, obviously made by people w...

It might just be an accident; perhaps I watched the wrong two movies in proximity to each other. But I'm suddenly wondering if there...

You know, I'm not your typical nerd. I have no interest in the SCA or D&D or LARPing or gaming. I don't bother with (most) comic...

Saw Maps to the Stars last night. It's an interesting experience. It seems like Cronenberg has come to prefer a very cool, detached m...

Schedule conflicts will keep me from interviewing Jerry Only of the Misfits but I want to say publicly, apropos of their November 9th conc...