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Roeper and Ebert Off 'At the Movies'

Kevin Johns — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Okay, so apparently last July it was announced that Roeper and Ebert's contract for At the Movies was not renewed.

How did this not make bigger waves? How did I not hear about this until now? My internet skills have failed me!!!!

Ebert has been off the show for a few years now, due to health concerns, and Richard "Thumbs Down for LOTR" Roeper has always been largely irrelevant. All the same, it is sad to see Ebert's involvement, even behind the scenes, come to an end.

T...

Damn it, Stone!

April Yorke — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0100

It's a shame that I've never gotten around to seeing Wall Street (in part because I've quasi-given up watching Oliver Stone's movies) because Linda Holmes just pointed me in the direction of a scene that would have fit in perfectly with "Our Hero Will Return to Save the Day in Just Two Minutes", my own paeon to gratuitous sex scenes in 80s movies that could have gone without. To wit:

It's not clear why anyone felt that the character played by Daryl Hannah, a decorator who is s...

Weekend Art: July 31 - August 3

April Yorke — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Friday

Dale Smith Gallery is pleased to present "Travelling Light," a joint exhibition of recent work by photographer Joy Kardish (Ottawa) and painter Angela Petardi (Toronto). Joy Kardish's luminous photo-based works capture the magical elegan...

Weekend Art

April Yorke — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Friday

Byward Market: July at Canteen (238 Dalhousie)! Gallery will feature the works of Sergey Haletski, Justin "Scrappers" Morrison, and Cat Lauigan. Opening: Friday, July 3rd, 2009 // 6pm to 9pm

Downtown: The IPO gallery (110 O'Connor) presents a new exhibition, Ottawa School of Art @IPO, to be held from July 2 to August 21, 2...

Weekend art

April Yorke — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

We may have missed the openings on some of these, but there is much art to be had around town these days.

Marc Adornato's "La Kapitale" is back by popular demand at the Starbucks at 362 Elgin (that's the one by the Jack Purcell Community Centre). Show runs 'til the end of the month.

Joe Fidia has a show, "Mornings Like These," (pictured, Late M...

Damn... Missed Shatner Day

Kevin Johns — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Apparently Sunday March 22 was "International Talk Like William Shatner Day".

How can something as important as this come and go without me noticing? I am forever shamed, and will go out of my way to talk like William Shatner extra hard next year.

(Note: This is likely the first of many Trek posts that will appear between now and May 8. Su...