Idols - Table of Contents

Now that it's out, how does the film version stack up against its origin? Pretty well, actually. Twilight, the film version of the first novel in Stephenie Meyer's wildly popular (17 million copi...

Heather Gilberds reviews the Morgan Spurlock produced documentary What Would Jesus Buy? First published in The Gay Science in 1882, Friedrich Nietzsche’s often misrepresented and misconstrued p...

A plan for all your future Fridays (well, at least until January). Part 2 of 2. What's all this? Check out the November Movie Guide for full details. December 5 See: Nobel Son Director R...

Obsessed fan Kris Millett covers the Best Buy-exclusive release of Chinese Democracy, the Axl Rose-fronted band’s first album of original material in 17 years. In a show of solidarity, Kris submitte...

Janet Creery revisits Canadian icon Leonard Cohen’s early 90’s album The Future and discovers the artist not only predicted the dark days of the Bush regime but also the days of hope that exist be...

  Kevin Johns attended a brilliant production of Frost/Nixon at the Neptune Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the night of the American election.   The night the world changed,...

Lauren Cheal looks how Survivor really selects its winners, and argues that host Jeff Probst’s personal biases can affect the outcome of the show. Survivor has been on the air for eight ye...

Miss Smartypants by Nina Charest Miss Smartypants is on a much need holiday break this month. She'll see you and your problems in the new year. Keep sending them her way at advice@culture...

The Leica M8 is the camera you get if you have balls the size of coconuts.   The 2008 Calgary Digital Photography Expo was held in a giant concrete box called the Telus Convention...

Will Parker asks whether you need to put on your fancy pants (or apron) in order to be an idol in the kitchen. Do you ever find yourself getting so wrapped up in an episode of Iron Chef A...

Miss O wonders why our culture puts so much emphasis on one roll in the sack when most people don’t get it right for years. I was 18, the first time I was subjected to a pap smear. Flat...