All too often with Canadian comedies you’re forced to say a movie is funny with the qualifier “for a low budget Canadian production.” Odd for a country that has a long track record of turning out some of Hollywood’s funniest and most successful comedians. This is not the case with Cooper’s Camera. True, it’s a [...]

The lineup for the Vancouver International Film Festival this year is the strongest it’s been in recent memory. There are some great films playing this year (to be fair there are also some really bad films playing this year as well). The problem is most of the great movies are going to be opening in [...]

To describe something as “big in Japan” has become a cheap T-shirt cliché. Regardless, it’s one of the most apt descriptions one can use when talking about Wrongwroks (wrong rocks). Vancouverite Tony Wong’s line Wrongwroks is available in two stores in Canada. It’s available in 80 in Japan.
Tony got into art and fashion in an [...]

Robert Dayton has a bone to pick with me. About four years ago I wrote an article about a film he starred in, Male Fantasy, and said he resembled Terry Richardson. Dayton wants everyone to know that he’s had his look since 1993 and it’s inspired by Richard Harris or Lee Hazelwood and not Richardson [...]

I recently had a chance to check out what Converse has lined up for this fall. Converse shoes are pretty much the best. They’re durable, they look great and they’re cheap. To commemorate their 100th year of making sneakers, Converse will be launching their 1HUND(RED) line where they’ve commissioned an assortment of artists to [...]