Articles by Thomas Quinlan

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  Eastern Promises

  David Cronenberg

  PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2008

  Despite a simple, subtle storyline, David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises is a beautifully shot, dark crime thriller punctuated by moments of...

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  Balls of Fury

  Robert Ben Garant

  PUBLISHED Jan 5, 2008

  Essentially a table tennis comedy filmed as a martial arts movie, Balls of Fury is a great concept given life by a superb cast that include...

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  !d Obelus

  flyourfavorite

  PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2007

  Sure, it’s obviously nerdy white boy art rap but !d Obelus is pretty damn good at it. Years of creating lo-fi, self-released cassettes and...

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  Filkoe

  Lost Zoo Keys and the Animal Spirits That Haunt Them

  PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2007

  Filkoe takes a big chance on a risky concept album, with each song a lesson on, and an ode to, a variety of extinct and endangered animals....

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  Ira Lee

  Die

  PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2007

  Having debuted solo with a near-masterpiece, Ira Lee has a lot to live up to with Die, his ambitious two-disc sophomore release. It lacks t...

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  Low Budget Affiliates

  The Damage Is Done

  PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2007

  While individual members of Edmonton’s Low Budget Affiliates have had some solo success, they’ve finally come together like Wu-Tang for the...

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  Sankofa

  The Tortoise Hustle

  PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2007

  Considering how far Sankofa has come since his days text battling on the internet, the title of his new album makes for an appropriate anal...

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  Soso

  Tinfoil on the Windows

  PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2007

  For his first album released by someone other than his Saskatoon-based Clotheshorse Records label, rapper/producer Soso has done a little b...