Author Archives: Adrian Mack

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Review – Hop

Hop is Hollywood’s worst kids film since the 1988 remake of Pippi Longstocking, writes reviewer Adrian Mack. read more

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5 stories you pretended weren’t happening in 2010

UFOs, the complete collapse of the world economy, & the Quaids. read more

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Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

A review of the new documentary Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage, as well as an interview with the filmmakers Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen. read more

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Interview – Spoon River’s Tavis Triance

Adrian Mack interviews the former Montrealer about his band’s new album Kingdom of the Burned, working with a hungover Cate Blanchett, and the world’s most wasted man. read more

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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

Kids will love the slapstick antics, writes Adrian Mack, while parents are left to wonder, ‘Am I watching a kid’s movie or Vertigo on DMT?’ read more

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The Princess and the Frog

Adrian Mack reviews Disney’s The Princess and the Frog. read more

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Letter from Philip K Dick

‘Vancouver turns up in Dick’s two most important books, VALIS and The Divine Invasion…’ read more

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List – Top 10 things you pretended weren’t happening in the last decade

UFOs, The Secret, oil and drugs in Afghanistan, and Britney Spears… read more

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Collapse – interview with director Chris Smith

An interview with the director of a documentary about crusading journalist Michael Ruppert. read more

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Documentary Review – It Might Get Loud

‘It Might Get Loud is porn for rock fetishists and guitar-lovers…’ read more

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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

New animated kids movie reviewed by Adrian Mack. read more

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Manic Street Preachers at the Commodore Ballroom

Adrian Mack review, Heinz Ruckeman photos. read more

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Summer Sessions at Ambleside Park

Sarah McLachlan, Neil Young, Sheryl Crow in concert. Review and photos. read more

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Os Mutantes at the Rio Theatre

The ’60s Brazilian psychedelic-rock band in concert in Vancouver. Review and photos. read more

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Neil Diamond’s Hot August Night NYC

Adrian Mack on Neil Diamond’s 2009 sequel to Hot August Night. read more

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List – 10 most annoying wankers in rock

Bruce Dickinson, Tommy Lee, Michael Stipe and more make our list of most annoying people in rock. read more

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MilkUltra pt. 5

The strange case of Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake. read more

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Up

Adrian Mack reviews the new Pixar movie. read more

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TV On the Radio at Malkin Bowl

In Vancouver, May 25 2009. Review by Adrian Mack, photos by Wayne Webb. read more

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Angels and Demons movie review

Dan Brown’s bestseller on the big screen. read more

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Bat Pussy

Adrian Mack watches and reviews the notorious 1973 superhero porn movie Bat Pussy. read more

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Monsters vs. Aliens – review

Adrian Mack on crypto-fascism in the new animated Dreamworks feature. read more

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Bruce Springsteen’s Working On a Dream

Adrian Mack reviews the latest from Bruce Springsteen. read more

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JFK and the Unspeakable – book review

Adrian Mack reviews a new book about the JFK assassination. read more

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Barack Obama and the fables of the reconstruction

Adrian Mack looks at the intersection between pop and politics in the age of Obama, and doesn’t like what he sees. read more

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