The big film news here at home? Apparently we should celebrate the fact that Passchendaele took in a million dollars at the box office in its first week. Errr ... hello? This thing cost over twenty million to make - some estimates are as high as thirty

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Wheeeeeeee two days til Halloween! I have a little more work to do on my costume, which actually means a lot, because I am not crafty in the slightest. But regardless of how cut-and-paste I look, it's going to be super fun. There's just something about

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Okay. Terah had a penis. I now understand why intercourse was out of the question.

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Halloween’s coming up quick and while you could dole out poisoned candy to the kiddies or dress up as the slutty pumpkin , another option is to fire up the ol’ console and freak yourself the frack out with some scary-ass survival horror games. Just as

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So, last week, mightily discouraged by the box office dominance of a wee yappy dog, I exhorted you all to give up on cinema and read a book instead. And I took my own advice, too. The new Neil Gaiman novel is aces. So's the latest Haruki Murakami . The

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First of all, I clearly and unequivocally won this competition. Kenny’s kitty-littered poop dropped out of his diaper on camera for all to see – game over.

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I took a road trip through upstate New York last weekend and found myself musing the paradox of fall's pretty colours. Those vibrant harvest hues are a sign that the leaves are dying, putting on one last red and gold show before shriveling and drying

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I was planning to blather on today about the awesomeness that is Sony’s LittleBigPlanet which was planning to hit stores tomorrow. I’m still gonna blather, but y’all will have to wait until October 28 to join in the awesome yourselves. Why the fracking

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Spencer speaks: "There are many who think that Kenny wins almost all the competitions. He doesn’t. When Kenny flagrantly cheats it’s a victory for me, regardless of whether I do the humiliation."

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Why, yes, I do realize that this is the second week in a row in which I - the supposed film reviewer here at the Sideshow - have failed to write about a new and / or upcoming movie. And do you know why? I'll fucking tell you why. This is the second week

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They're the ultimate loners, not just nocturnal but immortal, drifting endlessly from place to place for all of time. Their origins are frightfully romantic: the castles of medieval Europe, the sweaty bayous of Louisiana. By reputation, they are erudite

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Oi. Four new films releasing this week and nary a single one worth getting excited about. The Ridley Scott spy thriller ? The combination of Scott, DiCaprio and Crowe wasn't enough to get this one into any of the big fests which tells me that it's every

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It’s October, and so I'm still doing terrifying, ghastly posts of spooky, sexy fun. This week, let’s take a look at some celebs whose certifiable smoking hotness won’t be featured in People’ s most beautiful list this year. Why? Because they’re dead.

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The console war has reached an odd phase where the three majors are morphing into each other—or at least the two powerhouses are emulating Nintendo’s now-gen leading Wii. The Xbox 360 is prepping a fall dashboard update which will include Mii-like “ avatars

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Welcome, welcome, how’s everybody feeling tonight? Hope you’ve all recovered from last night’s 2-hour Stephen Harper beatdown! Does that guy look like a stoned vampire, or is it just me!!? I kid, I kid! But seriously folks, does the guy sleep upside down

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Yes, yes, yes ... I realize that the almighty Goat Boy already reviewed Guy Ritchie's Rock N Rolla back when it screened during the Toronto International Film Festival but with the flick hitting screens on Wednesday it bears saying again: as wretchedly

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Word up, sex fiends, and happy harvest season. As an ode to October, I've decided that this month's blog posts will combine two of my favourite things: sex and Halloween. After all, getting naked can be a transcendental experience, if you do it properly.

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