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phenomenon with an outof-nowhere digital creation, 2009’s at times brilliant mixtape, So Far Gone? Well, here’s where things get murky. So Far Gone is held up as an underground online local success story. But it’s anything but. Drake recorded it in studios in Atlanta. And while unsigned to any label at the time, he shared a manager with Lil Wayne, Kanye West and others. So does 40. Drake only began blogging in July 2009, after teaming up with his celebrity managers and right before releasing So Far Gone – which, not coincidentally, had guest appearances by Lil Wayne and a

Sharp shooter A still, actually the only still, from one of the Weeknd’s three uploads.

video directed by Kanye West. Sounds to me like a carefully crafted strategy. It was made to look like Drake burst out of Toronto’s blog scene with a home run, when all the while he was only trotting in from third base. Does that mean the Weeknd, with their tenuous connection to the DrakeMaking Machine, are also predestined for success?

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How should I get rid of my old….? Now that our holiday hangovers have worn off, you might be looking around your cluttered pad, itching to kick-start an “out with the old” resolution. I know I am. That’s why it’s perfect timing to dip into my Ecoholic question bag and pull out lingering inquiries about how to get rid of random stuff the green way. By the way, there’s still no great local way to get rid of old clothes that are unfit to donate, other than expanding your rag collection, making arm warmers out of old socks or learning how to crochet or braid a rag rug. The school board’s Artsjunktion at 380 Ossington, accepts fabric remnants and other bits if they’re workable for crafts, but your old underwear has nowhere to go but the dump. What is the safest way to dispose of leftover hair spray, hand lotion and perfume? A bottle of perfume, hands down, counts as hazardous waste, so bring it to a municipal depot or wait to drop it off at your local Environment Day. Aerosol cans of hairspray can go in the recycling bin in this town (though they are considered haz waste elsewhere.) Most women’s shelters only want donations of new toiletries, not halfempty ones. What’s your safest bet for stuff like old shampoo or lotion? Please, don’t just dump it all down the toilet. We don’t need more trace PPCP pollutants (pharmaceutical and personal care product contaminants, for those of you not monitoring water quality issues for a living) in our water supply. If your bottle is too full

to just place in recycling, I recommend dumping the contents into a leakproof bag that goes in the garbage and recycling the container. Is there a local company that recycles CDs and DVDs? These days you can hunt down a small handful of electronics recyclers in the city that say they’ll accept your music and movie fossils, but Turtle Island told me they just dump ‘em. Another recycler says the shredded plastic might end up getting incinerated for energy (not exactly a favoured Ecoholic option). I did find one recycler, ADL Process Electronics Recycling, that will properly recycle your old CDs and DVDs. Once the company collects a few thousand pounds, they send the shipment to our favoured GreenDisk recyclers in the U.S. It’s better than thousands of people sending 1-pound shipments, and no one nearer seems to be transforming old polycarbonate plastic into new items. Did I mention they’ll take ‘em for free? Make your way to 500 Keele, unit 205, for drop-off. Oh wait, Artsjunktion will transform old discs into new items – they give ’em to students to turn into, well, anything with a glue stick and markers.

Is there anywhere to recycle CFLs? If your compact fluorescents have already burnt out, chances are you put them in an enclosed fixture without looking for specially marked CFLs, your wiring is old or you bought low-quality bulbs. In any case, you want to make sure the mercury in your bulbs gets properly recycled into new bulbs, so bring your old ones to customer service desks at Canadian Tire, Home Depot, somewhat inconvenient Ikea or a municipal waste transfer station. Sorry, no one is recycling old incandescent bulbs. Those go straight into the trash. Or put them in a museum. Where can I recycle a broken backpack? Once the zipper goes on technical gear like a ski jacket, tent or backpack, most of us assume it’s junk that even Goodwill won’t want. But stop! There’s no need to toss any of your beaten-down camping, sports or technical gear when there’s a place in town that specializes in fixing it. Go to the Sport Sewing Shop on Gerrard just west of Woodbine. Just don’t bring them jeans to hem.

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act ii Studio open houSe Info on acting and

theatre courses for people over 50. 2-4 pm. Free. Heaslip House, rm CED 303, 297 Victoria. 416-979-5000 ext 6297. aSk yaSMina Bellydance open house with performance feedback, history, talks and a Q&A. Today to Jan 6, 6:30-8:30 pm; Jan 8 to 9, 11 am-noon. Free. Arabesque, 1 Gloucester. 416-920-5593. great canadian MuSic FroM the 80S NOW magazine publisher Michael Hollett talks with JUNO Award-winning artists Maestro Fresh-Wes and Platinum Blonde’s Mark Holmes. 7 pm. $5. NOW Lounge, 189 Church. nowtoronto.com.

now iS the tiMe For an arctic nuclear weapon-Free zone Symposium. 1-2:30 pm.

Free. Munk School of Global Affairs, U of T, 1 Devonshire Place, Rm 108N. RSVP at arcticsecuritysymposium.eventbrite.com. perSonal coMputer cluB oF toronto Meeting. 1 pm. Parkdale Library, 1303 Queen W. pcct.org. SecretS oF Supportive eating Personal trainer Conor Kelly discusses yo-yo dieting and taking control of your weight. 7-8:30 pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348 Danforth, rm 212. 416-466-2129, thebigcarrot.ca. yiddiSh For BeginnerS Six-week course. 7:308:30 pm. $25. Temple Har Zion, 7360 Bayview (Thornhill). Pre-register 905-889-2252. yiddiSh vinkl Presentation by Ralph Wintrob based on his memoir A Life On The Stage. Noon. $16 (includes buffet lunch). Free Times Cafe, 320 College. Pre-register yiddishvinkl@ yahoo.ca.

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BooSt the BeneFitS oF MuSic Shakespeare suggested that music is the food of love, but we also know it feeds mental and physical health. Hugh’s Room hosts a funder for an organization devoted to that concept when a dynamite slate of musicians hits the stage for the Music Therapy Benefit Concert. Singer and composer Ron Davis, indie rocker and NDP provincial candidate Andrew Cash and jazz soul man DK Ibomeka perform Monday (January 10) in support of the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund. Play on! 8 pm. $25-$30. 2261 Dundas West. 416-531-6604.

haiti diSaSter at year one

Help commemorate the anniversary with tours, music and more. 1-8 pm. Free. Kingsway Conservatory of Music, 2848 Bloor W. 416-234-0121. Motorcycle SuperShow Sport, custom and vintage bikes, autographs, a marketplace and more. Today and tomorrow 10 am-10 pm; Jan 9, 10 am-6 pm. $18, yth $5, under 6 free. International Centre, 6900 Airport. supershowevents.com. opera 101: the Magic Flute Canadian Opera Co discussion with Magic Flute cast member Isabel Bayrakdarian and CBC Radio’s Brent Bambury. 6 pm. Free. Duke of Westminster, 77 Adelaide W. coc.ca. why we Fight Film on the U.S. military-industrial complex and talk by author Peter Langille (Changing The Guard: Canada’s Defence In A World In Transition). 7:30 pm. Free. Centre of Gravity, 1300 Gerrard E. cinemapolitica.org.

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of the Haiti earthquake and sort through the stunning humanitarian issues, still unresolved, at a day-long seminar, Lessons Learnt. Discussion topics range from reality-and-perception dilemmas to environment, health, refugee and recovery successes and failures. Participants include Jack Dewinter of Samaritan’s Purse, JeanClaude Louis of Panos Caribbean, World Vision’s Mike Weickart and others. Monday (January 10), 9 am to 5 pm. Free. York U, Founders College, rm 305, 4700 Keele. haiti.blog.yorku.ca.

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Cinema Politica hosts a screening of Why We Fight, by Eugene Jarecki, describing the rise and maintenance of the U.S. military-industrial complex

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2-5 pm. Free. Aikido Shugyo Dojo, 276 Carlaw. 416-469-4846.

the loSt art oF canning Everdale workshop on preserving foods in your own kitchen. 10 am-3 pm. $95. Pre-register workshops. everdale.org/in-the-city/toronto/canning.

MaSS deMonStration calling For puBlic inquiry into g20 SuMMit 2-5 pm. Free.

Queen’s Park. wearechangetoronto.org. toronto international Boat Show Wakeboarding and wakeskating on an indoor lake, a bio boat, waterskiing dogs, fishing demos and more. To Jan 16, weekdays 11 am-8 pm, Saturdays 10 am-7 pm, Sundays 10 am-6 pm. $18, srs $15, passes $19-$25. Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place. torontoboatshow.com. celebration. 3:30-5:30 pm or 5:30-8:00 pm. $5. Trinity-St. Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor W. torontosalsapractice.com.

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the haiti earthquake oF jan 2010: leSSonS learnt Conference commemorating the one-

year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake with speakers from the media, humanitarian aid and development backgrounds. 9 am-5 pm. Free. York U, Founders College, rm 305, 4700 Keele. haiti.blog.yorku.ca/. poSt a letter Social activity cluB Letterwriting gathering. 7-11 pm. Pwyc for stamps and stationary. NACO Gallery Cafe, 1665 Dundas W. pal-sac.com.

Events and its role in orchestrating the pretexts for foreign wars. Peter Langille, author of Changing The Guard: Canada’s Defence In A World In Transition, speaks afterward to bring the issues home and shed light on our own dubious adventures. Friday (January 7), Centre of Gravity (1300 Gerrard East). 7:30 pm. Free. cinemapolitica.org.

Sunday, January 9

aikido Martial artS Introductory workshop.

Ron Davis, DK Ibomeka, Andrew Cash and others. 8 pm. $30, adv $25. Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas W. 416-531-6604.

Tuesday, January 11

the Bud Rice Band and others. 8:30 pm. $20, adv $15. El Mocambo, 464 Spadina. concert. hollandbloorviewfoundation.ca.

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for all women. 3:30-5 pm. $8. Mad for Dance, 263 Adelaide W. dancedancepartyparty.com. oak ridgeS trail Bus trip for a walk with Toronto Bruce Trail Club. 8:30 am. $23. York Mills subway. 416-763-9061, torontobrucetrailclub.org. reel injun: p.a. (poSt-avatar) Broadcaster/ film critic Jesse Wente discusses the portrayal of native people in film. 10:10-10:50 am. Free. St. Clement’s Church, 59 Briar Hill. 416-4836664. rouge winter Bird count Help count and record birds you see and hear throughout the day. 10 am-3 pm. Free. Various locations in Rouge Park, 50 Bloomington. birdcount@ rougepark.com.

Monday, January 10

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MuSic therapy BeneFit concert (Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund) Performances by

can huMan SMuggling Be deFended? Public

forum with professor Kamala Kempadoo, lawyer Barbara Jackman and No One Is Ilegal members Graciela Flores Mendez and Macdonald Scott. 6-8 pm. Free. Lillian H Smith Library, 239 College. nooneisillegal.org. ecoSexy! Show-and-tell lecture and discussion on sexecology with Annie Sprinkle (all genders welcome). 7:30-9:30 pm. $35 sliding scale. Come as You Are, 701 Queen W. Preregister 416-504-7934. the gloBal econoMy Discussion and postKeynesian analysis of current events with historian William Krehm. 7 pm. Free. OISE, 252 Bloor W. 416-340-1865.

ScarBorough garden & horticultural Society General meeting and discussion on

the world of herbs. 7:30 pm. Free. Scarborough Village Community Centre, 3600 Kingston. gardenontario.org.

Wednesday, January 12

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aFterShock: Surviving haiti (Haiti relief)

Documentary film screening. 7 pm. Donations. Humbercrest United Church, 16 Baby Point. 416-767-6122.

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dare to Be Square! Triangle Squares LGBTQ square dance club holds an introductory class on modern square dancing. 7-9 pm. Free. Jesse Ketchum School, 61 Davenport. trianglesquares.com. drawing cluB Meet and draw without the distractions of home. 6 pm. Free. Toronto Zine Library at the Tranzac, 282 Brunswick. torontozinelibrary.org. entrepreneurShip 101 Class on the nuts and bolts of starting a business. 5:30-6:30 pm. continued on page 18 œ

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Free. MaRS Auditorium, 101 College. Preregister marsdd.com/ent101. GalapaGos Travel talk. 6:30 pm. Free. Adventure Travel Co, 408 King W. Pre-register 416345-9726. Gladstone tour Fifth-anniversary guided tour of the artist-designed hotel. 2-3 pm. Free. Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. InternatIonal Folk dancInG Enjoy dances from different countries. All levels welcome. 7:30-10 pm. $7. Koffler Centre, 4588 Bathurst. 416-638-1881 ext 4364. storyteller spotlIGht Poets, authors, actors and comedians share their work. Free. Kensington Cornerstone, 2A Kensington. kensingtoncornerstone.com.

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For woMen Women-only workshop. 7-9:30 pm. $33. Good for Her, 175 Harbord. Preregister 416-588-0900. creatInG a lIvable lIvInG rooM Design talk. 7 pm. Free. Urban Mode, 145 Tecumseth. livingrooms.eventbrite.com. selF-knowledGe For enlIGhtenMent Gnostic practice session. 7 pm. Free. Toronto Gnostic Centre, 715B Danforth. 416-483-7465. you’re never too old to becoMe younG

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2011 to-dos Crack open those 2011 agendas and add these upcoming fashion and design happenings to your calendar.

Design Show action

The Interior Design Show is back for its 11th year at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (255 Front West) from January 27 to 30 (opening night party $60, adv $55; professional trade day January 28; open to the public January 29 and 30, $22, adv $19, interiordesignshow.com). That weekend you can also hit alt-design events Come Up To My Room at the Gladstone Hotel (January 28 to 30, $10.50, 1214 Queen West, comeuptomyroom.com), the new MADE At Home show in the apartment above the Canadian design shop (867 Dundas West, January 27 to February 12 madedesign.ca/athome), and a ton of other Toronto International Design Festival-timed events (tidfonline. com).

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Winterlicious kicks off January 28, and its most stylish meal, the Toronto Fashion Incubator’s (fashionincubator.com) Guilty Pleasures breakfast at the Drake Hotel (1150 Queen West) is served up on February 5. Contact the hotel at 416531-5042 for seating times and reservations. Shopping is open to the public from 9 am to 4 pm.

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LG Fashion Week (lgfashionweek. ca) returns to Heritage Court on the Exhibition Grounds from March 28 to April 2, and with the usual weeks of offsite presentations bookending the official shows, plan on catching catwalk coverage starting in mid-March. Alternative Arts and Fashion Week (alternativefashionweek.com) wraps up the season from April 25 to 29.

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This time it’s turmeric, the pow dered rhizome of a perennial shrub that gives curry its yellow colour; it’s

vedic medicine. It contains the com pound curcumin, which is said to do all kinds of wonderful things, from easing cancer to curing coughs. Watch out, though. Side effects can include gastrointestinal troubles, al

also used in mustard. A member of the ginger family, tur meric has long been used in Ayur

lergies and hair loss. Those with health conditions or on medication need to consult a practitioner before taking it, since it can affect the im mune system, interact with pharma ceuticals and at high doses can be toxic. As well this stuff isn’t regulat ed, so make sure whatever you use comes from a reputable company.

What the experts say “I discovered a molecule more than 25 years ago called tumour necrosis factor (TNF). It turned out TNF was very active in worsening cancer and the primary mediator of inflammation. In cancer, cardiovascular, pulmonary or neurological diseases, inflammation is the bottom line. They are all caused by TNF. Turmeric is a very potent blocker of TNF. It suppresses inflammation. No one has found a cancer which is not attacked by curcumin. Cancer rates are 50 to 100 times lower in countries where turmeric is consumed. You cannot say with certainty that it is turmeric, but you can say, ‘Look, this could be one of the factors.’” BHARAT B. AGGARWAL, professor of cancer research, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston “Put turmeric on anything you eat – a stir-fry, brown rice, quinoa, a salad.

Sprinkle it instead of using salt. It’s high in potassium and has a bit of a salty taste. It’s a super anti-inflammatory. It’s a beauty food because anything high in antioxidants is good for your skin. It’s a good boob food: low inflammation is very important for healthy breasts.” JOY McCARTHY, holistic nutritionist, Toronto “There are at least three types of Alzheimer’s patients. In type 1 patients, curcumin may be helpful. In type 2 patients it may not be; it may even be detrimental. The immune system of type 2 patients is depressed by curcumin. We don’t have helpful suggestions for type 0 patients. Turmeric should be used for prevention; it’s too late when the neurons are burned. Unfortunately, research money is spent on mice, not on patients. The curcumi

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by Rob Brezsny

Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 “A man may fulfill

the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer and attempting a task he cannot achieve,” mused 19th-century author Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Advice that wild could just as well have been dispensed by a feral saint living in a cave in the woods. And now I’m passing it on to you, Aries, just in time for the beginning of what may be your wildest year in a decade. In my astrological opinion, you are ready to be a connoisseur of mysteries that purify the mind and nurture the soul... a daredevil of the spirit in quest of seemingly impossible dreams... a fierce adept of the wisdom of uncertainty who’s in love with unpredictable teachings.

TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 What confusing

commotion would you like to walk away from and never come back to? What lessons have you learned so well that you’re overdue to graduate from them? What long-term healing process would you like to finish up so you can finally get started on the building phase that your healing will give you the power to carry out? These are excellent questions to ask yourself as you plan your life in the next six months.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 The Strait of

Gibralter is the narrow passage between Europe and Africa where the Mediterranean Sea joins the Atlantic Ocean. According to legend, in ancient times the Latin phrase “ne plus ultra” was inscribed in the rock overlooking this gateway. It meant

“not further beyond,” and served as a warning to sailors not to venture out to the wild waters past the strait. Eventually, that cautionary advice became irrelevant, of course. With a sturdy vessel, skilled crew, good preparation and expert knowledge based on the experience of others, venturing out past the “ne plus ultra” point wasn’t dangerous. I hope you’ll take that as your cue in 2011, Gemini.

CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 There were prob-

lems with the soccer balls used in the World Cup last year. Many players felt they were difficult to control. Their trajectory was unpredictable. Brazilian forward Luis Fabiano went so far as to say that the ball “doesn’t want to be kicked.” Other players said the balls were poorly made, like those “you buy in a supermarket.” I bring this to your attention as a cautionary metaphor, Cancerian. In 2011 you will be taking part in your equivalent of the World Cup. It will be crucial to have the very best tools and accessories. You can’t afford to play with balls that don’t respond accurately to your skilful means.

Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 Biological diversity re-

fers to the variety of life forms in any particular area, while cultural diversity measures the richness of social forms of expression. Then there’s biocultural diversity, which measures both together. Can you guess the places on the planet where biocultural diversity is highest? They’re Indonesia, Malaysia, Melanesia, the Amazon Basin and Central Africa. I would love it if you had a chance to immerse yourself

noids obtained from nature are not the most effective, unlike those prepared by a chemist. Natural curcumin is a far cry from the compounds we’ve tested in test tubes.” MILAN FIALA, research professor, UCLA, Los Angeles, California “Turmeric retards the process of aging and fills the body with vitality by helping food assimilate well. It is blood-purifying. One teaspoon with a glass of warm milk is the best remedy for dry cough or cold. Turmeric is also known as a germkiller, from pus inside the body to worms in the intestines. If you have a cut and bleeding doesn’t stop quickly, take a pinch of

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in environments like those in 2011, Leo. If you can’t manage that, find the next best thing. You will thrive by exposing yourself to a kaleidoscopic mix of human types and natural influences.

VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 When I started my

rock band World Entertainment War, I was guided by a vision of us having two lead singers, me and another person. Ultimately I chose a woman named Darby Gould as my collaborator. While I have decent skills as a vocalist, her talent is genius-level. I knew that our work together would push me to be at the top of my game and allow me to write ambitious songs that I didn’t have the chops to sing by myself. I’ve always been pleased with how that strategy worked. Would you consider giving yourself a similar challenge in 2011, Virgo? It’ll be the Year of Collaboration for you. Why not put yourself in a position to transcend the limitations you have when operating solely under your own power?

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 Africa is cracking open in preparation for the birth of a new ocean. The whole process will take 10 million years, but the first sign occurred in 2005, when a 37-mile-long fissure appeared in Ethiopia. Eventually, say geologists, the rift will grow enormous and fill up with seawater. I expect a metaphorically comparable development for you in 2011, Libra: the subtle yet monumental beginning of a new “ocean” you’ll be enjoying and learning from and dealing with for many years to come.

blood insulin) accelerate and stimulate liver fibrosis. Our studies found [they could]. Our study found that curcumin, an antioxidant, could prevent and eliminate the effects of those as sociated factors. The data was accumulated in vitro, so we need in vivo studies. We encourage people to eat more the powder and fill the wound. It will stop the bleeding and act as an antiseptic.” RAKESH MODI, Ayurvedic physician and lecturer, Toronto “Diabetes is associated with fatty liver disease, which can cause liver fibrosis. Liver fibrosis is caused by oxidative stress. We asked whether the factors associated with diabetes (hypoglycemia, high levels of blood leptin and

antioxidants, including turmeric.” ANPING CHEN, director of research, pathology department, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri 3

sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 In 1967, the U.S.

that 2011 could very well be the year that your homesickness drives you all the way home. For best results, keep this tip in mind: To get the full benefit of the homesickness, you shouldn’t suppress it. Only by feeling it deeply, as a burning, grinding ache, will you be able to ride it all the way home.

had 31,225 nuclear warheads. But by 2010 it had a mere 5,113. The world’s most militarized nation hopes to scale down to an even more modest 3,000 or so by 2021. In the coming year, Scorpio, I’d love to see you be inspired by that example to begin reducing your own levels of anger and combativeness. You don’t have to do away entirely with your ability to fight everyone who doesn’t agree with you and everything you don’t like; just cut back some. I’m sure that’ll still leave you with plenty of firepower.

sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 “The heart

is forever inexperienced,” said Thoreau. He believed our feeling nature is eternally innocent; that no matter how much we learn about the game of life, sadness or lust or rage or joy hits us as hard the thousandth time as it did in the beginning. But is that really true? Are you as likely to plunge into mind-exploding infatuation with your fourth lover as you were with your first? Are you as susceptible now to having your world turned upside-down by flash floods of emotion as you were at age 15? Over the years, haven’t you acquired wisdom about your reactive tendencies, and hasn’t that transformed them? I disagree with Thoreau. I say that for the person who wants to cultivate emotional intelligence, the heart sure as hell better be capable of gaining experience. What do you think, Sagittarius? If you’re aligned with my view, 2011 will educate and ripen your heart as never before.

CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 “We have to stumble though so much dirt and humbug before we reach home,” wrote novelist Herman Hesse. “And we have no one to guide us. Our only guide is homesickness.” That’s the bad news, Capricorn. The good news, according to my analysis, is

AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 In the past,

few dog shows allowed mutts to compete. Pure breeds were prized above all others. That’s changing, though, now that the American Kennel Club has opened up a new category just for mongrels. They won’t be judged by guidelines specific to a particular breed, but rather according to their natural talents. This shift in standards mirrors a comparable development in your world, Aquarius. In 2011, it’ll be easier to find success simply by being your mottled, speckled, variegated self. There’ll be less pressure for you to live up to standards of perfection meant for the pure breeds.

pisCes Feb 19 | Mar 20 “All your long-

ings know where to go,” writes poet Nick Piombino, “but you have to tell them to open their eyes.” That’s one of your big assignments in 2010, Pisces: to make sure your longings keep their eyes open. It’s not as easy as it might sound. Sometimes your longings get so entranced by obsessive fantasies – so distracted by the stories that are swirling around in your imagination – that they’re blind to what’s right in front of them. You must speak to your longings tenderly and patiently, as you would a beloved animal, coaxing them to trust that life will bring more interesting and useful blessings than anything fantasy could provide.

Homework: Send me a list of your top five New Year’s resolutions. Go to RealAstrology.com and click on “Email Rob.” NOW January 6-12 2011

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Veggie café clicks E.L. Ruddy gives vegetarian fare its due on Dundas West By STEVEN DAVEY underneath, but we found this mural instead,” says the newbie restaurateur. “The second I saw it, I knew the space had to be a café.” The Depression-era graphic she uncovered also gave the quirky threemonth-old vegetarian joint its name. Back in the day, Ruddy owned every outdoor billboard in town. The cozy 20-seat room’s a Goodwill jumble of mismatched formicatopped kitchen tables and random chairs, its shelves stocked with current copies of the NME and veggie pioneer Linda McCartney’s Beatles trivia game (“Name the two surviving original members.” Answer at end of this review.)

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That’d be a massive platter of four Belgian waffles the size of oven mitts. Made again with spelt flour and dolled up with maple syrup, whipped cream and a doll teacup’s worth of stewed strawberries, they’re so remarkably light, I manage to polish off the plateful ($12). Rather than pile her brunch plates with cantaloupe that no one ever eats, Kosikova offers a small fruit salad – one grape, a nectarine section, a halved strawberry and three pomegranate seeds – right off the top. Those who don’t do dairy should stay well clear of her marvellous wild blueberry scones ($2.50), leaving more for the rest of us. Aged organic white cheddar omelettes get sided with perfunctory home fries, house greens and toasted molasses-laced brown bread that will send anyone who remembers Gay Couillard’s legendary Vienna Home Bakery into raptures. And while it doesn’t pack a visual punch, Huevos Yelapa (both $9 with I Deal coffee refills) with either two eggs or more of that terrific tofu plus refried beans and cornbread benefits from a hit of in-yer-face salsa. Wherever does chef get her inspiration? “When you’re a vegetarian, you’re forced to be inventive.” Trivia answer: Paul McCartney and Pete Best. 3 stevend@nowtoronto.com

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253 Yonge, at Dundas Sq, 416-366-3600, paramountfinefoods.com. Suburban falafel franchise launches across from the Eaton Centre to instant crowds. Outstanding Middle Eastern grills, lightning service and a historic heritage setting help ease the chaos. Also: 1290 Crestlawn, at Dixie, 905-282-1600; 56A Lakeshore E, at Stavebank, Mississauga, 905-891-3333; 7315 Yonge, at Glen Cameron, Thornhill, 905886-4600. Best: house-baked pita dipped into garlicky hummus, dressed with shredded shawarma; sharable mains like reconfigured “whole chickens” marinated in yogurt à la tandoori and finished with spicy piri-piri-style sauce; unusually juicy lamb kebabs dusted with oregano, all unimaginatively sided with cardboard rice or limp frozen fries, iceberg lettuce, pallid tomato and mild pickles; the Paramount Special, strawberry and mango juices swirled with almonds, crushed pistachios and clotted cream; honey-dripping baklava. Complete dinners for $25 per person (lunches $15), including tax, tip and a relatively fresh juice. Average main $12/$8. Open Sunday to Thursday 8 am to midnight, Friday and Saturday 8 am to 1 am. No reservations. Unlicensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNN

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1440 Yonge, at St Clair, 416-546-5408, delicakitchen.ca. Devin Connell’s sophisticated midtown café comes with quite the culinary pedigree, her philanthropist parents, Ace Bakery founders Lynda Haynes and Martin Connell. Outstanding quality runs in the family, from chic designer sandwiches to frozen take-home entrees and desserts. The first of many? Best: Heart of Darkness chili with slow-braised brisket ‘n’ beans in a complex sauce bordering on mole; Spicy Bird sandwiches, a deconstruction of Buffalo-style chicken wings of boneless breast in Frank’s hot sauce, carrot threads and blue cheese aioli on ciabattalike buns; chicken tandoori salad over romaine tossed with mango, scallions, grape tomatoes and toasted almonds; for home, classic chicken pot pies; to finish, Whoopie

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1285 Bloor W, at Lansdowne, 416-5302999, thebloordalepantry.com. Despite its somewhat chi-chi handle, Rose Guarnieri and ex-Bodega and the Fifth sous Anthony Menna’s west-side luncheonette sticks to its diner roots, its vintage diner decor intact. A short all-day card updates the classics with local ingredients and expert plating. Best: Banquet Burgers, 6 filler-free ounces of lean chuck on a whole wheat bun dressed with bacon, cheddar, lettuce, tomato and pickles, sided with hand-cut Yukon Gold fries and peppery slaw; multiculti panini like grilled chicken breast, roasted peppers, sautéed onions, wilted spinach and mozzarella on pressed Italian ciabatta from Portuguese bakery Paris; pumpkin pancakes with maple whipped cream; fresh-pressed cranberry apple cider. Complete meals for $25 per person, including tax, tip and a domestic beer. Average main $13. Open Tuesday to Friday 8:30 am to 10 pm, Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 10 pm, brunch till 3 pm. Closed Monday, holidays. No reservations. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNN

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lamb; slow-cooked casseroles of meaty cannelloni beans with smoked fall-fromthe-hoof pork hock and pasta ends; wild boar ragu with rubbery strips of tripe and mamma mia meatballs over buttery coarse polenta; to finish, salty caramel sticky toffee. Complete dinners for $55 per person, including tax, tip and a cocktail. Average tapas $12. Open for dinner Wednesday and Thursday 6 to 11 pm, Friday and Saturday 6 pm to midnight, Sunday 6 to 11 pm. Closed Monday, Tuesday, holidays. Licensed. Access: one step at door, washrooms on same floor. Rating: NNN

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CATHERINE MacLELLAN and JADEA KELLY at the Cameron House, Tuesday, December 28. Rating: NNN

For the second week in a row, Jadea Kelly graciously made her weekly Cameron gig a food bank fundraiser, this time for Catherine MacLellan’s Third Annual Pie Off in support of St. Vincent de Paul. Though Kelly’s powerful, trebly voice was not mixed to her advantage, her band really rocked, and songs like Elevator, Walking Wounded and Lay My Body Down prove she’s a singer/ songwriter to watch out for. MacLellan’s set offered a sample of the album she’s working on with guitarist/producer David Baxter (also Kelly’s guitarist and producer), who playfully switches between slide and electric guitar and gets a signature old sound out of his amp. Covering themes of East Coast pride, love and the loneliness of touring, MacLellan hushed the normally chatty room with her calm, natural delivery.

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José Contreras and his CanRock institution, By Divine Right, have toiled away in the underground for years despite having launched the careers of former members like Feist and Brendan Canning. Judging by their What’s In The Box showcase, it’s not that hard to see why. Although they packed plenty of laid-back pop rock hooks, after a while the songs began to blend together. Maybe it’s time to update the formula? On the other hand, given Hand-Drawn

Dracula’s 90s vibe, it only seemed fitting that the label would fill its festival showcase with Toronto-area bands that draw from that era of college rock. Germans married ramshackle Pavement hooks to surprisingly danceable synths, Rituals combined psychedelic guitar leads and vintage Green Day pop-punk, and Rattail’s oddball stage persona recalled slacker icons Beck and Thurston Moore. Meanwhile, Holy Fuck’s Brian Borcherdt used his rare solo set to test out new material. Though the heavily reverbed folk tunes had the ethereal charm of his recordings, they sounded like they could still use some fleshing out. RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

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Friday, December 31. Rating: NNN Both the audience and the club floor were sufficiently lubricated when Bonjay hit the stage just after 1 am at Yes Yes Y’All’s New Year’s Eve jam.

When the advertised appearance by Floridian hiphop duo Yo! Majesty got sidelined by a run-in with Canadian customs officials, organizers of the queer hip-hop monthly turned to the local electro-dancehall duo as an 11th-hour replacement. If the audience minded the switch from the former’s blunt pop salaciousness to the latter’s heady, slightly menacing minimalism, they didn’t let on. Bonjay’s Alanna Stuart is the kind of singer who aims to combine perfect pitch with unbridled emotion, and several times during the short set she sent her gospel-trained voice sailing into its upper registers, quavering around producer Pho’s grumbling beats. Her technique was impressive, but the perspiration-thirsty crowd was more appreciative when she got low. It wasn’t until closer Gimmee Gimmee that Stuart really entered the zone, dropping to her knees and sending our hands into the air. KEVIN RITCHIE

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Canadian new wave rockers Platinum Blonde are not only playing the 80s edition of the Juno Decades Series at the Horseshoe, but they’re also halfway through a new album and planning a 2011 tour. According to Manchester-born, Toronto-based frontman Mark Holmes, currently the owner of the Mod Club and an electronic producer and DJ, milking the nostalgia market is the last thing on his mind. “It’s funny – my current fan base as DJ MRK is 19-to-25-year-olds, and they have no idea that I was ever in a band. I’m so used to that audience, it’s kind of odd I’m doing this [reunion] now. But many of today’s indie and electro sounds are exactly the same as those on the first Platinum Blonde album, so it’s not really much of a stretch.” Popular music has come full circle in the last two decades, something Holmes will doubtless discuss at the NOW Talks event Thursday. Still, Holmes knows that’s no excuse to ignore contemporary culture and live your life in the retro world. “For music to remain magic, you have to keep current,” he says. “So many people live in the past. They stop progressing when their scene dies out

and a new one they don’t like starts. The past is important, but it’s not living. Living is now. “I see so many people who look like they haven’t gone shopping for clothes since the fucking 80s, haven’t listened to anything new since then and really basically died at the age of 23 but won’t get buried until they’re 80.” Besides the 80s revival, there’s another reason the timing is perfect for a Platinum Blonde reunion. Toronto electro punks Crystal Castles currently have a big hit on their hands thanks to their unexpectedly straight-faced cover of Platinum Blonde’s Not In Love, featuring the Cure’s Robert Smith on vocals. “When I had my radio show, I was pounding the hell out of Crystal Castles when nobody knew who they were. In a way, their success feels like vindication for me. “They’ve done very well, but they’d never really had a radio hit until now. I’ve got my family phoning me from the UK saying they hear it on Radio1, and you know when that happens you’ve got a smasher.” Platinum Blonde were huge in Canada in their heyday, but when Holmes looks back, he can’t help but wonder how things might have turned out had they risen to fame in today’s chaotic music industry. While many musicians from his era are terrified at what the internet has done to record sales, he sees the medium’s advantages. “I can only imagine what would have happened if the internet had been around back then. We had such an uphill climb. Signing an international record deal from Canada at that time was the stupidest thing in the world. We should have done one deal here and dealt with the other countries separately. “Sure, our Canadian label was behind us, but it was pitiful to see the opposition they came up against in other territories. Now it doesn’t matter where you come from.” 3 benjaminb@nowtoronto.com

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Stepping out from behind the drum kit and ditching lo-fi By JASON KELLER FRANKIE ROSE & THE OUTS with LITTLE GIRLS and DJ LILLIE Z at Parts & Labour’s The Shop (1566 Queen West), Wednesday (January 12), 8 pm. $8. RT, SS.

Frankie Rose doesn’t appreciate being introduced by her past work. She’s drummed in three notable bands – Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts and most recently the Dum Dum Girls – but doesn’t want those associations to inform your first impressions of the music she’s making now. “I hate it. I’m not my former projects,” insists Rose. “My theory is that I just have to keep making records, bashing people over the head by the fact….” Rose pauses her rant, then reconsiders. “Actually I’m grateful people even give a shit.” It’s not that Rose is ashamed of forming Vivian Girls or joining the Stilts and the Dum Dum Girls. It’s that she is trying and mostly failing to avoid being lumped in with the aesthetic associated with those groups. “Reverb-

washed,” “lo-fi” and “girl group” are terms she loathes. In fact, Rose says she would rather make a record that sounds like Peter Gabriel than something the press could eagerly dub “lo-fi.” “The record is not lo-fi,” she says of her self-titled debut out on Slumberland. “I have no intentions of making anything lo-fi. I want to record on nice equipment in a studio and have everything miked properly and have it sound the way I want it to sound. That takes money, hence hi-fi. “People love that [lo-fi] category. It’s easy to listen to something and put it in a box with other things.” Filing her debut next to Dee Dee Dum Dum’s would not be wildly off the mark; both employ dreamy 60s California harmonies and touches of surf guitar over rolling drums. But Rose does make a noticeable effort to present a cleaner, more crystallized pop rock sound despite her limited production means. While she’s credited as the album’s producer (as well as lead singer, guitar-

ist and drummer), she gives a gracious amount of props to her sound engineer and roommate, Jeremy Scott. He’s worked with her since the first Vivian Girls demos back in 2007 and has come to understand her vision. “He knows what I want before I even say it,” Rose explains. “Our working relationship in the studio is perfect.” That musical relationship, it seems, is one of the few Rose has sustained over the years. Her tendency to go in and out of prominent bands has led to speculation that she either quickly tires of her surroundings or isn’t the easiest person to deal with. “That’s why I have to be on my own,” she explains, “because I can’t marry myself to anything. I’ll get sick of things really fast and want to try something new. So it’s great now. I have no one to account for. It’s just me. “I think most musicians are difficult to work with. Maybe I’m a little particular, but who isn’t? I am musically restless.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com

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THIS WEEK

MARK SULTAN (AKA BBQ)

The Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Friday (January 7) Sleazy Montreal garage rock.

tickets

JUST ANNOUNCED

CHILLIWACK

Sound Academy doors 8 pm, $25. TM. January 21.

PENDULUM, INNERPARTYSYSTEM

Guvernment doors 7 pm, all ages, $32.50. RT, SS, TW. February 2.

OUT OF THIS SPARK 4TH ANNIVERSARY

ALEJANDRA RIBERA

Hugh’s Room 8:30 pm, $26.50-$28.50. February 5.

w/ Evening Hymns, OOTS Family Band, Jenny Omnichord and more Tranzac (292 Brunswick), Friday (January 7) See preview, page 28.

BRIAN MCKNIGHT

Sound Academy doors 9 pm, $40-$85. TM. February 13.

JEFF BIRD

NEVER FORGIVE ACTION

Hugh’s Room 8:30 pm, $23-$26. February 13.

w/ Big Jacks & Royale, Numeric, Ted Dancin’ and more Drake Hotel (1150 Queen West), Friday (January 7) Old-school hip-hop and funk.

KALMAH, WARCALL, BOLERO

Mod Club doors 7 pm, all ages, $20. RT, TM. March 13.

ROTTING CHRIST, MELECHESH, HATE, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, LECHEROUS NOCTURNE

JUNO DECADES SERIES

Mod Club doors 7 pm, all ages, $24. RT, TM. March 16.

w/ Platinum Blonde, the Spoons, Chalk Circle, Maestro Fresh Wes, Blue Peter and more Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Saturday (January 8) See preview, page 25.

ACCEPT, SABATON

Mod Club doors 7 pm, all ages, $28.50. RT, TM. April 20.

SYMPHONY X, NEVERMORE, SOILWORK, POWERGLOVE, BLACKGUARD

THE RUBY SPIRIT, HEARTBEAT HOTEL Toronto Underground Cinema (186 Spadina), Saturday (January 8) New series of rock shows in a cinema.

Opera House doors 7 pm, all ages, $32.50. RT, TM. April 27.

NEIL INNIS

Hugh’s Room 8:30 pm, $27.50-$30. May 18.

TREASURE FINGERS

The Social (1100 Queen West), Saturday (January 8). Bangin’ beats with disco influences.

NEW WAVE

Twin Shadow

CHALI 2NA

Sound Academy (11 Polson), Tuesday (January 11) Former Jurassic 5 MC goes solo.

TWIN SHADOW

Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Wednesday (January 12) Buzz band with a new wave fetish.

FRANKIE ROSE & THE OUTS, LITTLE GIRLS, DJ LILLIE Z

Parts & Labour (1566 Queen West), Wednesday CATL (January 12) See preview, facing page.

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George Lewis Jr.’s Twin Shadow project took a hazy soft-focus snapshot of 80s pop and came up with an addictive sound that thrilled critics and scenesters in 2010. Considering that almost half the crowd left after his opening set last time he hit town, it’s a good thing he’s headlining this time. At the Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Wednesday (January 12), 8:30 pm. $10 advance, $12 at the door. HS, RT, SS, TM.

TICKET INDEX

HS – HORSESHOE 370 Queen W. 416-598-4753, horseshoetavern.com. RT – ROTATE THIS 801 Queen W. 416-504-8447, rotate.com. SS – SOUNDSCAPES 572 College. 416-537-1620, soundscapesmusic.com. TM – TICKETMASTER 416-870-8000, ticketmaster.ca. TW – TICKETWEB ticketweb.ca.

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All listings are free. Send to: music@nowtoronto. com, fax to 416-364-1166 or mail to Music, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include artist(s), genre of music, event name (if any), venue name and address, time, ticket price and phone number or website. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm. Weekly events must confirm their listing once a month.

Thursday, January 6

DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND The Elwins,

Alphabot, Oh! Darling! (rock/pop) doors 7 pm. HORSESHOE Old World Vulture, Elk, Planet Creature, Lordy Lordy 9 pm. LEE’S PALACE Red Nightfall, Counterpoint, March Fourth, 9 Lives & Counting. LI’LY Real Funk, Come Get It! Chris Rouse & the Arousal (R&B/funk/soul) 9 pm. THE LOCAL Local Motion Rebekah Higgs. THE PAINTED LADY Uncle Steve (rockin’ honky tonk). RIVOLI Indie Night In Canada Two Eddie Chun, Matt Morgan, Vlad Bob, Jazzmine Raine, Johnny Lane, Rebecca Leave, Orchards, DJ Kruegar. ROC N DOC’S Fraser Daley (R&B) 10 pm. SILVER DOLLAR Summer of 92, John Holmes Book Club, David McFarlane Band doors 8:30 pm. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Skip Tracer (rock) 9:30 pm. THE WILSON 96 Samantha Martin & the Haggard (roots/rock) 9 pm.

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POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

ALLEYCATZ Ascension (rock). Ad_Now_1-5 301210.ai 1 BOVINE SEX CLUB Raggedy Angry, the Android Meme, Peter Turns Pirate, DJ Cactus.

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

1/3/11

2:12 PM

DAKOTA TAVERN Entire Cities (alt coun8 pm. ñtry)

DOMINION ON QUEEN Bossa Tres (bossa nova/ samba/jazz/latin) 8:30 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Michael Pickett (blues guitar/harmonica) 8 pm. IMPERIAL PUB Winchester Warm, Giant Hand (indie folk). KENSINGTON CORNERSTONE RESTAURANT

Songwriter Spotlight 8 pm. LOLA Brian Cober (double slide guitar) 8 pm. MONARCHS PUB Jerome Godboo Band (blues) 9 pm. TEN FEET TALL Gary 17’s Acoustic Open Stage 9 pm. UNDERDOWN PUB Jeff Barnes & Noah Zacharin (blues/folk) 9 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

BACK ALLEY WOODFIRE BBQ & GRILL Textura (jazz/blues/contemporary) 7:30 pm. BLACK MOON LOUNGE Cuban Havana Night Joaquin Hidalgo Trio (cuban music). DOMINION ON QUEEN John T Davis (organist) 5:30 to 8 pm. GATE 403 Angela Scappatura Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm.

GATE 403 Roberta Hunt Band (jazz/blues) 9 pm. REX Kevin Quain 6:30 pm. REX Kiki Musimi Quintet 9:30 pm. SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Ghost Eye (Sim-

Friday, January 7

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

BAR ITALIA Shugga (funk). BOVINE SEX CLUB Sizzlin Bakin & Chuxxm,

eon Abbott, Dan Gaucher, Steve Ward) (jazz/ experimental) 8 pm.

ñAUGUSTA HOUSE

Archi-Textures Loopity Goofs, Terrence Kissner, Hans Ohm, Black Cat (techno/house). CHEVAL Brand’d Thursdays. ETON HOUSE All Request DJ Phil (top 40s) 9 pm. FOX & FIDDLE WELLESLEY Royal Touch Video Remix Dance Party 10 pm. GOODHANDY’S Wall To Wall T-Girls DJ T Klinck doors 8 pm.5 INSOMNIA DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house). THE ROOSEVELT ROOM That Old School Party Monsieur Cedric (pop/rock/hip-hop/house/ R&B) 10 pm. VELVET UNDERGROUND DJ Ozaze (industrial/ goth) 10 pm.

POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

ALLEYCATZ Ascension (rock). ASPETTA CAFFE Thief in the Night, Bombs, Chasing Eve (rock) 8 pm.

Goldie Luxx, Lego Gang.

THE GARRISON Mark Sultan aka BBQ 9 pm. ñ HARLEM Natasha Waterman (soul/acid jazz)

7:30 pm.

HEMINGWAYS Jan Albert (rock/country/ blues/jazz) 10 pm. HORSESHOE The Cosmic Eye, 40 Sons, Life Blown Open, Here Comes the Calvary, Open Door 9 pm. LEE’S PALACE Cheap Speakers, Maladies of Adam Stokes, the Fires Of, Young Novelists 9:30 pm. MONARCHS PUB Classic Rock Fridays Michael Danckert, Kevin Adamson, Danny Lockwood 7 pm. continued on page 28 œ

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clubs&concerts œcontinued from page 27

Roc n Doc’s The Fab Five (rock) 10 pm. silveR DollaR Queen Licorice, Dirty

pm.

Mags, Professor, Oscar Tango doors 9

sneaky Dee’s Toy Box. southsiDe Johnny’s Groove Tank (rock) 10 pm.

ñtRanzac

Out of this Spark 4th Anniversary: Tranzac fundraiser OOTS Family Band, Evening Hymns, Richard Laviolette & the Oil Spills, the Pale Mornings, Jenny Omnichord, the Phonemes, Kite Hill 8 pm. See preview, this page.

Folk/Blues/Country/World

Gate 403 Fraser Melvin Blues Band (blues) 9

pm.

GlaDstone hotel MeloDy BaR Swamparella 7 pm.

huGh’s RooM James Taylor Tribute

Katherine Wheatley, Elizabeth Sheppard, Lorraine Segato, Mike Evin, Tom Wilson, Paul Reddick, Hayley Gene, Ron Nigrini and others 8:30 pm. laMBton house Pub Night The Broad Belly Band (country) 8 pm. the local Lucas Stagg (acoustic roots/rock). lula lounGe Cafe Con Pan, David Woodhead, Jaron Freeman-Fox (son jarocho/Mexican folk) 8 pm. lula lounGe Salsa Fridays Salsotika 10 pm. Rex The Jivebombers (8-piece blues combo) 6:30 pm. villaGe vapoR lounGe Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 9 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/experimental

Back alley WooDfiRe BBQ & GRill Gram

Whitty Trio 7:30 pm.

experimental folk

Evening Hymns Jonas Bonnetta knows how to kick off the new year on the right foot: dive into the work you love. This month he heads north to Perth, Ontario, to record a fulllength Evening Hymns album tentatively titled Spectral Dusk. “I have about eight songs written and a bunch of sketches that will work themselves out once we start tracking – I imagine,” Bonnetta reports. Also making the trek to the wilderness log home are James Bunton, who coproduced Hymns’ acclaimed debut EP, Spirit Guides (Out of This Spark), bassist/ vocalist Sylvie Smith, who expanded Bonnetta’s one-man experimental folk project to a duo last year, and members of the Wooden Sky. “The Wooden Sky are acting as a house band. We’ve been good friends for a long time, so it’s a natural fit. The record will probably turn out to be a bunch of caRla Gillis s dudes with beards howling at the moon.” At the Tranzac (292 Brunswick) as part of Out of This Spark’s fourth-anniversary celebration, Friday (January 7), 8 pm. Pwyc.

la MaQuette DeVaughn David 6:30 to 9:30 pm.

clinton’s Girl & Boys Dance Party (90s). coBRa lounGe The Fix Fridays Hennie V

Rex Hogtown Syncopators 6:30 pm. (house/hip-hop/club anthems). pm. Rex Frank Botos Quintet 9:45 pm. DRake hotel unDeRGRounD Never ForGate 403 James Brown Jazzad Duo 5 to 8 pm. RCM_Now_contests KiranAhluwalia_Jan6_Layout 1 10-12-03 12:14 PM Page 1 give Action Big Jacks & Royale, DJs danCe musiC/dJ/lounge Numeric, Ted Dancin’ (hip-hop) 11 pm. koRova MilkBaR Jon Cohen Experimental 9 c’est What DJ Good Faux (indie/retro rock). pm. DRake hotel lounGe DJ DB Cooper doors 10 DoMinion on Queen John Wayne Swingtet 9

pm.

eMMet Ray BaR Juice Box Jam (soul/reggae/ ska) 10 pm.

fly New Year’s After Party DJ Amita (Bollywood/bhangra) doors 9:30 pm.5

foMo Love & Slap DJs G Spence, DomB (triphop/house) 9 pm.

footWoRk Luv This City Nathan Barato, Ali-

Kiran Ahluwalia and Rhythm of Rajasthan

cia Hush, Jon Jon doors 10 pm. GeoRGe’s play DJ Oscar 11 pm.5 GooDhanDy’s Dirty Sexy Party DJ ViVi Diamond doors 10 pm.5 hot Box cafe High Grade Entertainment (reggae/R&B/oldies). insoMnia DJ Adam Davis (house/nujazz). MiDpoint Fondle Em Fridays DJ NV, DJ Standfast (hip-hop/funk/soul/rocksteady reggae) 9 pm. paRts & laBouR Bottoms Up DJs Steff Hoff, Dani Brown (hip-hop). Rivoli Droppin’ Knowledge. sleepinG Giant Savvy Records Label Launch BNY, Myles Smith, Brandon Sek, Discrete 10 pm. sounD acaDeMy So, We Dance? DJ Avicii. Free entry with proof of payment from cancelled New Year’s Eve party. See T.O. Notes, page 30. spoRts centRe cafe Raptor Fan Fridays DJ Colin Lee 7 pm. velvet unDeRGRounD DJ Hanna (retro 80s) 10 pm.

SAT. JAN. 22, 2011 8:00PM KOERNER HALL Ghazals and Punjabi folk songs with beautiful artistry and an exciting fusion of the rhythms and melodies of India. Presented in partnership with Small World Music.

WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO THIS CONCERT

at nowtoronto.com Tickets ON SALE NOW! rcmusic.ca 416-408-0208

Saturday, January 8 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

alleycatz Soular (R&B/soul/funk). aspetta caffe Luke Vasjar, Disphraxia (rock) 8 pm.

BaR italia Al Webster 10 pm. Bovine sex cluB The Fuzz, Disputa. DoMinion on Queen Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly) 4 to 7 pm.

el MocaMBo Concert For Holland Bloorview

273 Bloor St. W. (Bloor & Avenue Road) Toronto

january 6-12 2011 NOW

Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation Robyn Dell’Unto, Wool & Howl, Mandippal, the Bud Rice Band, Armen at the Bazaar, DJ Mikey McFly doors 8 pm. haRleM Joni NehRita (soul/jazz/pop/reggae) 7:30 pm.

hoRseshoe Juno Decades Series The Spoons, Platinum Blonde, Chalk Circle, ñ Maestro Fresh Wes, Rik Emmett, the Modern

Superstitions, Andy Curran, Blue Peter, San Sebastian, Steven Page 9 pm. See preview, page 25. lee’s palace Elos Arma, Body Doubles, Hotel Royal, Glass Amp 9:30 pm. Rivoli Eclectic Minds. Roc n Doc’s Crazy Baby (rock) 10 pm. silveR DollaR Liquor Store, Black Magick Fox, Kobra Kobra, Mass Assembly 10 pm. southsiDe Johnny’s Full Tilt (rock/top 40) 10 pm. spoRtsteR’s Nicola Vaughan (pop rock) 10 pm. toRonto unDeRGRounD cineMa The Ruby Spirit, Heartbeat Hotel 9 pm. t.s.t’s launch paD Chill With Pill (freestyle rap/hip-hop) 9 pm, all ages. velvet unDeRGRounD The Cunninghams, A Northern Drawl 9 pm.

Folk/Blues/Country/World

c’est What Ben Caplan 10 pm. eton house Johnny Cash Tribute Box Full of

Cash 4 to 7 pm.

GlaDstone hotel MeloDy BaR Country Saturdays The Wanted 7 to 10 pm. huGh’s RooM Connie Kaldor 8:30 pm. the local The McLeod Family, Lewis Kenneth. lula lounGe Salsa Dance Party Cafe Cubano, DJ Bernal (salsa) 10 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/experimental

Back alley WooDfiRe BBQ & GRill Denielle

Bassels Quintet (jazz/blues/contemporary) 9 pm. c’est What The Hot Five Jazzmakers (trad jazz) 3 pm. Gate 403 Michele Lawrence Jazz Band noon to 3 pm. Gate 403 Bill Heffernan 5 to 8 pm. Gate 403 Six Points Jazz Orchestra 9 pm. haRD luck BaR Jon Cohen Experimental. heliconian hall Winterreise Neal Banerjee, Joshua Gunmann (tenor, piano) 8 pm. la MaQuette Pater Mathers (classical guitar) 6:30 to 9:30 pm. la MaQuette DeVaughn David 6:30 to 9:30 pm. Rex Danny Marks & Friends noon. Rex CD release Mike Daley & Alec Fraser 3:30 pm. Rex James Brown Duo 7 pm. Rex Dixie Demons 9:45 pm. ten feet tall Jazz Cabaret Ori Dagan 8 pm.

danCe musiC/dJ/lounge

annex WReckRooM Massive Saturdays DJ

Mixnmatch, DJ Death by Awesome 10 pm.

cheval Just Cheval Saturdays DJ Undercover. clinton’s Shake, Rattle & Roll Bangs & Blush

(Motown/Britpop). coBRa lounGe The New Disco Saturdays DJ Aadil. DRake hotel unDeRGRounD Peer Pressure doors 10 pm. DRake hotel lounGe Membersonly DJs doors 10 pm. eMMet Ray BaR Forget The Flowers (indie/ rock) 10 pm. fly DJ Mark Falco, DJs Matty Ryce and Danny White 10 pm.5 foMo Mingle 9 pm. footWoRk Pezzner, Mike Gleeson, Jeff Button, Rich Hope doors 10 pm. GeoRGe’s play DJ Oscar 11 pm.5 GooDhanDy’s Jock DJ Sexy Pants doors 10:30 pm.5 GuveRnMent Spin Saturday (house/trance). insoMnia Sense Saturdays DJ Charles (deep house). paRts & laBouR Dream Date DJ Max Mohenu. sneaky Dee’s Shake A Tail (60s pop/soul) 11 pm. the social Treasure Fingers 10 pm.

sutRa The Bridge DJ Triplet (old skool hip-

hop).

this is lonDon London Calling (top 40/ mashup).

ultRa Signature Saturdays (mashup). velvet unDeRGRounD DJ Joe 11:15 pm.

Sunday, January 9 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

DoMinion on Queen Rockabilly Brunch 11 am to 3 pm.

June haRloWe fooDs Kirt Goodwin 11:30 am to 3 pm.

lee’s palace Crown Town, Cretem, Noname, Patrick Lee 8 pm.

Relish Open Jam Relish Stew 9:30 pm. Roc n Doc’s The Bottle Devils (rock) 9 pm. southsiDe Johnny’s Rebecca Matiesen & Phoenix Band 9:30 pm.

Folk/Blues/Country/World

Gate 403 Dennis Gaumond Blues Duo 9 pm. GlaDstone hotel Bluegrass Sundays White

Squirrel Sinnerz 5 to 8 pm.

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Performing Together for the First Time in Over 15 Years!

friday february 4 the phoenix

$30.00

advance

with

Performing songs from ‘Hollywood Town Hall’ & ‘Tomorrow the Green Grass”

thursday january 6 | $5.00

old world vulture elk planet creature Lordy Lordy

friday january 7 | $7.00

tHe cosmic eye 40 SonS life Blown open january 8 | here comes junoS deCAdeS the calvary the 1980’s open door sat

$20.00

TuesdaY JanuarY 18th THe PHOenix

$ 29.50 advance

sunday february 20 horseshoe tavern | $10.00 advance

adv

the spoons • platinum Blonde rIK eMMeT of TrIuMph MaeStro freSh WeS san seBastian • chalk circle Hosted by BooKIe (17th Year) the modern superstitions tuesday january 11 & Many More!

Sam Coffey monday january 10 | no Cover & The Iron Lungs ShoeleSS mondayS MooKie & Kenyada the LoyaLiStS Stone Angel & the now hoLy toLedo stone sparrows the action Figures

with Wye OaK tueSdAy February 1 • sound AcAdemy $30.50 Advance All Ages • $43.50 Advance VIP BAlcony SeAtS (19+)

monday february 7 @ Lee’s Palace | $12.50 advance

the radio dept. with

youNg pRiSmS

saturday february 19 @ Lee’s Palace | $20.00 advance

wednesday january 12 | $10.00 advance

saturday march 5

tenniS pLanTs Lee’s Palace | $15.00 advance

the meligrove bAnd sandman vipeR command + oRdeR of good cHeeR

friday january 14 | $10 w/ Cd

JeT CoasTer LICK penny Loafer cdrelease MaTThew BroThers you vs Me

saturday january 15 | $10.00

salty radio tHe stanfields gloryhound CarMen townsend

thursday MarCh 3

annex wreckroom - $17.50 advance

haSte

with

the day

• final tour! • friday

march 4 Lee’s Palace 15.50 advance

with

karkwa

saturday january 22 | $13.50 advance

jeSSe MaLin Bruce springsteen meets the replaceMents

with The

reason + darLings of CheLsea

artist bookings: craig@horseshoetavern.com or 416-598-0720

horseshoetavern.com 370 Queen St. WeSt / Spadina 416-598-4226 • 1947 to 2010

nICoLe aTKIns & the tuesday march 22

Lee’s Palace | $17.50 adv - 8pm doors

kozelek with

young gaLaxy

sun aprIL 10 @ opera house

thursday january 6 | $ 6.00

Red Nightfall CouNteRpoiNt maRCh fouRth 9 LiveS & Counting saturday january 8 | $ 7.00

friday january 7 | $ 7.00

CheAp SpeAkerS maladies oF adam stokes the Fires oF young novelists

elos arma Body douBles Hotel Royal glass amp

Crown Town cretem NoName PaTriCK Lee

thursday january 13 | $ 6.00

friday january 14 | $ 7.00

CooL hand CooL ThIrd dynasTy dovetail

sunday january 9 | $ 7.00

future

hiStory

donefors tHe wildeRness donaLyn cRime in paRis CITy & The sea thursday january 20 | $ 6.00

saturday january 15 | $24.50 advance

cracker TeaM $

23.50 advance - all ages

the

sunday march 13

sound academy

$ 34.50 advance + FF • $ 49.50 advance + FF (19+) VIP Balcony • all-ages

go! With

the queerS The MoondoggIes aperS & riptide vaccines the mon february 28 u.K. nMe Brit-pop

the horseshoe | $15.00 advance

you say party

hooray for earTh

$13.50 adv tuesday january 18 | no Cover friday januaryno 28 |cover!

saturday february 26

mArk anIMaLs and

monday january 17 | $15.00 advance

the concretes

portland • dead oceans

blaCk Sea

fri february 25 @ horseshoe | $11.50 adv

thurs january 13 | $10.00 - nevado records relief Party!

akRoN/ family

wednesday february 2 @ horseshoe tavern | $10.00 advance

dom

wednesday february 2 el mocambo | $10.00 advance

perforMing keRoSeNe hat in its entirety

CaMper van BeeThoven perforMing key lime pie in its entirety

twiN the beSnArd lAkeS say hI tigeRS saturday january 29 | $ 15.00 advance

with

SuunS

fri march 4 @ el mocambo | $10.00 advance

horseshoe tavern

formerly

say hI To your MoM

the smiith michael Rocky votolato wednesday march 16

wed march 23 @ the drake | $16.50 adv - 8:30 doors

horseshoe tavern | $13.50 advance

westerns showalter www.collectiveconcerts.com

With

matt poNd

sun march 27 @ sneaky dee’s | $8.50 adv - 8:30 doors

larry & his flask

Advance Tickets @ ticketmaster.ca or 416-870-8000 • Horseshoe Front Bar • Soundscapes • Rotate This

friday february 4 | $ 17.50 advance

jim brysoN & The weaKerThans Band artist bookings: 416-598-0720 or ben@leespalace.com

leespalace.com 529 bloor Street WeSt / bathurSt NOW january 6-12 2011

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Grossman’s Blues Jam Brian Cober 9:30 pm. Hot Box Cafe Dope Poets Open Mic (hip-hop)

7 pm.

HuGH’s room Connie Kaldor 8:30 pm. tHe LoCaL Dan Boniferro noon. tHe LoCaL Chris Coole (banjo) 5 pm. tHe LoCaL Gord Zubrecki (folk/alt indie) 10 pm. LuLa LounGe Sunday Salsa Brunch Buffet

Quarteto Tradicional (Cuban son) noon and 2 pm. roC n DoC’s Chuck Jackson & the All-Stars (blues) 4 pm. soutHsiDe JoHnny’s Jam Rebecca Matiesen & Phoenix Band 9:30 pm. unDerDown PuB Open Mic Porter 9:30 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

aLize Scott Kemp 6 to 9 pm. emmet ray Bar Run Stop Run (jazz) 9 pm. Gate 403 Jazz Brunch Joel Hartley (jazz vocals)

noon to 3 pm. Gate 403 Carissa Neufeld Jazz 5 to 8 pm. rex Excelsior Dixieland Jazz noon. rex Elvis Bossa Nova 7 pm. rex Club Django (gypsy-swing) 3:30 pm. rex Mikko Hilden Trio 9:30 pm. ten feet taLL Jazz Matinee Laura Hubert 3:30 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

Beaver L Wildman, Jonny ‘88. Bovine sex CLuB DJ Rockabilly Rob. CHevaL She’s With Us Sundays. insomnia DJ LK (old-school hip-hop/disco/

funk).

tattoo roCk ParLour Trash Palace

(mashups).

Monday, January 10 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

Drake HoteL unDerGrounD Elvis Monday doors 9 pm.

Drake HoteL 86’D Boot Knives doors 10

pm.

emmet ray Bar Thomas Potions (indie) 9 pm. HarLem CarolynT (R&B/soul/jazz/pop/funk) 8

pm.

HorsesHoe Shoeless Monday Kenyada, Stone Angel & the Now 9 pm. roC n DoC’s Phil Naro & John Rogers (rock) 9 pm. t.s.t’s LaunCH PaD In a Nut’s Shell w/ Mike Collinson (rock) 9 pm, all ages.

Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD

Dave’s Gourmet Pizza The Monday Sessions Open Jam Pete Eastmure 7:30 pm.

free times Café Open Stage Signe Miranda 7:30 pm.

HuGH’s room Music Therapy Benefit Concert Ron Davis, DK Ibomeka, Andrew Cash 8 pm.

tHe LoCaL Hamstrung String Band.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

Gate 403 Denis Schingh (solo piano) 5 to 8

pm.

Gate 403 Sean Bellaviti Jazz Band 9 pm. rex U of T Student Jazz Ensembles 6:30 pm. rex David French 9:30 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

aLLeyCatz Salsa Night DJ Frank Bischun. GooDHanDy’s T-Girls Go Wild DJ Cesar doors

8 pm.5

insomnia DJs Topher & Oranj (rock).

Tuesday, January 11 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

Bovine sex CLuB Outbred Inlaws, Blind Cats. HorsesHoe Dave Bookman’s Nu Music Nites

Holy Toledo, the Action Figures 9 pm. korova miLkBar Friendly Rich & the Lollipop People 10 pm. siLver DoLLar Wally Mattas Memorial Concert Tony Wild-T Springer, Mike McDonald doors 7 pm. sounD aCaDemy Chali 2na doors 8 pm.

Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD

annex wreCkroom Drummers In Exile (drum circle) 8:30 pm.

Cameron House Jadea Kelly 6 pm. Gate 403 Blues Night Julian Fauth (barrelhouse) 9 pm.

HuGH’s room Matt Andersen, Colin Linden 8:30 pm.

tHe LoCaL Brent Jackson, Nick Harris, These

Boots.

roC n DoC’s Marshall Dane (new country/

pop) 9 pm. sLaCk’s Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 9 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

aLLeyCatz Carlo Berardinucci Band (swing/ jazz) 8:30 pm. Dominion on Queen Corktown’s Django Jam 8:30 pm. four seasons Centre for tHe PerforminG arts riCHarD BraDsHaw amPHitHeatre

Winter Heat Humber Contemporary Jazz Ensemble noon to 1 pm. Gate 403 Donné Roberts Band 5 to 8 pm. rex Julia Cleveland Group 6:30 pm. rex Rex Jazz Jam 9:30 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

GooDHanDy’s T-Girls Go Wild DJ Cesar doors

8 pm.5

Wednesday, January 12 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

CLinton’s Save. HorsesHoe Twin Shadow doors 8:30

ñpm.

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Life fight The Drake’s week-long What’s In The Box holiday concert series went off without a hitch, though the December 29 showcase took a turn toward the solemn. Featuring a stacked bill with Rattail, Germans, Holy Fuck’s Brian Borcherdt and CanRock veterans By Divine Right (see review, page 24), the night was also supposed to include Toronto gothic folk orchestra Bruce Peninsula. The band had to bow out when lead singer Neil Haverty was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia, a sudden but beatable form of cancer. Haverty sent out a lengthy email from the Princess Margaret Hospital on Boxing Day explaining the situation. “Last week I started bruising very easily and bleeding from my mouth and nose,” he wrote. “Apparently leukemia can happen that fast. Can you believe it?

Bruce Peninsula’s Neil Haverty (rear, holding drum) is hoping for a speedy recovery.

99 problems “There are lots of people here who have it worse than me. It sucks for the moment, I’m not going to lie, but I am very sure I can muster the strength to get through it. I’ll fight this bitch with everything I’ve got.” Bruce Peninsula’s sophomore record is already in the can, but the original March release date has been pushed back indefinitely. The December 29 show, in addition to being an album preview, was meant to be Haverty’s birthday concert. Drummer Leon Taheny tells us that since Haverty is undergoing chemotherapy, the band hasn’t yet been allowed to visit. A just-announced fundraiser for the Princess Margaret Hospital and the Haverty family takes place at the Music Gallery at the end of January. The stellar lineup includes Timber Timbre, Austra and the various solo projects of Bruce Peninsula. riCHarD traPunski

New Year’s Eve partiers looking forward to catching Swedish electrohouse producer DJ Avicii at the 99 Sudbury event space were furious when the So, We Dance? party shut down before most of them got through the door (and before midnight struck). Despite the presence of paidduty police officers, door staff were overwhelmed by people trying to force their way in, and the situation quickly got out of control. To those who’ve spent much time partying in the warehouse space, the promoters’ claim that they had the capacity for the 1,500 ticket holders sounds way off the mark. However, they were actually using most of the building, which can legally hold hundreds more than the cap they’d given the event. Furthermore, the amount of security and police on hand should have been more than enough to control the expected crowd. A makeup gig for ticket holders is scheduled for Friday (January 7) at Sound Academy, so keep your proof of payment. Considering the thousands the organizers must have lost on this venture, you can bet they’ll be better prepared for the crowds this time around. BenJamin BoLes

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Thursday, January 13

imperiAl puB Kilowatt (funk/R&B jam) 9:30

pm.

pArts & lABour tHe sHop Frankie Rose

ñ& the Outs, Little Girls, DJ Lillie Z. See preview, page 26.

cool HAnd cool, tHird dynAsty Lee’s Palace 9 pm, $6. 416-532-1598.

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JAzz/CLASSiCAL/ExPERiMEntAL

AlleycAtz Carlo Berardinucci Band (jazz/pop)

8:30 pm.

cHAlkers puB Girls’ Night Out Jazz Lisa Parti-

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sical Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts noon to 1 pm, free. 416-363-8231. JoHn sHerWood Old Mill Inn Home Smith Bar 7:30 pm, $20. And Jan 20 and 27. kirk mAcdonAld, Al Henderson duo The Gallery Studio Café 7:30 pm, $7. 416-6181541. And Jan 20, Jan 27, Feb 3, Feb 10 and 17.

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Footwork doors 10 pm.

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Jp cormier Hugh’s Room 8:30 pm, $25$27.50. 416-531-6604.

Monday, January 17 tHe concretes, HoorAy for eArtH Horseshoe doors 8:30 pm, $15. HS, RT, SS, TM. continuum contemporAry music CD release Gallery 345 7:30 pm, $10-$20. 416-8229781, rawrelease.eventbrite.com. JAck de keyzer, sHAkurA s’AidA, dAWn tyler WAtson, tHe mAple Blues BAnd To-

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bre with sleek, hazy beats and bass jams that hit satisfyingly low (especially on intoxicating closer I Run It). But let’s face it, outside of the obvious singles, it’s filler town. Song after song, Ciara does little more than flatly recite chorus after witless chorus about how hot she is in the sack. Great producers can help a weak vocalist shine, but no amount of studio magic can hide a lack of emotional conviction. Top track: Ride KEVIN RITCHIE

Free winter music The week between Christmas and New Year’s is typically one of the slowest for music. But while labels and retail outlets avoided releasing albums after the holiday rush, this year many musicians took the increasingly direct online route, offering special fan-service albums in the heart of Dead Week.

GORILLAZ The Fall

Damon Albarn recorded The Fall, as much a tour document as an album, between October and early November while on the road with Gorillaz throughout North America. Each song, taped the same day it was written, reflects the time and place in which it was conceived. If that isn’t immediate enough for you, they were also recorded on Albarn’s iPad using a variety of music-making apps. Free download for fan-club members at gorillaz.com, otherwise streamable.

KLAXONS Landmarks Of Lunacy Just four months after their sophomore album, Surfing The Void, made many critics admit that the British “nu-rave” band are more than just a passing fad, Klaxons hammer it in with a free five-song EP of unreleased tracks from the same sessions. klaxons.net. YEASAYER Live At Ancienne Belgique On their first live album, Brooklyn’s Yeasayer prove that the eccentric genre-stepping pop songs on their critically adored 2010 release, Odd Blood, don’t live and die in the studio. They’re just as compelling, if not more so, in front of a live Belgian audience. Pay what you want at yeasayer.net/xmas. RADIOHEAD Haiti Benefit Radiohead are no strangers to the direct approach to releasing music. Hell, they practically invented it with In Rainbows’ pay-what-you-want structure. Now they’ve turned their efforts outward, releasing a fan-shot audio/video document of an intimate Haiti benefit concert in Los Angeles back in January. It’s free with the promise of an Oxfam donation. inez4bears.blogspot.com. JJ Kills Mixtape

In a year that saw hip-hop superstars like Kanye West, the Roots and Kid Cudi mine the realm of so-called indie rock by sampling and collaborating with the likes of Bon Iver, Dirty Projectors and St. Vincent, indie pop duo jj have turned the trend on its head with the release of a free mixtape full of rap and R&B reinterpretations. Any album that has a pixie-voiced Swede gently cooing Kanye lyrics over an Akon beat is A-okay in our book. sincerelyyours.se/yours0159.php.

M.I.A. Vicki Leekx Mixtape What with her infamous truffle fry scandal, juvenile twitter wars and heavily hyped but ultimately underwhelming album, it hasn’t been a great year for M.I.A. She’s hoping to salvage some goodwill with a topical new mixtape released on the very last day of 2010, a free 19-track affair featuring production from Danjahandz, Blaqstarr, Rusko and Diplo. vickileekx.com. RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

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Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird (Dead Oceans) Rating: Though he comes from Dalarna (a town near Stockholm), Kristian Matsson’s music has never sounded particularly Swedish. It’s usually influenced more by American folk and blues than by anything from his own country. But on his new EP, there’s an unmistakable tinge of Scandinavian melancholy. Ironically, it’s the first album he’s recorded entirely away from home. Written and recorded on the road during a long North American tour supporting his recent full-length, The Wild Hunt, the five tracks maintain a consistently downtrodden tone. He’s abandoned the more triumphant moments on his first two LPs for songs clearly informed by homesickness. It could be a slog, but at just 17 minutes it never gets tiresome. Matsson even goes electric on The Dreamer. But rather than eliciting cries of “Judas,” it just adds another dark shade in his richly hued palette. Top track: The Dreamer RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

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Last Train To Paris (Universal) Rating: When Sean Combs first dipped his toe into the world of house music, it provoked more cringing than dancing. He kept at it, though, and when we heard his bizarre stream-of-consciousness spoken-word contribution on DJ Hell’s techno track The DJ, it seemed plausible that the hip-hop pop star might manage to integrate underground dance music into his own chart-topping sound. Dirty Money is officially a trio featuring

Apollo Kids (Def Jam/Universal) Rating: NNNN Dr. Dre has a line on Syllables, an Eminem song that recently leaked, about how veteran rappers are the best part of hip-hop these days. While it’s a standard “I started this gangsta shit” Dre-ism, it’s an accurate observation when you consider Em and Jay-Z’s dominance, the sustained excitement for Detox, and Raekwon’s comeback. Ghostface Killah’s latest adds to rap’s hungry-veteran canon, reflecting the WuTang Clan’s recommitment to 36 Chambers-style production: a cavalcade of soulful chants, powerful funk breaks, red-lining horns, mean guitar lines. After a softer turn on his “R&B album,” Ghostdini, Killah brings a lyrical ruckus as twisted and energetic as ever, and guests like Redman, Busta Rhymes and The Game follow suit. If you still have a stomach for violent, vulgar content, this is recommended. Top track: In The Park feat. Black Thought JASON RICHARDS 3

WINCHESTER WARM Sky One Room

(independent) Rating: NNN With Winchester Warm, vocalist/guitarist Jonathan Pearce and drummer/vocalist Matthew Godin take a step away from the tight, jangly indie rock they pursue with Ottawa/Montreal mainstays Poorfolk and toward Pearce’s folky, singer/songwriter roots. Fans of Poorfolk might need a moment to adjust. The duo’s debut is raw, bare-bones and itchingly slow. Aside from opening track Up In The Belfry, the vibe is almost despondent, and Pearce’s upfront vocals tender but plain. The acoustic guitar/drums format doesn’t allow for much variety, but when arrangements expand to include vocal harmonies, lapsteel, banjo and piano, some welcome cheer peeks through. Changing up a staid format often gives musicians a fresh perspective and renewed vitality, which WW will hopefully tap into next time around. Till then, Sky One Room holds its own as a cozy, slowburning, winter-hibernation album. Top track: I Forget Nothing Winchester Warm play the Imperial Pub tonight (Thursday, January 6). CARLA GILLIS

R&B CIARA Basic Instinct (Sony/Jive) Rating: NN On the opening track of Ciara’s fourth studio album, the R&B performer takes aim at the haters and goes in on herself for allowing fame’s spoils to distract from her musical ambitions. Basic Instinct (U Got Me) should be full of fiery bluster, but Ciara’s ire is so unconvincing, she establishes herself as an afterthought on an album that plays like a showcase for top R&B producers Tricky Stewart and TheDream. The duo surround Ciara’s whispery tim-

Danity Kane’s Dawn Richards and singer/ songwriter Kelenna Harper alongside Diddy himself. While it’s clear that Last Train’s combination of electro and house with hip-hop and R&B is Combs’s baby, it’s the group format that makes it work as an album. By splitting the focus, the plethora of additional guests involved make the experience feel more like a party than jarring and disjointed. And when the cameos include everyone from Lil Wayne and Grace Jones to fashion icons Anna Wintour and André Leon Talley, making the whole mess work as a concept album is a major victory. Top track: Strobe Lights BENJAMIN BOLES

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forget all that talk about a truculent and demanding Christopher Plummer. The iconic actor has definitely mellowed. You can tell when he performs a scene from Barrymore for the benefit of media cameras. He ploughs through the section several times with out complaint. He forgets a line and doesn’t seem a bit worried about what the media hordes might do with that piece of information. When a cellphone rings – his publicist’s – he just looks up, stops the action and says with a smile, “I’ll get that.” It’s done with a raise of the eyebrow, not the voice. The only time he gets even remotely aggra vated is when he has to cut the line “You nasty little faggot” for the sake of the media scrum, since certain language is considered inap propriate for radio and TV. “It’s such a shame that you can’t be free on the air,” he says to me later. “It’s so puritanical. That

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they’re still bleeping people is extraordinary to me since half our language is made up of curse words. I rather like them.” His voice, even when he’s speaking gently, has a powerful resonance – he says he’s never miked onstage – and he’s so relaxed, sitting in his dress ing room clad in a snappy, fashionforward blaz er, that it’s hard to believe he ever had a reputa tion as a badboy rabblerouser. At 81, he’s working harder than he has in his entire life. Not that Plummer has ever been a slacker. He’s appeared in over 100 movies and played every classical role he wanted to onstage except for Othello. Last year, Oscar called for the first time, thanks to his performance as Leo Tolstoy in The Last Station. He’s just come off a spectacular run at Stratford as Prospero in The Tempest, after blowing audiences away in Caesar And Cleo patra the year before. These aren’t exactly quick ie character parts; they’re huge and demanding lead roles. He played them all with a teasing playfulness, an attitude he says he discovered only over time. He’s interspersing rehearsals for the remount of the near solo show Barrymore (a second actor appears offstage only) with treks to Sweden, where he’s shooting the American remake of The Girl

With The Dragon Tattoo. In the midst of all that, he recently appeared on Oprah’s show alongside Julie Andrews and the actors who played the Von Trapp family children – a little shocking for a guy who fam ously referred to his most revered movie as The Sound Of Mucus. But although the edges may have softened, Plummer’s ego is still as mighty as ever. He has no problem comparing himself favourably to the great John Barrymore. “I’ve played more classical roles than he,” but not, he says without pause, because he’s a better actor, but because Barrymore drank himself to death. “He was the actor of his time. The classical actors who emerged – Olivier, Richardson – came much later. “He beat the English at their own game, and I tried to do the same when I took Richard III to England. We were both North Americans who invaded England, performing in their most famous author’s works.” They have other things in common. Like Barrymore, who tormented photographers with his demands, Plummer much prefers his left profile. But more important, both were prodi gious drinkers. Plummer found a way to stop decades ago, but Barrymore never could.

The experience of having been in love with the bottle informs elements of Plummer’s per formance, something you can detect even in the short scene he plays during his marathon press day. As he crosses the stage, he stumbles, not in a big pratfalllike way, but just ever so slightly. He plays it as if those inebriated tripups are still in his bones. It’s no wonder, he says, that actors drink. “You give a great deal of yourself,” he says. “Take an evening in the theatre. You’ve shown the audience things you wouldn’t have shown them, but you have to because you’re an artist. You have to dig deep into yourself and then let it go and show it barefaced. And because you’ve given so much, you feel you have to anaesthe tize the rest of the night. “It happens in painters and actors. But I’d much rather be a creative person and get drunk afterwards in order to calm myself down than be some horrible businessman or sleazy politi cian who drinks because he’s guilty of stealing or womanizing. The artist has a better excuse.” As serious as he is about these subjects, I have to remind myself that he could start shitting me at any moment. He recently punked two sea soned journalists, telling Kate Fillion of Mac

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THE NEXT STAGE a festival of new works and remounts presented in rep (Toronto Fringe). At Factory Theatre (125 Bathurst). Runs to January 16. $12-$15, passes $48/$88. See Continuing, page 42. 416966-1062, fringetoronto.com.

from twisted fairy tales to a history of duelling, from a detective story to a rewrite of Swan Lake, The Next Stage runs the gamut of storytelling. The festival’s greatest contrast, though, is between the sexually hot atmosphere of The Apology and the bone-numbingly frigid setting of Tom’s A-Cold. We never seem to tire of stories about bad boys and bad girls experimenting with sex and drugs. It’s not just a contemporary story either. Darrah Teitel’s The Apology is a tale of polyamory that involves people you know in another context: Romantic poets Lord Byron and Percy Shelley and Shelley’s wife, Mary, who wrote Frankenstein. The fourth member of the sexual quartet is Claire Claremont, Mary’s stepsister.

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Shelley’s novel offers a metaphoric frame for the play, explains Teitel, “since it’s about human perfectibility and a utopian vision of society. In a parallel to Victor Frankenstein creating life, the four characters experiment with their lives, hoping for the best. In both cases, the result is an uncontrollable monster.” Set in 1816, the play is as much about politics as it is about sex. “I hook into the material through feminism,” says Teitel, a National Theatre School grad whose play Marla’s Party was produced in SummerWorks 2008. “Mary’s parents were William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft; he was the father of anarchism, she the mother of feminism. “I see Mary and Claire as trying to emancipate themselves but getting caught in attempting to reconcile emotions, theory, maternity and politics. It’s a feminist quandary that many still face.” But don’t get caught up in The Apology’s philosophy. There’ll be lots of sex onstage. “I always wanted to write a show that begs the question of where art

ends and pornography begins,” Teitel smiles. “Director Audrey Dwyer and I have encouraged the actors to investigate all realms of emotion and the dark side of their sexuality. “The audience has to be turned on by the experiment, or they’ll never sympathize with these people and the theories they talk about and try to live.” If The Apology suggestively burns the stage, David Egan’s Tom’s A-Cold (opens today, Thursday, January 6) will give viewers the shivers. Set in the Arctic, the play follows two men who sailed with Sir John Franklin in 1845 to find the Northwest Passage, only to become caught in the ice. Three years later, Thomas and George, one an officer and the other a sailor, are in a rowboat attempting to get to safety. Starvation, frostbite and scurvy are only some of their problems; cannibalism’s also on the menu. “The characters are based on two men found frozen in a rowboat,” explains Shane Carty, who plays George. “They were surrounded by useless objects like combs, scented soaps and slippers. “The playwright wondered if the pair were abandoned, thrown out with

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useless objects as if they were trash, or were so fried with fear and cold that they grabbed what they could and left to reach civilization.” Winner of the Herman Voaden National Playwriting Competition, Tom’s A-Cold’s title conjures up an image of King Lear’s madmen on the heath. The two characters set up their own society, with Thomas as captain and George as, in several senses, his mate. “George is an able-bodied seaman, uneducated but intelligent,” says Carty, who’s returning to Stratford for his seventh year. “He’s sensitive, perceptive and stubborn and is the one who understands the gravity of their situation.” Despite the subject matter, it’s also a very funny play, says the actor. “The men rely on each other, a bit like Beckett’s characters, and recognize the absurdity of their situation, though the laughs they generate are sometimes frightening.” 3 jonkap@nowtoronto.com

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lean’s that he’d love to play the nurse in Romeo And Juliet in drag. “I was joking,” he harrumphs. And when I ask about Richard Ouzounian’s Toronto Star report that his Prospero at Stratford was the last Shakespeare he’d do onstage, Plummer waves me away. “Oh no, I just meant not for a while. I’ve done Shakespeare an awful lot.” But I can tell he’s serious about his fondness for his Last Station co-star, Helen Mirren. “I had such a wonderful time with Helen. I’d seen her when she was quite young when she did Cressida, which is a very sexual part, and she contributed to that sensuality. “She’s such fun and she’s so confident. It’s great to work with someone who knows what she’s doing.” He hasn’t seen her gender-bent performance as Prospera in the current film version of The Tempest, though he will. “I’m not sure about Prospera, but God bless her for doing it. The relationship between the father and the daughter is so playful and warm because of the difference in sex. I’m not sure how you could achieve that between a mother and daughter. There’s a lot of humour in Prospero.” He takes a dramatic pause. “I’m not sure Julie Taymor has an awful lot of humour.” When I mention that last year’s Oscar nod came late in his life, he bristles, “I’ve won plenty of awards,” he says, referring to, among others, his two Tonys, one for his performance in the original Barrymore production in 1997, and his two Emmys. And he argues that losing the Oscar wasn’t that important, since it’s almost impossible to compare the five nominated roles. “It’s not as if the Academy was judging five Hamlets,” he notes. Plummer himself will not be slowing down any time soon. He still wants to play Othello, “But they’d lynch me if I did,” he grumbles, not at all appreciating the irony of his metaphor. And he says he’d do a new contemporary play if someone would just write a decent part for him. “I would adore a contemporary piece, but they don’t write star parts any more,” he despairs, the ego once again creeping to the surface. “And by that I don’t mean that I should be the only star in it but that they don’t construct plays the way they used to for a theatrical figure to accept. “It’s mostly ensemble, and as Nathan Lane says most amusingly,” and here the pause is almost melodramatic, “‘I don’t do ensemble.’” 3 susanc@nowtoronto.com

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Open this six-pack Modern and ballet share the stage in James Kudelka program By GLENN SUMI ALLONEWORD choreography by James Kudelka (Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie). February 10-12, 8 pm, at the Enwave (231 Queens Quay West). $28$38. 416-973-4000.

the syndicated tv show law & Order has spun off into various series, but I’m not sure it’s ever inspired a modern dance piece. That will change in February when Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie present All-

OneWord, a collection of six short works by James Kudelka, one of which loosely draws on the long-running procedural. “It’s still being created, but I know it includes a puppet, and I hear

they’re thinking of using location titles the way they do in the show,” says Laurence Lemieux, one of the dancers in the 10-minute sequence. “I want to play the murdered one, but I don’t think I can pick. All the dancers are looking forward to it, because it’s probably going to be comic relief. Knowing James, it could also be one of the hardest works.” The full-evening program features half a dozen dances with no discernible thematic or choreographic link. The connective tissue is Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber’s Guardian Angel Sonata, which is being arranged (by frequent Kudelka collaborator John Oswald) and played in six different ways. Lemieux reprises her solo with a single violinist onstage, which she commissioned from the choreographer back in 2007. “It’s a beautiful piece, very much in the Jean-Pierre Perreault tradition. I’m wearing little boots. It’s very weighted, emotive and expressive.” Other works include a very technical ballet solo for National Ballet dancer James Leja, a solo for Lemieux’s partner, Bill Coleman, and a quintet for modern dancers Rhonda Baker,

Valerie Calam, Luke Garwood, Graham McKelvie and Christianne Ullmark. Another piece pairs ballerina Xiao Nan Yu with her former National Ballet partner, Ryan Boorne, who retired in 2007 and now works in construction. He emailed Lemieux earlier in the year suggesting he’d be interested in getting back onstage. “I’ve seen the duet in rehearsal, and it’s absolutely beautiful,” says Lemieux. “It’s all partnering; they never let go of one another. It’s ballet, so the expression in the body is very different from the contemporary work, but it has a lot of emotion.” Lemieux’s working relationship with Kudelka goes back decades, and he’s now resident choreographer with CLC. What does she like so much about his approach? “My body speaks the same language as his steps,” she says. “Some actors like certain writers because they feel they can speak their lines. I’m like that. I feel like I’m a good Kudelka performer because of the way I’m made.” 3 glenns@nowtoronto.com

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Great artists who won’t leave you cold

What makes an unforgettable night at the theatre? Maybe it’s a magnetic performer paired with the right material. Or a director making you see a script in a new way. Or a comic’s quick comeback. Here are eight people who are staging major moves this season.

YANNA McINTOSH in RUINED The mesmerizing McIntosh, as eloquent with silence as with text, stars in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ruined, by Lynn Nottage (Intimate Apparel). She plays Mama Nadi, a shrewd businesswoman who runs her Congo brothel with an eye to profits and the safety of her women. Expect some explosive acting in this Obsidian/Nightwood production, directed by Philip Akin. January 16 to February 12 at Berkeley Street Downstairs. 416-368-3110.

SANDRA SHAMAS in WIT’S END III: LOVE LIFE

PEGGY BAKER and MICHAEL HEALEY in ARE YOU OKAY

Hard to believe it’s been almost a decade since Wit’s End II: Heart’s Desire, Shamas’s sequel to her autobiographical show about a city woman’s experiences of life, love and aging on a farm. But as fans of her Laundry Trilogy know, Shamas is a perfectionist, one who ensures that every one of her stories resonates with humour and emotional truth. February 16 to 27 (expect many extensions) at the Winter Garden. 416-8725555.

Respected dancer/choreographer Baker and talented actor/writer Healey collaborate on a multidisciplinary and admittedly autobiographical show about creativity and the inevitability of aging. Throw sharp director Daniel Brooks into the mix and you get a poignant, perceptive show exploring what it means to be a performing artist. March 1 to 13 at Factory Studio. 416-504-9971.

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JENNIFER TARVER directs THE COSMONAUT’S LAST MESSAGE TO THE WOMAN HE ONCE LOVED IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION A long title but a fascinating concept. Scottish playwright David Greig dissects a failed marriage and the search for love and connection, focusing on two abandoned Russian cosmonauts who’ve been circling the Earth for 20 years. The incisive Tarver is sure to send the production into orbit. April 16 to May 14 at the Bluma Appel Theatre. 416-368-3110.

PAUL-ANDRE FORTIER in CABANE

DIEGO MATAMOROS in OLEANNA

ALANA JOHNSTON in SELF ESTEEM PARTY

Over a career that spans nearly four decades, Montreal-based Fortier’s dances have moved from narrative pieces to more abstract works like this, a surreal duet created and performed with multidisciplinary artist Rober Racine. The show, which arrives after two years of touring, touches on various everyday objects, including the shack in the title, which opens to reveal many surprises, choreographic and otherwise. February 11-12 at the Fleck. 416-973-4000.

Equally skilled in classical and contemporary roles, Soulpepper actor Matamoros tackles David Mamet’s thorny, intentionally unsettling look at the relationship and power struggle between a university prof and a student (Sarah Wilson) whose agenda extends beyond the course curriculum. Expect a nuanced buildup to a fiery confrontation. January 29 to March 5 at the Young Centre. 416-866-8666.

NOW named Johnston a comedy discovery in 2008, and since then the Canadian Comedy Award nominee has more than delivered on that promise. Equally adept at improv, character and sketch, she has a combination of fearlessness and likeability that’s all too rare in the comedy world. Now she combines it all – let’s hope she includes some YouTube vids, too – in a one-nighter at the Bread & Circus on January 29. alanajohnston. JK/GS com.

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In Ash, Damien Atkins bringsthe epic four-play cycle to a close By JON KAPLAN

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THE MILL (PART 4): ASH by Damien Atkins, directed by Vikki Anderson (Theatrefront/ Young Centre, 55 Mill). Previews from Wednesday (January 12), opens January 14 and runs to January 29, in rep with parts 1, 2 and 3; see youngcentre.ca for details. $30, previews $15, stu $20. 416866-8666.

ghost stories can scare us in so many spooky ways. Take Theatrefront’s four-part cycle The Mill, whose narrative ranges across several centuries. The first part resembles a slasher film, the second draws on chilling Victorian tales, the third sets up the violence and vengeful haunting that permeate the other segments. Now it’s up to playwright Damien Atkins to bring closure to the cycle in Ash, a work set in an intentionally undefined time. “Part of the mandate given the other three playwrights by Matthew MacFadzean [who wrote the first

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play] was that we should challenge ourselves as writers,” says Atkins, a skilled actor as well as a playwright. “I decided I would experiment with how much information I could withhold from the audience,” he smiles. “As a writer, I tend to be extremely expressive and detailed. What would happen if I held back some of those details and used a different vocabulary, keeping the script simple and symbolic?” At the time he started writing several years ago, Atkins was preparing to perform in Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker. He admits his script was influenced by Pinter’s style, by “what he doesn’t say directly, and how true to life that is.” The result, notes Atkins, will give an unexpected twist to those who’ve seen any of the earlier plays. Most of the characters are new, have the generic names of wild animals and live in a familial relationship. We also meet Lyca, the restless spirit who causes havoc in the earlier parts.

While the other three playwrights have talked about The Mill in the context of Canadian history, Atkins takes a different tack. “I see the four plays as tone poems. What I like is that each treats the story and the history with a mix of reverence and irreverence, respect and glee. At the story’s centre is an act of rape that resonates on several levels, and this final play tries to break that toxic cycle.” Atkins’s resolution to the story is deliberately open to various interpretations. “I’m starting to consider whether stories ever really end,” he says. “That’s part of the complexity of The Mill, which is tied up in issues of hope and despair. I think it’s possible to find hope in the most unlikely of places, but it’s also possible not to find it anywhere.” 3

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This revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s masterpiece made a huge splash last summer at the Four Seasons. It jumps ship to another theatre – the Toronto Centre for the Arts – but the production’s the same. February 15 to April 10. 416-644-3665.

ASSASSINS You had to practically rob someone to get a ticket during the closing week of Birdland Theatre’s 2010 production of the cynical Stephen Sondheim musical about presidential assassins. Put down that gun. It’s back tonight (Thursday, January 6) with a cast that now includes My Mother’s Les-

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Anton Piatigorsky’s mystery about a lost and found manuscript is a fascinating puzzle about authorship, genius and history. When the Crow’s Theatre production made NOW’s Top 10 list in 2009, we wrote that we’d love to see it again – and voilà, here it is. Three out of four original cast members return – the superb Cara Ricketts is new – and the production has a different venue (Factory Theatre). January 22 to February South Paciﬁc 13. factorytheatre. soars again. ca.

Too many people wait until the reviews are in before booking tickets. But some shows involve such quality artists and generate such pre-opening buzz that it’s foolish to hold off. Don’t procrastinate over buying seats for these sure-fire hits. BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL Remember the 2000 film in which a boy from a working-class family wants to be a ballet dancer, and a community of miners goes on strike? Those dramatic plot lines also feed the hit musical version featuring music by Elton John. Four boys alternate in the title role, with the talented Kate Hennig, who’s played the role on Broadway, as Billy’s dance teacher. Opens February 1 at the Canon. 416-872-1212. DIVISADERO Award-winning novelist Michael Ondaatje adapts his novel for this show directed by Necessary Angel’s Daniel Brooks. Sounds like a must-see, especially with a starry cast that includes Liane Balaban, Maggie Huculak, Tom McCamus, Amy Rutherford and musician Justin Rutledge.

The story of a family irrevocably changed by a violent event focuses on storytelling and music to investigate the intimacy between teller and listener, and the narrator’s ability to cast a magical spell. February 8 to 20 at Theatre Passe Muraille. 416-5047529.

MORE FINE GIRLS Family relationships have never been tenser or funnier than in Theatre Columbus’s huge 1995 hit, The Attic, The Pearls And Three Fine Girls. In More Fine Girls, co-produced by Tarragon, the fractious and now middle-aged Fine sibs – again played by Leah Cherniak, AnnMarie MacDonald and Martha Ross – reunite a decade after a calamitous party and try to sort out their differences. Alisa Palmer returns to direct the close-to-the-heart shenanigans. February 22 to April 3 at the Tarragon. 416JK 531-1827. Michael Ondaatje

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Morgan Norwich and Johnnie Walker triumphed at last year’s Fringe and SummerWorks fests with these solo shows about two very precocious, troubled young people. Now the pair (who direct each other’s shows) remount their works in a delicious double bill. January 20 to 23 at Buddies in Bad Times. nobodysbusiness.ca.

THE DINING ROOM A.R. Gurney’s collection of vignettes set in and around a dining room came to vivid life last year in Down n’ Out’s production set at the historic Campbell House. Now the show’s returning, with a mouth-watering twist. Coinciding with Winterlicious, some evening performances can be prefaced by a threecourse meal designed by event planner

David Vallee. Talk about food for thought. January 17 to February 6. 416-597-0227.

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Sonja Mills’s cautionary follow-up to The Danish Play turned out eerily prescient By NAOMI SKWARNA THE BIRD by Sonja Mills, directed by Ruth Madoc-Jones (Union Eight Theatre). At Buddies in Bad Times (12 Alexander). Previews from Saturday (January 8), opens Wednesday (January 12) and runs to January 30, Tuesday-Saturday 8 pm, matinee Sunday 2:30 pm. Pwyc-$33. 416975-8555.

if you thought you were done with uncomfortable family gatherings spent nursing a drink over a cheese platter, you’ve got another thing coming. Sonja Mills’s The Bird – the long-awaited follow-up to her 2002 hit, The Danish Play – is all that and a bag of organic tortilla chips. “I describe it as a modern-day farce,” says Mills over the sound of steaming milk at Balzac’s in the Distillery District. “It’s a typical dinnerparty play, except there’s something grotesque about these people.” The gathering in question is hosted by Kate and Mia, an upwardly mobile lesbian couple with a baby on the way, surrogated by Mia’s reclusive sister Spencer. It all takes place on the 40th floor of a waterfront condo building that’s partially inspired, says Mills, by the Success Tower at Pinnacle Centre, one of Toronto’s luxurious and ridiculously named downtown addresses. The title refers to a stuffed and mounted falcon, an object onto which the characters project their anxiety as they refuse to confront it within themselves. Mills sees The Bird as a continuation of some of the questions she dealt with in The Danish Play, which also features a gathering of people

and the conflicted feelings they share. “They’re both about the human condition and how damaged we are by capitalism. To me, this is Bente and the other characters in The Danish Play, but 45 years later.” It took the now Owen Sound-based playwright nearly six years to write The Bird, which started out as a cautionary tale but has proved eerily prescient. “The financial collapse, peak oil,” she says. “The play started out as a warning and evolved into the present.” That sense of the moment is crucial to Mills. The play takes place in one scene and in real time, as jealousy, infidelity and family secrets emerge under the influence of booze and progressively harder drugs. “The audience has to listen,” Mills explains. “I’m talking about things that are in my realm of reality. None of what is in this play is shocking to me.” So is this an end-of-the-world dinner party? A decisive drop from the Pinnacle of Success? Mills shakes her head. “There’s so much hope in the play. [Tarragon’s late artistic director and dramaturge] Urjo Kareda once told me that you cannot write a play without hope, that there’s no story without it.” To Mills, that hope comes in the form of Kate and Mia’s unborn child, and even in the young, sardonic surrogate mother. “Spencer is the hope. Her baby is the hope that we’re not completely fucked.” stage@nowtoronto.com

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Oh My irMA by Haley McGee (Theatre Passe

Muraille). A poet seeks to solve the mystery of her mother’s death in this solo show. Previews to Jan 8. Opens Jan 11 and runs to Jan 29, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $25-$30, previews $15, mat pwyc. 16 Ryerson, Backspace. 416-504-7529, passemuraille.on.ca. TweLfTh NiGhT; Or whAT yOu wiLL by William Shakespeare (Written on Water Theatre/ Phyzikal Theatre Company). This adaptation of the Bard’s classic focuses on issues that are important to Generation Y. Jan 6-8, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $10. Cameron House, 408 Queen W. tickets@writtenonwatertheatre.com. wiNGfieLd: LOsT ANd fOuNd by Dan Needles (Mirvish). A farmer seeks a new source of water during a drought in this solo comedy. Opens Jan 12 and runs to Jan 30, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $25-$60. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com.

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fOOL fOr LOve by Sam Shepard (Ezra’s Atlan-

tic Co-op). A woman waits for her boyfriend in a run-down motel when an old flame shows up. Previews Jan 12. Opens Jan 13 and runs to Jan 21, daily at 8 pm, mat Sun 2 pm. $20, preview $15. Meta Gallery, 124 Ossington. foolforlovetoronto@gmail.com. The MiLL PArT 4: Ash by Damien Atkins (Theatrefront). Four youths inside the mill battle its ghosts and history in the final instalment of the play cycle (see story, page 40). Previews Jan 12-13. Opens Jan 14 and runs to Jan 29, Jan 12-15, 18-19, 22, 24 and 29 at 8 pm, mats Jan 22, 26 and 29 at 2 pm. $30, stu $20, preview $15. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, theatrefront.com.

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Thursday, January 6 BAd dOG TheATre and Sex T-Rex present

Callaghan!, a monthly improv show about Jack Callaghan’s search for lost treasures around the globe. 8 pm. $10, stu $8. 138 Danforth. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com.

sOMeThiNG wicked AwesOMe This wAy cOMes Second City SC presents its ñ 66th sketch comedy revue, and it’s the most consistently funny show in years. Director Chris Earle has a theatrical eye, edgy sense of humour and knows which topical references will capture the zeitgeist yet also remain classic. The talented, versatile cast takes on G20 protests, tech annoyances and pushes

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John Weidman (Birdland Theatre/Talk is Free Theatre). Historical figures who tried to assassinate American presidents meet in this dark musical. Previews Jan 6-7. Opens Jan 8 and runs to Jan 23, Wed-Mon 8 pm, mats SatSun 2 pm. $35. Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. 416-504-7529, birdlandtheatre.com.

The Bird by Sonja Mills (Union Eight Theatre). A same-sex couple’s family ñ and friends mix at a jealousy-driven cocktail

party (see story, page 41). Previews Jan 8-11. Opens Jan 12 and runs to Jan 30, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. Pwyc-$33. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, unioneighttheatre.com. The GiNGerBreAd Guy (Cow Over Moon). This interactive, musical show for ages 4 and up is based on the classic fairy tale. Opens Jan 8 and runs to Jan 16, Sat-Sun 2 pm (plus Jan 15 at 11 am). $15, stu/srs $10. Pia Bouman School for Ballet, 6 Noble, Toronto. 905-5108210, cowovermoon.ca. here Lies heNry by Daniel MacIvor (Number 20 Productions). A self-confessed liar talks about life, love and loss in this solo show. Opens Jan 12 and runs to Jan 21, Jan 12-13 and 20-21 at 8 pm. $15. Siesta Nouveaux, 15

the limits of comedy with a ballsy scene about the Israel/Palestine situation. The final moments are a brilliant nod to several earlier sketches, and you’ll be humming a certain song parody as you leave. Limited run, Tue-Sat 8 pm (plus Fri-Sat 10:30 pm), Sun 7 pm. $24$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. NNNNN (GS) yuk yuk’s dOwNTOwN presents Kathleen McGee. To Jan 9, Wed-Sun 8 pm (and Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. yuk yuk’s vAuGhAN presents Double Feature Night w/ two new comics. 8 pm. $20. 70 Interchange Way. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. yuk yuk’s wesT presents Double Feature Night w/ two new comics. 8 pm. $20. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. yukyuks.com.

BAd dOG TheATre presents That Friday

Show, a one-act play by BDT students. 7 ñ pm (in Studio #2). Pwyc. Globehead 2011 im-

prov tournament. 8 pm (and Sat 8 & 10 pm). $12, stu $10. Micetro Impro, a Survivor-style improv competition. 11 pm. $8, stu $5. 138 Danforth. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com.

sOMeThiNG wicked AwesOMe This wAy cOMes See Thu 6. yuk yuk’s dOwNTOwN See Thu 6. yuk yuk’s vAuGhAN presents Ron Josol and

Stephen Patterson. To Jan 8, Fri 9 pm, Sat 7:30 & 9:45 pm. $20. 70 Interchange Way. 416967-6425, yukyuks.com. yuk yuk’s wesT presents Scott Faulconbridge. To Jan 8, Fri 9 pm, Sat 7:30 & 9:30 pm. $20. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. yukyuks.com.

Saturday, January 8 BAd dOG TheATre presents Globehead

2011 improv tournament. 8 & 10 pm.

OPerA 101: The MAGic fLuTe (Canadian Opera Company). Brent Bambury and ñ Isabel Bayrakdarian discuss the COC’s upcom-

ing production of the Mozart opera. Jan 7 at 6 pm. Free. Duke of Westminster, 77 Adelaide W. coc.ca.

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Operetta Theatre). A woman gets revenge on her philandering husband in this comic operetta. Runs to Jan 9, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mats Sun 2 pm. $52-$78. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E, Toronto. 416-366-7723, torontooperetta.com. feMALe iMPersONATOr shOws (Zelda’s). Divas from Broadway, film and music perform weekly. Fri-Sat 9 pm. Free. 692 Yonge. 416922-2526, zeldas.ca.

guests. 8 pm. $5. Zelda’s, 692 Yonge. zeldas.ca.

sOMeThiNG wicked AwesOMe This wAy cOMes See Thu 6. yuk yuk’s dOwNTOwN See Thu 6.

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with adult prizes w/ hosts Gloria Hole and Lena Over. 8:30 pm. Free. 692 Yonge. zeldas.ca. hArd TiMes AT The hArd Luck Impulsive Entertainment presents a weekly new material night for singers, poets, comics and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. Hard Luck Bar, 812 Dundas W. impulsiveentertainment.com. iMPeriAL cOMedy Imperial Pub presents weekly Pro/Am comics w/ host Eric Bud. 9:30 pm. Pwyc. 54 Dundas E. imperialcomedy.com.

MaeMartinstrapsonsomefunny GrannyBoots,January12. $12, stu $10. 138 Danforth. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com.

sOMeThiNG wicked AwesOMe This wAy cOMes See Thu 6. yuk yuk’s dOwNTOwN See Thu 6. yuk yuk’s vAuGhAN See Fri 7. yuk yuk’s wesT See Fri 7.

Sunday, January 9 BAd dOG TheATre presents Marcel St. Pierre’s

Art Of Shortform 2 class show. 8 pm. Pwyc. 138 Danforth. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre. com. kNiGhT TiMe cOMedy presents weekly standup and sketch w/ host Jill Knight. 8 pm. $4. Remarks Bar & Grill, 1026 Coxwell. 416-4299889, knighttimecomedy.com. LeGeNds Of zeLdA’s presents a weekly improv show by the Eleventh Commandment plus

The secONd ciTy’s MONdAy NiGhT revue

Second City presents new sketches and improv. 8 pm. $12. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com.

Tuesday, January 11 BAd dOG TheATre presents a live taping and

premiere of Next Stop, an improv duo featuring Ely Henry and Charles Pond. 9:30 pm. $8, stu $5. 138 Danforth. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com. MATTiMAe LOve-iN The Ossington presents Sandra Battaglini, Chris Locke, Tim Gilbert, Tony & George, David Dineen Porter, Gaby Leith, Ladystache, hosts Mae Martin and Matt Folliott and others. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 61 Ossington. 416-850-0161.

sOMeThiNG wicked AwesOMe This wAy cOMes See Thu 6. The TuesdAy NiGhT sPeciAL Drake Hotel

presents live comedy w/ Helder Brum, Bryan O’Gorman, Diana Love, Monty Scott, Alan Park, host Ryan Horwood and a surprise

A fuNNy ThiNG hAPPeNed ON The wAy TO The fOruM by Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart

and Stephen Sondheim (Mirvish/Stratford Festival). There are lots of potential laughs in this Stephen Sondheim musical, based on comedies by the Roman playwright Plautus, but director Des McAnuff goes for a Three Stooges approach. Despite some good performances, the show’s lack of subtlety forces the humour down viewers’ throats rather than letting us appreciate the entertainment. Runs to Jan 16, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $40-$120. Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria. mirvish.com. NN (JK) hArd LOve by Motti Lerner (TEATRON Theatre). An ultra-Orthodox couple who divorced over religious issues are reunited 20 years later. Runs to Jan 16, Tue-Thu and Sat-Sun 8 pm, mat Sun and Wed 2 pm. $31-$48, stu/srs $19-$30. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge, Studio Theatre. 416-781-5527, teatrontheatre.com.

JOsePh ANd The AMAziNG TechNicOLOr

dreAMcOAT by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (Stage West). This musical reinvents the Biblical story of Joseph and his brothers. Runs to Feb 14, Tue-Sat 6:30 pm, Sun 5 pm, mats Wed and Sun 11 am. $53-$88 (includes buffet). 5400 Dixie, Mississauga. 905-238-0042, stagewest.com. The MisANThrOPe by Molière, adapted by Martin Crimp (Tarragon Theatre). A playwright who scorns celebrity culture falls for a superficial film starlet. Runs to Feb 6, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $23$46, rush $10. 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. NexT sTAGe TheATre fesTivAL (The Toronto Fringe). This festival features new and reworked productions by Fringe artists, including At The Sans Hotel, Duel Of Ages, Fairy Tale Ending, Sick!, The Apology, Eating With Lola, Swan Song Of Maria and Tom’s A-Cold (see story, page 36). Runs to Jan 16, shows daily at various times, see website for schedule. $15, mat $12, passes $48-$88. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst. 416-9661062, fringetoronto.com. PArAde by Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry (Acting Up Stage/Studio 180). A Jewish factory manager is framed for the rape and murder of a young worker in 1913 Atlanta. Runs to Jan 22, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $32-$40. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-368-3110, paradethemusical.com. PiNkALiciOus, The MusicAL by Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Kann and John Gregor (Vital Theatre). A girl turns pink after eating too many cupcakes in this family musical. Runs to May 29, Sat-Sun 1 pm. $29.50-$39.50. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-6428973, vitaltheatre.ca. 3

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musical act. Doors 8:30 pm. $10. 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042, thedrakehotel.ca. yuk yuk’s dOwNTOwN presents the Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, and stand-up Amateur Night at 9:30 pm. $4. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

Wednesday, January 12 GrANNy BOOTs: diANe keATON’s BirThdAy PArTy Gladstone Hotel presents ñ all-female comedy w/ Dawn Whitwell, Sara

Hennessey, Andrya Duff, Kathleen Phillips, Sandra Battaglini, Deb Robinson, host Mae Martin and others. 7:30 pm. Free. 1214 Queen W, Melody Bar. gladstonehotel.com.

sOMeThiNG wicked AwesOMe This wAy cOMes See Thu 6. yuk yuk’s dOwNTOwN presents John

Hastings. To Jan 16, Wed-Sun 8 pm (and FriSat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. 3

dance listings Opening shudder Connect T.O. Dance Forum presents movement and narrative by Susanna Hood exploring the canvases of Francis Bacon. Jan 12 at 8 pm. $20, stu/srs $15. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-504-6429 ext 20, adelheid.ca/ cto/connect.html.

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under the guidance of gendai Gallery curator Yan Wu, a provoca tive project has morphed from a resi dency to a kind of artistic interven tion into the often limited gamer aesthetic of online virtual world Sec ond Life. It began when the Reel Asian Film Festival brought Beijingbased Cao Fei’s RMB City to A Space Gallery last fall. Cao’s avatar, China Tracy, took us on a video tour of her Second Life is land metropolis, a wildly imaginative pastiche of contemporary and trad itional Asian culture (rmbcity.com). Wu was inspired to invite Toronto artists with Chinese connections to respond to Cao’s work. Their projects began as gallery installations but at the end of the month take a new form as they move online to Second Life. Multimedia artist and York prof Yam Lau contributes Princess Iron Fan. Based on a 1941 animated film of stories from Chinese classic novel Journey To The West, the big black andwhite figure stubbornly retains the twodimensionality and awk

ward gait of primitive animation, ready to present a ghostly reminder of the past amidst the digital wiz ardry of RMB City. Artist/architect Adrian Blackwell’s Lóng Sùshè (Dragon Dormi tory in Mandarin), two rows of wood en bunk beds like those in China’s factory workers’ residences, repre sents the dragon energy of Chinese economic growth through a sinuous conveyorbeltlike wooden form that pierces the structures. In Second Life, it evolves into a curved dormitory building that hypnotically falls apart and reerects itself. The installation by GestureCloud (OCADU digital art profs Judith Doyle and Fei Jun) involves both film and motioncapture animation of workers at a Beijing artbook print shop who check presses, stomp down garbage and take smoke breaks. The artists insinuate workplace reality into the Second Life fantasyland by offering the workers’ gestures for sale in RMB City’s vending machines to avatars who pay with lindens (the platform’s currency). Even for digital novices like me, Cao’s show and this one open acces sible, fascinating windows onto con temporary China and the possibil ities of new artistic media. 3

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ture: El Anatsui, to Feb 27, Richard Rhodes tour 2 pm Jan 9. Photos: Mark Nowaczynski, to Jan 16. Ragmala: Garland Of Melodies, to Mar 20. Fryderyk Chopin & The Romantic Piano; Position As Desired/Exploring African Canadian Identity: Photographs From The Wedge Collection, to Mar 27. Playful Pursuits: Chinese Traditional Toys And Games, to May 13. Painting: Jane Ash Poitras, to Sep 1. $22, stu/srs $19; $11, stu/srs $9.50 Fri 4:30-9:30 pm; free Wed 4:30-5:30 pm. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA Drawing With Scissors: Molas From Kuna Yala, to Feb 13. Beauty Born Of Use: The Fibre Rain Cape, to May 1. Sculpture: Kai Chan, to May 1. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321. VARLEY ART GALLERY Sculpture: Kai Chan, to Jan 30. $5, stu/srs $4. 216 Main. 905-4779511. 3

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leon, in Casablanca, Ontario, where he shares a home with the father of an old army buddy. As the alcoholic Napoleon, traumatized by a mysterious incident during the Vietnam War – not mentioned until past the halfway point – faces his own death, the narrator tries to chase down his demons. The story, told in metaphordrenched prose (first-novelist Skibsrud is also a poet), unfolds at just the right pace. There are moments, as the author focuses on a piece of minutia, when you wonder, “Why is she talking about that?” But every detail, every reference, every element – especially the elaborate symbolism of the former Casablanca, buried by floods courtesy of the St. Lawrence Seaway – is there for a reason. All in good time. Some reviewers have referred to this book as a slow read. Don’t believe it. It’s not slow. It’s meticulous. And it does creep up on you.

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the last time i talked to stephen Dorff, we were just kids. It was the winter of 1992, and he was the star of the forgettable South African drama The Power Of One. I was interviewing him for a Toronto daily. Nearly two decades later, he’s squatting on the floor of a room in the Hazelton Hotel, bracing himself against a desk chair. He’s tweaked his back on the flight out from Los Angeles, and he’s trying to stretch out the kink. As a great man once said, it’s not the years, it’s the mileage. Sure enough, it’s the mileage that makes Dorff so interesting in Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere. As jaded

megastar Johnny Marco, living large at the Chateau Marmont while promoting his latest generic action blockbuster, Dorff had to project

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ñ(Sofia Coppola) Rating: NNNN Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere finds the director of The Virgin Suicides, Lost In Translation and Marie Antoinette once again examining the loneliness of the beautiful and pampered, this time from the perspective of a jaded Hollywood actor (Stephen Dorff) trying to reconnect with his young daughter (Elle Fanning) when her mother leaves her in his care. Coppola follows Dorff’s listless A-lister through the grind of megastar life – a banal press junket, a trip to a vapid Italian awards show – broken up by sessions of empty sex with a series of interchangeable women. Yes, it’s ground previously covered in Lost In Translation, but this time around Coppola gives both the blasé celebrity and his impossibly patient young daughter equal consideration, and Dorff and Fanning are totally believable as parent and child. Somewhere has more on its mind than just showing us what it’s like to run into Benicio Del Toro at the Chateau Marmont. It’s a measured, thoughtful and ultimately moving study of a lost soul trying to reassess his priorities NW because he likes his kid and there’s nothing good on TV.

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ter actor rather than a household ROMANCE name type. And he’s cool with that. “Obviously, there are certain parts that I could identify with, being an BLUE VALENTINE (Derek Cianfrance). 120 actor [and] living in hotels a lot of my minutes. Opens Friday (January 7). For life for movies or wherever,” he says, easing onto the couch and lighting a venues and times, see Movies, page 48. Rating: NNN Camel. “But it’s the most challenging part There was a helluva hubbub surroundI’ve ever played because there’s none ing both the MPAA’s decision to slap of the tricks an actor relies on. I can Blue Valentine with an unwarranted mimic anybody, anything. If you give NC-17 rating and the film’s distribume old-age makeup I can be an old man. If you give me a wig and heels I tors’ subsequent triumph in overturncan play Candy Darling in I Shot ing that decision. Twitter was ablaze first with outrage and then patting Andy Warhol very easily. This I found Harvey Weinstein, who was central to completely naked and raw. It’s bethe appeal process, on the back. haviour; it’s about not acting.” So audiences are likely going to be The challenge, he explains, was surprised that the movie that’s earned making the character’s behaviour so much notoriety is actually very worth watching. “Even at his worst,” Dorff says, modest, both in its charms and its baby blue content. “even as he’s falling asleep in women’s It charts the beginning and end of a crotches, there’s kind of a sweetness marriage in heart-aching detail. Ryan to the guy that I think you care about. Sofia was really [insistent] that you Gosling and Michelle Williams deliver superb, natural performances as the someroot for him.” what rough-around-the-edges couple Dorff also contributed a childlike who long ago seemed perfect for each delicacy that surfaces whenever Johnny spends time with his young other but can now barely carry on a conversation without breaking a few things. daughter, Cleo (Elle Fanning). Dorff is Derek Cianfrance’s film often feels quick to credit Coppola for giving him and Fanning the time to figure overly schematic. Its tidy time-jumping structure doesn’t do justice to the out their own dynamic well before messiness of these characters’ lives, the start of principal photography. and it clouds the spontaneity of their “I’d pick her up from school,” Dorff relationship with a pervasive mood of says. “We had to build our own trust, just between us, which was nice. And inevitability. Still, it’s a beautiful when we came on set, Sofia could put romance filled with us in all these weird situations and so many intimate we could let our relationship hopeand wistful fully go onto film.” moments That relationship gives (look out for Somewhere its heart, and Williams’s keeps it from being the tap dance) empty exercise in celebrity that even self-pity it might have been. though you “The intimacy she creknow it will ated just bleeds into the end, you film,” says Dorff. still can’t “That’s what ultimhelp but ately makes the audihope otherence feel something in a wise. movie that doesn’t have a RADHEYAN lot going on. It’s really just Michelle Williams and SIMONPILLAI Ryan Gosling deliver about these people.” 3

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When director Shlomi Eldar asked Israeli physician Raz Somech if he could film his attempts to treat a Palestinian child for a deadly immune deficiency, Somech was quick to sign up. The result is Precious Life, an exceptional documentary (on the Oscar long list for best feature doc) about love, hate, a doctor’s commitment and Mideast tensions. Somech, who loves Toronto – he studied immunology at Sick Kids – spoke to NOW about the film, the politics and the struggle for peace. What was it like being trailed by a documentary filmmaker? I’m not used to being exposed that way. But Shlomi came to me and said, “I think there’s a story here, and you know what? You’re going to be famous.” He came every day, and even tually it was like there was no camera in the room. Because he spent so much time with us, he caught some very in timate moments. So what happens if you do become famous? I don’t care about that. I’m a physician. I want to save Mohammad’s life, and I’m willing to pay the price for that. How did you raise the funds for the operation? Without a transplant, Mohammad was going to die. But the Palestinian au thorities refused to pay. So my hospital gave me 48 hours to raise the money. I wrote an appeal letter, and when Shlo mi saw it, he agreed to broadcast the story. Then a bereaved father – his son was killed by a Palestinian suicide

bomber – said he was willing to donate the money anonymously. You’ve said that the treatment for Mohammad was a good metaphor for Israel-Palestine relations. Can you explain? When we do bone marrow transplants, we take two elements and graft them onto the body. Each element has its own ambitions and wishes, and each one wants to govern the body. It’s a real fight between these two ele ments, and there’s bloodshed. At the end, the graft and the body can live together only if they learn to coexist. It’s a clear analogy. We can live togeth er only if we respect each other. Do you consider yourself a hero? Raida [Mohammad’s mother] is the great hero. She was able with time to abandon her prejudice and her pre vious ideas and to look at Israelis in a different way. Yet at one point, Raida says she hopes that if her son lives, he will become a suicide bomber.

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PRECIOUS LIFE (Shlomi Eldar) Rating: NNNN This story of Mohammad, a Gaza infant given life-saving treatment in an Israeli hospital, is full of profound paradoxes. The Israeli government promotes policies that oppress an entire Palestinian nation, yet Israelis show astonishing compassion for the baby and his parents. A donor anonymously donates $55,000 for the child’s bone marrow transplant; his son was killed by Palestinians, and

Everyone can look at the film and judge Raida on their own. I know that she was under pressure. There are many people from Gaza who believe that in order to free Jerusalem they are happy to sacrifice life. Raida really be lieved there was something more pre cious than life. I honestly don’t think she meant that she wanted her son to be a suicide bomber, but I can see where she took those words. What does this film have to say about Israel as a nation? There are two hands of Israel, one that wants to protect itself: no country wants to be attacked. And the other that knows how to criticize itself. Do you imagine Precious Life will have an Arab and Palestinian audience? The producer wants to show it in Pal estinian communities. We’re showing it to Arab journalists. I think it’s im portant. It’s balanced. It’s not Israeli propaganda. There are lots of things in it that aren’t comfortable for Israelis. SUSAN G. COLE

he just wants to save lives. The baby’s mother, Raida, appreciates the hospital’s support but suggests that if her child survives, she wants him to grow up to be a suicide bomber. Eldar’s camera stalks his subjects through hospital corridors to get right inside the action, and a sequence at the border where Mohammad’s family is delivering bone marrow samples is full of tension. But what makes this documentary so useful is that its story shows why the Palestine-Israel conflict is so intractable. The entire film is a paradox, inspiring yet SGC frustrating at the same time.

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SeaSon of The WiTch (Dominic Sena). 94 minutes. Opens Friday (January 7). For venues and times, see Movies, page 48. Rating: n It’s amazing how little entertainment value there is in watching Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman play world-weary Crusaders in a movie called Season Of The Witch. Come on! It’s Ghost Rider and Hellboy! But Cage and Perlman have very different movies in their heads. Perlman rolls out a charismatic sidekick turn worthy of a really good episode of Hercules or Xena, while Cage takes everything very, very seriously – even when he’s battling zombie monks or flesh-eating wolves lifted from a

Resident Evil sequel. Turgid and cheap-looking, with a grotty visual aesthetic reminiscent of the Tombs Of The Blind Dead movies, Season Of The Witch is one dull slog through a series of medieval clichés. Cage and Perlman are conscripted to deliver a young woman (Claire Foy) accused of witchcraft to trial at a remote abbey, where a shocking revelation lies in wait… along with the picture’s effects budget. Dominic Sena, who directed Cage in Gone In Sixty Seconds a decade ago, seems asleep at the helm, letting scenes drag on lifelessly and allowing the tension to drain out of a couple of potentially suspenseful sequences. There aren’t many movies that could be improved by giving them to Uwe Boll, but this might qualify. Imagine what he might have got out of norman Wilner his star.

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Vincent Cassel, as her possibly predatory choreographer, is pretty great himself, and Mila Kunis and Barbara Hershey contribute vivid supporting turns. If you think the whole affair is a little over the top, that’s kind of the point. Indeed, it’s the only way to make a movie this ambitious and impassioned. 110 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

BLUE VALENTINE (Derek Cianfrance) 120 min. See review, page 45. NNN (RS) Opens Jan 7 at Scotiabank Theatre.

BURLESQUE (Steve Antin) cribs from any number of trashy pictures about showbiz, but it’s not nearly as much fun as Showgirls. A small-town entertainer (Christina Aguilera) tries to make it as a dancer/singer in a nightclub, but first she must win over the club’s owner (Cher), even as the place is going under. The silly plot is really an excuse to stage repetitive Broadwaystyle numbers that are more fun to watch than listen to. 100 min. NN (GS) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Royal, Yonge & Dundas 24

BARNEY’S VERSION (Richard J. Lewis) is simultaneously ambitious and pedestrian, a radically simplified adaptation of Mordecai Richler’s final novel looking back at the life and loves of a deteriorating Montreal television producer (Paul Giamatti). THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE It’s serviceable, though it sacrifices the OF THE DAWN TREADER complexity of Richler’s (Michael Apted) finds the novel (and any subtletwo youngest Pevensie ty in Giamatti’s perEXPANDED REVIEWS siblings (Skandar Keynes formance) in order to nowtoronto.com and Georgie Henley) cram as many characwhisked – along with ters and incidents as their obnoxious cousin (Will possible into its two-plus hours. 132 min. Poulter) – to the oceans of Narnia, joining NNN (NW) King Caspian (Ben Barnes) in a quest to Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Varsity find some missing lords and restore balance to his magical land. That is, until the BLACK SWAN (Darren Aronofsky) movie drops all pretence of entertainment finds director Aronofsky returning to and turns into Walden Media’s creepiest the intensely sensual headspace of his proselytization yet. 112 min. NN (NW) debut film, Pi – now augmented with 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, subtle digital effects and sweeping Dolby Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum sound – for a deliriously operatic tale of a Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, ballerina (Natalie Portman) who starts to Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town lose her mind when she wins the role of Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, the Swan Queen in a star-making producGrande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow tion of Swan Lake at Lincoln Center. It’s a Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiarich, weird experience, and a fine showbank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity case for Portman’s tremendous range. Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

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(Alex Gibney) could have been another story about a good guy pol who had a little sex and lost everything, but director Gibney (Oscar winner for Taxi To The Dark Side) presents Spitzer as someone who was hounded by his enemies but also a deeply flawed person. Too bad we don’t hear a word from Spitzer’s wife, but this pic is super-smart nonetheless. 117 min. NNNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema

COUNTRY STRONG (Shana Feste) 117 min. See Also Opening, page 47. Opens Jan 7 at Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge.

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Coffin) stars Steve Carell as the voice of a sneering schemer who adopts three girls as part of an elaborate scheme to steal the moon. That subplot provides the movie with its most engaging and entertaining moments; the other stuff, with Gru’s tube-shaped minions jumping around at us in 3-D, is a lot less interesting. 95 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30

DUE DATE (Todd Phillips) is basically just

an update of Planes, Trains & Automobiles, with control freak Robert Downey Jr. and clueless chaos-bringer Zach Galifianakis racing from Atlanta to L.A. Downey gives a great performance, but the emotional depth winds up pushing against the broader nature of the increasingly cartoonish plot. 95 min. NNN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Royal, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñEASY A

(Will Gluck) is a chipper riff on The Scarlet Letter, in which a high school senior (Emma Stone) is branded a slut after a white lie about losing her virginity goes viral. Gluck’s film occupies the same clear-headed space as 10 Things I Hate About You and Mean Girls. It’s a movie you can respect in the morning. 93 min. NNNN (NW) Interchange 30

ENTER THE VOID (Gaspar Noé) finds the director of I Stand Alone and Irreversible considering spirituality through the afterlife experience of a dead drug dealer whose soul floats around Tokyo, flashing back over his life and peeping in on his stripper sister (Paz de la Huerta) as she has a series of unpleasant sexual encounters. (No Noé project can be complete without several protracted scenes of a woman weeping.) The director pretends to greater depth, but he’s still playing in the shallow end. If you’re just chasing a hallucinogenic, unconventional narrative experience, 2001: A Space Odyssey is still playing a couple screens over in the Lightbox. 137 min. NN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox FAIR GAME (Doug Liman) dramatizes the

story of the Bush administration’s outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) in retaliation for her husband, former U.S. ambassador Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn), poking holes in the case for invading Iraq. No matter how hard Liman tries to invest the proceedings with jittery energy, Fair Game seems like old news. 108 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant

FASTER (George Tillman Jr.) is a straight-up revenge thriller starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as a California ex-con on a mission of violent retribution. It’s a grim, lean piece of work that feels like it crawled out of a 1978 double feature. And that’s a

good thing. 98 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30

THE FIGHTER (David O. Russell) is the story

of working-class Massachusetts boxer Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg), who toils in the shadow of his older brother Dicky (Christian Bale), a former fighter who’s since spiralled into crack addiction. Obviously, Micky will have to put some space himself and between his monstrous family if he’s ever going to make anything of himself – and a romance with a comely barmaid (Amy Adams) seems to offer him the confidence he needs to do that. It’s is an underdog story that feels just like Rocky, only in this version Adrian has an outgoing personality and Paulie is on the pipe. There are no surprises or twists; everything plays out exactly as you expect it will. It’s comfort food, but it’s awfully bland. 115 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Cumberland 4, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

FILM SOCIALISME (Jean-Luc Godard) is in-

comprehensible, incoherent, intolerable – 97 minutes of an old man wanking. It’s precisely the sort of movie Godard’s critics accuse him of making all the time – an empty, self-indulgent polemic. As passengers on a Mediterranean cruise ship randomly interact, Godard touches on American imperialism, the horrors of globalization and the question of Palestine. But most of the time, the characters go on about nothing at all. Kinda like the movie. Subtitled, sort of. 97 min. N (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (Daniel Alfredson) adapts the third

and final book in Stieg Larsson’s bestselling trilogy. It’s basically a dreary court procedural in which Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) stands trial for her father’s murder. See it to complete the story, but know that the film doesn’t cut it as a stand-alone. Subtitled. 146 min. NN (SGC) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Mt Pleasant, Royal

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS (Rob Letterman) is a modern adaptation that completely de-

parts from Jonathan Swift’s classic novel. Gulliver (Jack Black), a loud mailroom slacker at a Manhattan newspaper, finds himself magically transported to Lilliput, a land with bite-sized people who seem straight from the Georgian era. They buy the giant Gulliver’s amusing tall tales about Manhattan, where he apparently died on the Titanic only to be resurrected and found out that Darth Vader is really his father. These are among the best gags in a movie that frantically explores all possibilities for laughs. Black’s typical shtick – he talks smack, lets his pants fall below his crack and jams to KISS whenever the opportunity presents itself – isn’t very funny. But he’s got some choice talent to play off, like Emily Blunt, Billy Connolly and Chris O’Dowd, who play Lilliput royalty with tongue firmly in cheek. 85 min. NNN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1 ñHARRY

(David Yates) is nearly two and a half hours long, doesn’t have an ending and introduces characters and situations that won’t pay off until the second half reaches theatres next summer – and none of that matters. This is the most satisfying and confident Harry Potter movie yet. 146 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

HEREAFTER (Clint Eastwood) is a muzzy-

headed, vaguely supernatural drama about three people (Cécile De France, Matt Damon and Frankie McLaren) whose lives are shadowed by death. Eastwood’s made lazy films before – most recently Changeling and Invictus – but the subject matter of Hereafter sets certain expectations that his indifferent approach can’t even begin to satisfy. Some subtitles. 123 min. NN (NW) Interchange 30

HOW DO YOU KNOW (James L. Brooks) follows the fortunes of two very nice

young people (Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd) as they cope with major life changes. It’s presented as a fluffy romantic comedy, but Witherspoon and Rudd are trying to play real people with real problems, and for their efforts they’ve been locked in an indifferently shot, awkwardly paced Very Special Episode of Friends. 116 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Cumberland 4, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Feng Xiaogang) may be unnecessary, but it’s still pretty enjoyable. The pleasantly passive-aggressive romance between wealthy middle-aged crank Ge You and stunning young flight attendant Shu Qi was neatly wrapped up in Feng’s 2008 original. But a hit needs a sequel, so Ge and Shu’s characters immediately complicate their engagement by deciding to act as though they’ve already been married for a few years. The actors have a charming push-and-pull dynamic that recalls classic Hollywood screwball comedies, and Feng makes the most of it. When events conspire to divide the pair in the second half of the film, Ge and Shu feel appropriately unmoored – but the movie keeps its footing, as Feng orchestrates a simple but emotionally powerful climax that brings the love story back where it needs to be. Subtitled. 118 min. NNNN (NW) Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

INCEPTION (Christopher Nolan) is a

complex thriller/heist flick with Leonardo DiCaprio as the leader of an industrial-espionage team who extract valuable information by inserting themselves into dreams. Tremendous, full-throttle filmmaking. 146 min. NNNNN (NW) Interchange 30

ñINSIDE JOB

(Charles Ferguson) takes a very complex subject – the story of the global economic collapse triggered by the 2008 failure of several American financial institutions – and explains it in terms so easily understood that if you’re not furious by the time you leave the theatre, you were probably staring at the floor with your fingers in your ears. Which a number of U.S. economists, lobbyists and politicians would appreciate. 108 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Regent Theatre

JACKASS 3D (Jeff Tremaine) is exactly like the two previous features and TV series, except for the 3-D, which is so feeble you’ll barely notice it. Johnny Knoxville and cohorts pee, puke, poop, fart, get hit and take a lot of falls in a non-stop string of simple gags and stunts. They laugh like loons when someone else gets nailed and look genuinely miserable when it’s their turn. The relentless repetition quickly generates mind-numbing boredom. 90 min. N (AD) Interchange 30

ñTHE KING’S SPEECH

(Tom Hooper) turns the relationship between the stammering prince who would become George VI (Colin Firth) and his expat Australian speech trainer (Geoffrey Rush) into a charming little period piece. Director Hooper uses inventive staging and surprising visual choices to goose the straightforward material and brings out the best in Firth, Rush and co-star Helena Bonham Carter. 118 min. NNNN (NW) Beach Cinemas, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

LA PHIL LIVE: DUDAMEL CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN is a live broadcast from the

Walt Disney Concert Hall featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel in a program that includes Beethoven’s 7th Symphony and Bernstein’s 1st Symphony. 150 min. Jan 9, 5 pm, at Colossus, Eglinton Town

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LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE (Zack Snyder) turns Kathryn Lasky’s fantasy novels into an intense, kinetic and slightly insane action movie populated entirely by photo-realistic owls who don helmets and battle gloves. It’s technically dazzling, but the story races from one incident to the next with such speed that the characters aren’t the only ones left breathless. 94 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30

ñLET ME IN

(Matt Reeves) successfully adapts Tomas Alfredson’s Swedish chiller Let The Right One In, transferring the action to New Mexico. A bullied teen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and an enigmatic neighbour (Chloë Grace Moretz) bond as a series of murders sweep their apartment complex. Writer/director Reeves honours Alfredson’s original from the very first frames. 115 min. NNNN (NW) Interchange 30

LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (Greg Berlanti) stars Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel as coguardians of the orphaned baby of their deceased best friends. The idea that parents would leave their child with such an irresponsible pairing and not tell them is the movie’s first stupid plot point, and it continues in poor taste from there. 115 min. NN (RS) Interchange 30

LITTLE FOCKERS (Paul Weitz) arrives six

years after Meet The Fockers for more predictable in-law-from-hell hijinks. Now raising five-year-old twins with his wife Pam (Teri Polo), Gaylord “Greg” Focker (Ben Stiller) once again raises the suspicions of Pam’s dad, retired CIA agent Jack (Robert De Niro), who’s come for the twins’ birthday party. Various storylines about an erectile dysfunction pill, a sexy drug rep (Jessica Alba) and Pam’s ex (Owen Wilson) clumsily intersect, creating some funny moments. The actors are fine enough – Stiller makes a great straight man, and Wilson takes his airhead act to a blissful new level – but the script is a mess. The writers set up situations that never pay off, including a preschool run by a hyperactive Laura Dern and a bad contractor situation that reunites De Niro with his Taxi Driver/Mean Streets co-star Harvey Keitel. Director Weitz doesn’t know what to do with them, which is simply Focked up. 98 min. NN (GS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (Edward Zwick)

wants to be a frothy romantic comedy about a Pfizer pharmaceutical rep (Jake Gyllenhaal) who falls into a no-strings sexual relationship with a doe-eyed Parkinson’s patient (Anne Hathaway). But it just tries so damn hard to win you over that it’s exhausting. 113 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Eglinton Town Centre, Interchange 30, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

MADE IN DAGENHAM (Nigel Cole) is a

feminist crowd-pleaser from the director of Calendar Girls that tracks female workers, led by Rita O’Grady (an excellent Sally Hawkins), striking for equal pay at a UK Ford plant. It presses the women’s solidarity button almost too hard, but there’s some great writing, and the period detail is exquisite. 113 min. NNN (SGC) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre

MEGAMIND (Tom McGrath) has an in-

genius villain-beats-hero premise, but it’s executed with parts cribbed from Shrek, Despicable Me, The Incredibles and Monsters Vs. Aliens. Will Ferrell is great as the insecure super-genius, and David Cross has fun as his talking-fish sidekick, but

they’re trapped in a formula storyline. 96 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST is a live high-def broad-

cast of the Puccini opera, starring Deborah Voigt and Marcello Giordani, in a production that marks the 100th anniversary of the work’s world premiere at the Met. 216 min. Jan 8, 1 pm, at Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge

MORNING GLORY (Roger Michell) casts

Harrison Ford as an aging newshound forced to take a gig co-hosting a struggling New York morning show, produced by Rachel McAdams, with Diane Keaton as a vain has-been. Pleasant enough fluff, but nothing more. 106 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30, Royal

THE NEXT THREE DAYS (Paul Haggis) finds the Oscar-winning button-pushing director remaking the 2008 Eurothriller Pour Elle, with family man Russell Crowe deciding to break his wife (Elizabeth Banks) out of prison after she’s convicted of murder. Utterly predictable. 133 min. NN (NW) Interchange 30

ñ127 HOURS

(Danny Boyle) tells the story of Aron Ralston (James Franco), who spent the eponymous span of time trapped under a boulder in a Utah canyon before hitting on a particularly horrible solution. Franco is terrific as a guy with a powerful will to live. And yes, the climax is exactly as gruelling as you’ve heard. 93 min. NNNN (NW) Cumberland 4, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (Tod Williams) sticks reasonably close to the elements that made the original so effective, and feels like a genuine companion piece to the first picture. It’s still scary, but the scares seem more predictable. 91 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30 PRECIOUS LIFE (Shlomi Eldar) 86 min.

See Q&A and review, page 46. NNNN (SGC) Opens Jan 7 at Empire Theatres at Empress Walk.

ñRABBIT HOLE

(John Cameron Mitchell) tracks bereaved parents Becca and Howie in a moving meditation on grief. Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart are sensational, as is Dianne Wiest as Kidman’s mother. Oscar could call on all of them, and the movie, too. 91 min. NNNN (SGC) Varsity

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RED (Robert Schwentke) doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but as all-star action movies go it’s a lot more fun than The Expendables. The starry cast have a fine time sending themselves up as his fellow codgers, and Schwentke’s sprightly direction keeps the mayhem at a comic-book remove. 111 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30 SAW 3D (Kevin Greutert) is just like the six previous Saws, except it’s in nothingspecial 3-D. Characters try to escape from elaborate death traps set by either a secret accomplice of dead serial killer John Kramer (Tobin Bell) or crooked cop Hoffman (Costas Mandylor). A disappointing series finale. 91 min. NN (AD) Interchange 30 SEASON OF THE WITCH (Dominic Sena) 94 min. See review, page 47. N (NW) Opens Jan 7 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow continued on page 50 œ

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SECRETARIAT (Randall Wallace) is the true story of the colt that won the Triple Crown in 1973. Owner Diane Lane coasts on a beaming smile and a trembling lower lip, while trainer John Malkovich sports a series of truly hideous outfits. It’s that kind of movie. We deserve better. 122 min. N (NW) Interchange 30, Regent Theatre

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TRON: LEGACY (Joseph

Kosinski) is a great-looking dud. The visual architecture is breathnowtoronto.com taking: sweeping, neonlit digital vistas of the grid; cool, sexy interiors that look like an Apple commercial directed by Kubrick. It’s an imSTONE (John Curran) stars Robert De Niro mersive and sensory experience in which as a hard-case Detroit parole officer flumeven the amplified sound design featuring moxed by his latest applicant (Edward Daft Punk’s psychedelic score feels like it’s Norton), who claims to be in the middle of been given a 3-D boost. Unfortunately, a spiritual rebirth. It’s hard to say which the characters and plot feel very analog. element of this risible drama is sillier – Jeff Bridges reprises his role as aging hackAngus MacLachlan’s portentous screener Kevin Flynn, who’s reunited with play, cobbled together from half a dozen roguish son Sam (Garrett Hedlund) after of Jim Thompson’s lesser potboilers, or being imprisoned in a video game by his Norton’s sustained impression of Bubbles digital doppelgänger CLU (Bridges renfrom The Wire. 105 min. N (NW) dered 20 years younger). When these Interchange 30 characters aren’t involved in spectacular TANGLED (Nathan Greno, Byron light cycle chases or flinging those shiny Howard) is a fleet, fun and splenfrisbees around, they’re delivering the didly realized digital fantasy designed to kind of stilted dialogue that would be at look like a Disneyland attraction come to home in the Star Wars prequels… or the life. The best performance is delivered by original TRON. 125 min. NN (RS) the animators of Maximus, a guardsman’s 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Colihorse clearly modelled on Tommy Lee seum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park Jones in The Fugitive – but funnier, ob16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres viously, because he’s a horse. 101 min. at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy NNNN (NW) Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Mar401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliket Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow seum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity YorkCentre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, dale Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity TRUE GRIT (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen) is Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity a lot of things, but quaint isn’t one of Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 them. It’s mean as a snake, and has no illuTHE TEMPEST (Julie Taymor) proves that sions about the Glorious West. There’s a Taymor may be a fountain of visual ideas, grave seriousness at the movie’s heart – but she should stay away from CGI. The it’s a story about the harshness of death, effects in her version of the Bard’s classic and the illusory promise of revenge and are laughable, which detracts from her redemption. In addition to stunning newevocative use of the Hawaiian landscapes. comer Hailee Steinfeld, who plays the Taymor adapts the play with a gender teenage would-be avenger Mattie Ross, bend, changing hero Prospero to Prospera and Matt Damon, who turns up as a blow(Helen Mirren, who is a marvel), but this hard Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf, smallstripped-down version takes a dip in the er roles are filled out thoughtfully and middle when her character all but diswith a nice feel for period. And then appears. Russell Brand is actually very cool there’s Jeff Bridges, the artist formerly as the comical Trinculo, easily holding his known as The Dude, who once again takes own alongside Alfred Molina as the drunka genre character and invests it with such en Stephano. As Calaban, Djimon Hounhumanity and depth that you realize sou has a hard time grappling with the you’ve underestimated the man all over text, but beautiful Ben Whishaw (Bright again. If Bridges does end up snatching Star) rocks as Ariel. I’ve upped the rating another Oscar away from Colin Firth this for the poetry. That guy Shakespeare year, no one could possibly hold it against could write. 109 min. NNN (SGC) him. 109 min. NNNNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town THE TOURIST (Florian von Donnersmarck) Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, finds the Oscar-winning director of The Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Lives Of Others going Hollywood by makQueensway, Rainbow Market Square, ing a generic studio picture that feels 40 Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, years past its sell-by date. Angelina Jolie (Sofia Coppola) 97 min. See interview and review, page 45. NNNN (NW) Opens Jan 7 at Varsity.

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and Johnny Depp look great but have no chemistry. They somehow negate one another in the frame, leaving us stuck with paper-thin characters and a movie that has no idea where it’s going or how to get there in an entertaining fashion. 103 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

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UNSTOPPABLE (Tony Scott) sends Denzel Washington and Chris Pine after a runaway train speeding out of control toward an elevated trestle over which it will surely plummet, smack in the middle of a city of tens of thousands of people. The movie has a certain momentum, but it’s no fun at all. 98 min. NN (NW) Coliseum Scarborough, Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24 YOGI BEAR (Eric Brevig) won’t be spawning any new interest in the 50-year-old cartoon bear who parts campers from their “pic-a-nic” baskets. The new liveaction movie featuring CGI renditions of Yogi and Boo Boo (voiced by Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake) has sly winks and tongue-in-check humour that may satisfy adults but are bound to go over a fiveyear-old’s head. Yogi and Boo Boo join forces with their old bud Ranger Smith (Tom Cavanagh) to save Jellystone Park from a mayor hell bent on selling its trees. While there’s fun in a few choice wisecracks and pic-a-nic basket heists, Yogi Bear’s attempt to be smarter than your average family film fails to satisfy its target audience. 83 min. NN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 YOU AGAIN (Andy Fickman) isn’t nearly

the guilty pleasure its premise promises. Kristen Bell plays Marni, a successful woman whose brother is marrying her high-school nemesis, Joanna (Odette Yustman). Meanwhile, Marni’s mom (Jamie Lee Curtis) is shocked to discover that Joanna’s aunt (Sigourney Weaver) is her own high school rival. With the exception of Yustman, the leads do their best with the soggy material, even though there’s little motivation, character or real comedy. 105 min. NN (GS) Interchange 30

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(Woody Allen) is a sly entry tracking the desires and anxieties of people who go the distance – and a bit too far – to chase their dreams. Great ensemble cast, especially Naomi Watts and Josh Brolin as a couple with problems. 98 min. NNNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema 3

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BURLESQUE (PG) 9:10 Thu 4:15 mat THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER (PG) 1:25, 3:55, 6:45, 9:05 CLIENT 9: THE RISE AND FALL OF ELIOT SPITZER Thu 1:45 7:05 Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:05 FAIR GAME (PG) Thu 4:05 9:30 Fri-Wed 7:05, 9:30 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (14A) Thu 1:20 6:40 Fri-Wed 6:40, 9:35 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) 1:15, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45 INSIDE JOB (PG) Thu 1:30, 6:55 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:35, 6:55, 9:25 LITTLE FOCKERS (PG) Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:15, 7:15, 9:20 LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (14A) 2:00, 4:20, 7:20, 9:40 MADE IN DAGENHAM (14A) 1:50, 4:30 Thu 7:10, 9:25 late THE TOURIST (PG) 1:55, 4:10, 7:00, 9:15 YOGI BEAR (G) Thu 1:40, 3:35, 5:20, 7:15, 9:00 YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER (PG) Thu 4:25, 9:35 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:25, 7:10

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4:30, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 Sun 10:45, 11:30, 1:00, 2:00, 3:30, 4:30, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 9:00, 10:00, 10:40 Mon-Wed 2:00, 3:30, 4:30, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 9:00, 10:00, 10:40 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) Thu-Sun 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 TANGLED (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:10, 8:40 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:15, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:15, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 TANGLED 3D (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:15, 7:05, 9:25 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:15, 5:45 Mon-Wed 3:15, 5:45 TEES MAAR KHAN (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:40, 9:45 TRUE GRIT (14A) Thu 1:30, 2:30, 3:15, 4:15, 5:15, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:15 Fri 1:00, 1:45, 2:30, 3:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:15, 10:00, 10:45 Sat-Sun 11:00, 11:45, 1:00, 1:45, 2:30, 3:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:15, 10:00, 10:45 Mon-Wed 1:45, 2:30, 3:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:15, 10:00, 10:45 UNSTOPPABLE (PG) Thu 4:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:35, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 Sat-Sun 12:10, 2:35, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 YOGI BEAR (G) Thu 1:45, 3:00, 4:00, 5:15, 6:20, 8:45 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:20, 4:30, 6:20, 6:40, 8:45 Sat-Sun 11:55, 2:20, 4:30, 6:20, 6:40, 8:45 YOGI BEAR 3D (G) Thu 1:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:30, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:05, 5:15 Mon-Wed 3:05, 5:15

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THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER 3D (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:40, 6:20, 9:10 COUNTRY STRONG (PG) Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 Mon-Tue 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 Wed 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 THE FIGHTER (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:30, 6:40, 9:30 Mon-Tue 1:20, 4:00, 7:10, 9:55 Wed 4:00, 9:30 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:45, 8:00 Fri, Sun 1:15, 4:40, 8:00 Sat 8:00 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:50, 8:00 LITTLE FOCKERS (PG) Thu 1:15, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:00, 6:20, 9:00 Mon-Tue 1:05, 3:30, 6:20, 9:00 Wed 1:20, 3:45, 6:20, 9:00 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST Sat 1:00 SEASON OF THE WITCH Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 10:00 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 TANGLED 3D (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:10, 6:45, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:15, 6:30, 9:15 Mon-Tue 1:10, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10 Wed 1:10, 3:40, 6:40, 9:25 THE TOURIST (PG) Thu 2:00, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Fri, Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Sat 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:20, 7:05, 9:35 TRON: LEGACY 3D (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Mon-Wed 1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:40

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The chronicles oF narnia: The Voyage oF The dawn Treader 3d (PG) Thu 12:45 3:30 6:30 9:30 FriWed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 The FighTer (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:45, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:10, 10:00 gulliVer’s TraVels Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 gulliVer’s TraVels 3d Thu 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 harry PoTTer and The deaThly hallows: ParT 1 (PG) Thu-Sun 9:15 how do you know (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:50 liTTle Fockers (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:20, 6:50, 9:40 Mon-Wed 12:45, 3:20, 6:50, 9:40 season oF The wiTch Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 Tangled (PG) Thu 1:15, 3:40, 6:20 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:30 Mon-Wed 12:50, 3:30, 6:30 The TourisT (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:20, 7:15, 9:55 Tron: legacy 3d (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 Mon-Wed 12:50, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 True griT (14A) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 6:45, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Mon-Wed 9:30 yogi Bear 3d (G) Thu 1:10, 3:40, 6:15, 9:00 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 Mon-Wed 1:10, 3:40, 6:20, 9:15

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CourTney Park 16 (aMC)

110 CourTney Park e aT huronTario, 888-262-4386 Black swan (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:25, 7:10, 9:40 Fri 1:35, 4:00, 6:35, 9:05, 11:25 Sat 10:50, 1:35, 4:00, 6:35, 9:05, 11:25 Sun 10:50, 1:35, 4:00, 6:35, 9:05 Mon-Wed 1:35, 4:00, 6:35, 9:05 The chronicles oF narnia: The Voyage oF The dawn Treader 3d (PG) 2:05, 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 Sat-Sun 11:30 mat counTry sTrong (PG) 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25 Sat-Sun 11:10 mat The FighTer (14A) Thu 2:15, 5:00, 7:50, 10:30 Fri 12:55, 3:30, 6:15, 9:00, 11:30 Sat 10:20, 12:55, 3:30, 6:15, 9:00, 11:30 Sun-Wed 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 gulliVer’s TraVels 3d Thu, Mon-Wed 2:10, 4:10, 6:15, 8:15, 10:35 Fri 12:10, 2:10, 4:10, 6:15, 8:15, 10:50 Sat 10:00, 12:10, 2:10, 4:10, 6:15, 8:15, 10:50 Sun 10:00, 12:10, 2:10, 4:10, 6:15, 8:15, 10:35 harry PoTTer and The deaThly hallows: ParT 1 (PG) Thu 7:35, 10:40 Fri 1:20, 4:25, 7:30, 10:45 Sat 10:15, 1:20, 4:25, 7:30, 10:45 Sun 12:30, 3:50, 7:00, 10:00 MonWed 3:50, 7:00, 10:00 how do you know (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:15 FriWed 1:30, 7:05 The king’s sPeech (PG) 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:40 Sat-Sun 11:00 mat liTTle Fockers (PG) Thu 1:50, 2:40, 4:10, 5:00, 6:35, 7:35, 9:00, 10:00 Fri 2:05, 4:35, 7:00, 9:20, 11:30 Sat 11:40, 2:05, 4:35, 7:00, 9:20, 11:30 Sun 11:40, 2:05, 4:35, 7:00, 9:20 Mon-Wed 2:05, 4:35, 7:00, 9:20 season oF The wiTch Fri 1:50, 4:20, 6:45, 9:05, 11:20 Sat 11:15, 1:50, 4:20, 6:45, 9:05, 11:20 Sun 11:15, 1:50, 4:20, 6:45, 9:05 Mon-Wed 1:30, 3:50, 6:05, 8:25, 10:45 The social neTwork (14A) 4:15, 9:55 Sat-Sun 10:40 mat Tangled (PG) 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:35 Sat-Sun 11:05 mat The TourisT (PG) 3:00, 5:25, 7:55, 10:35 Fri 12:40 mat Sat-Sun 10:05, 12:40 mat Tron: legacy (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:55 Tron: legacy 3d (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 Fri 12:50, 3:45, 7:00, 9:55 Sat-Sun 10:00, 12:50, 3:45, 7:00, 9:55 Mon-Wed 3:45, 7:00, 9:55 Tron: legacy: an iMaX 3d eXPerience (PG) Thu 2:20, 5:05, 8:00, 10:45 Fri 2:20, 5:05, 8:00, 11:00 Sat 11:25, 2:20, 5:05, 8:00, 11:00 Sun 11:25, 2:20, 5:05, 8:00, 10:35 MonWed 2:20, 5:05, 8:00, 10:35 True griT (14A) Thu 2:50, 5:30, 8:15, 10:45 Fri 12:45, 3:20, 6:00, 8:45, 11:15 Sat 10:10, 12:45, 3:20, 6:00, 8:45, 11:15 Sun 10:10, 12:45, 3:20, 6:00, 8:45 Mon-Wed 3:20, 6:00, 8:45 yogi Bear (G) Thu 1:35, 3:30, 5:30 yogi Bear 3d (G) Thu 2:35, 4:45, 7:15, 9:20 Fri 12:20, 2:35, 4:45, 6:45, 8:50, 11:00 Sat 10:00, 12:20, 2:35, 4:45, 6:45, 8:50, 11:00 Sun 10:15, 12:20, 2:35, 4:45, 6:45, 8:50 MonWed 2:35, 4:45, 6:45, 8:50

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Black swan (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:40, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:45, 6:50, 9:40 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:20, 9:10 The chronicles oF narnia: The Voyage oF The dawn Treader 3d (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:40, 9:30 Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:05, 7:10, 9:50 counTry sTrong (PG) Fri-Sat 1:05, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 Sun 1:05, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:10, 10:05 due daTe (14A) Thu 7:25, 10:05 Fri-Sun 4:30, 7:15, 10:15 Mon-Wed 7:15, 10:15 harry PoTTer and The deaThly hallows: ParT 1 (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:00, 8:10 Fri-Sun 1:30, 5:00, 8:15 how do you know (PG) Thu 4:05, 7:05, 9:50 Fri-Sat 1:35, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30 Sun 1:35, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 MonWed 3:55, 7:05, 9:55 The king’s sPeech (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:10, 9:00 la Phil liVe: dudaMel conducTs BeeThoVen Sun 5:00 liTTle Fockers (PG) Thu 3:40, 4:10, 4:45, 6:15, 6:45, 7:30, 8:40, 9:10, 9:55 Fri-Sun 12:45, 1:15, 3:20, 4:00, 6:20, 7:00, 9:00, 9:45 Mon-Wed 3:50, 4:20, 6:15, 6:50, 8:40, 9:30 MegaMind (PG) Thu 4:30 Fri-Sun 2:00 Mon-Wed 4:35 The MeTroPoliTan oPera: la Fanciulla del wesT Sat 1:00 season oF The wiTch Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10

Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 Tangled 3d (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:30, 8:55 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:10, 6:30, 9:10 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:30, 8:55 The TourisT (PG) Thu 4:20, 4:50, 6:50, 7:20, 9:20, 9:50 Fri 1:10, 1:40, 3:50, 4:50, 6:35, 7:50, 9:15, 10:25 Sat 1:10, 3:50, 6:35, 7:50, 9:15, 10:25 Sun 1:10, 1:40, 3:50, 6:35, 9:15, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:10, 4:40, 6:45, 7:25, 9:15, 9:55 Tron: legacy 3d (PG) Thu 3:40, 4:20, 6:30, 7:15, 9:20, 10:10 Fri-Sat 12:35, 1:20, 3:35, 4:20, 6:45, 7:20, 9:50, 10:20 Sun 12:35, 1:20, 3:35, 4:20, 6:45, 7:20, 9:50, 10:15 MonWed 3:35, 4:15, 6:40, 7:15, 9:40, 10:10 Tron: legacy: an iMaX 3d eXPerience (PG) 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:00 mat True griT (14A) Thu 3:45, 4:15, 6:20, 7:10, 9:00, 9:45 FriSun 12:50, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 yogi Bear (G) Thu 4:00, 6:35, 8:40 Fri-Sun 1:55, 4:25, 6:55, 9:05 yogi Bear 3d (G) Thu 3:30, 6:05, 8:10 Fri-Sun 1:25, 3:40, 6:10, 8:30 Mon-Wed 4:30, 6:35, 8:45

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30 inTerChange Way, hWy 400 & hWy 7, 416-335-5323 Burlesque (PG) 4:00, 4:35, 6:45, 7:20, 9:35, 10:10 SatSun 10:45, 12:55, 1:40 mat desPicaBle Me 3d (PG) 5:25 Sat-Sun 10:30, 12:45, 3:05 mat easy a (14A) Thu 7:55 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:40, 6:55, 9:10 SatSun 11:50, 2:20, 4:40, 6:55, 9:10 Fair gaMe (PG) 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Sat-Sun 11:45, 2:25 mat FasTer (14A) 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:20, 2:45 mat The FighTer (14A) 4:10, 4:55, 6:50, 7:35, 9:40, 10:15 SatSun 10:35, 11:15, 1:20, 2:00 mat The girl who kicked The horneT’s nesT (14A) 3:35, 6:40, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:25 mat gulliVer’s TraVels 4:15, 6:25, 8:35 Sat-Sun 11:20, 2:00 mat gulliVer’s TraVels 3d 3:45, 4:50, 5:50, 7:00, 8:00, 9:15, 10:10 Sat-Sun 10:55, 11:50, 1:30, 2:30 mat guzaarish (PG) 3:40, 6:35, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:35 mat hereaFTer (PG) 6:20 Sat-Sun 12:40 mat incePTion (PG) 3:35, 6:45, 9:55 Sat-Sun 12:15 mat Jackass 3d (18A) 7:35, 10:05 legend oF The guardians: The owls oF ga’hoole 3d (PG) 5:20 Sat-Sun 11:55, 2:35 mat leT Me in (14A) Thu 5:15, 10:10 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:25, 10:15 Sat-Sun 11:00, 1:45, 4:30, 7:25, 10:15 liFe as we know iT (PG) 4:30, 7:05, 9:50 Sat-Sun 11:05, 1:50 mat loVe & oTher drugs (14A) 4:25, 7:00, 9:50 Sat-Sun 10:50, 1:25 mat Made in dagenhaM (14A) 4:30, 7:10, 9:55 Sat-Sun 11:05, 1:50 mat Morning glory (PG) 3:45, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 1:00 mat The neXT Three days (14A) 3:40, 6:25, 9:10 Sat-Sun 12:35 mat 127 hours (14A) 5:05, 7:20, 9:35 Sat-Sun 12:10 mat ParanorMal acTiViTy 2 (14A) 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:10 mat raise your head (14A) Thu 4:40, 6:55, 9:10 red 4:20, 6:55, 9:30 Sat-Sun 10:45, 1:35 mat saw 3d (18A) 7:45, 10:05 secreTariaT (G) 6:25 Sat-Sun 1:05 mat The social neTwork (14A) 4:05, 6:50, 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:10 mat sTone 3:50, 9:15 Tees Maar khan (PG) 3:30, 6:30, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:30 mat The Town (14A) 4:20, 7:20, 10:05 Sat-Sun 10:40, 1:35 mat unsToPPaBle (PG) 4:45, 7:05, 9:25 Sat-Sun 11:40, 2:10 mat you again (PG) 3:55, 9:10

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ProMenade Mall, hWy 7 & baThurST, 905-764-3247 The chronicles oF narnia: The Voyage oF The dawn Treader (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 6:50, 9:25 how do you know (PG) Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 1:05, 4:00, 6:50, 9:20 Mon 4:00, 6:50, 9:20 liTTle Fockers (PG) Thu 12:45, 2:55, 5:15, 7:25, 9:35 FriWed 1:20, 4:20, 7:00, 9:10 season oF The wiTch Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:10, 9:25 The TourisT (PG) Thu 1:00 4:10 7:15 9:30 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:10, 7:15, 9:30 Tron: legacy (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:00, 9:25 True griT (14A) Thu 1:10 3:50 6:45 9:20 Fri-Wed 1:10, 3:50, 6:45, 9:15 yogi Bear 3d (G) Thu 12:50, 3:00, 5:10, 7:05, 9:10 FriWed 1:00, 3:45, 7:05, 9:00

West grande - STeeleS (Ce) hWy 410 & STeeleS, 905-455-1590

The chronicles oF narnia: The Voyage oF The dawn Treader 3d (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:20, 9:05 Fri 3:30, 6:10, 9:15 Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:10, 9:15 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:35, 9:15 The FighTer (14A) Thu 4:00, 6:45, 9:35 Fri 4:00, 7:20, 10:10 Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:20, 10:10 Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:05, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:05, 9:55 gulliVer’s TraVels Thu 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:40, 9:05 Sat-Sun 1:40, 4:15, 6:40, 9:05 harry PoTTer and The deaThly hallows: ParT 1 (PG) Thu 9:00 Fri-Wed 8:55 how do you know (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:35, 9:20 liTTle Fockers (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:25, 9:55 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 Sat-Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 season oF The wiTch Fri 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 Sat 1:50, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 Sun 1:50, 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:35, 10:00 Tangled (PG) Thu 4:05 6:30 Fri-Wed 3:55, 6:30 Sat-Sun 1:20 mat The TourisT (PG) Thu 4:10, 6:40, 9:15 Fri 4:25, 6:55, 9:25 Sat-Sun 12:50, 4:25, 6:55, 9:25 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:25, 9:50 Tron: legacy 3d (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:50, 9:45 Fri 3:40, 6:45, 9:50 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:45, 9:50 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:45, 9:40 True griT (14A) Thu 4:25, 7:05, 10:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 yogi Bear (G) Thu 4:50, 7:15, 9:25 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:20, 8:45 Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:20, 8:45 3

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Patrick Fabian performs The Last Exorcism on Ashley Bell.

Coming Tuesday, January 11 Howl (Mongrel, 2010) James Franco stars as Allen Ginsberg in this dramatization with animation about the creation of the titular poem and the obscenity trial it launched. Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work

The Last Exorcism (Alliance,

2010) D: Daniel Stamm, w/ Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell. Rating: NNNN; DVD package: NNNN

I’ll bump this up a degree from the three Ns I gave it on theatrical release, partly because it remains effectively creepy even though you know the story, but mostly because knowing the story adds layers of meaning upon second viewing. A conscience-stricken phony exorcist brings a documentary crew to

Dinner For Schmucks (Paramount,

2010) D: Jay Roach, w/ Steve Carell, Paul Rudd. Rating: NN; DVD package: NN

Dinner For Schmucks feels like two movies uncomfortably jammed together. The better one is a passably funny farce about an ordinary guy whose life is destroyed by the intrusion of a relentlessly helpful oddball. The worse one is a clichéd rom-com about the same guy losing his girl through his flawed values, and discovering friendship. Paul Rudd plays Tim, keen to win promotion by supplying an idiot for his boss and other executives to mock at a private dinner. Barry (Steve Carell), the chosen idiot, is naive, obsessed with making sentimental dioramas out of dead mice, short on tact and long on bad ideas. Barry shows up on the wrong night and involves Tim in a string of disasters. First and best of these is Darla, a lust-crazed stalker, played by Lucy Punch with a manic energy that lifts the movie every time she’s onscreen. Zach Galifianakis isn’t far behind her as Barry’s evil hypnotist boss. Rudd makes a good straight man to Carell’s deadpan eccentric. In the nothing-special making-of doc, Carell and company profess to be big believers in portraying the underlying humanity of comic characters. Why they think clichés do this is beyond me.

backwoods Louisiana so he can expose the tricks of the trade as he exorcises a farmer’s teenage daughter. Things go badly wrong. Horror movie and redneck clichés are notably absent. Patrick Fabian, the exorcist, and Louis Herthum, the farmer, both come across as thoughtful, complex men. Ashley Bell, the daughter, is equally believable in the sweet teen and tortured soul sides of her role.

Producers Eli Roth, Eric Newman and Tom Bliss pitch their commentary at aspiring producers and filmmakers. It’s great stuff if you want to learn about sales agents, foreign pre-sales and the domino effect of the American release on other territories. EXTRAS Director and cast commentary, producers commentary, making-of doc, exorcism doc, more. Widescreen. English, French audio. English, Spanish subtitles.

EXTRAS Making-of doc, outtakes, deleted scenes. Widescreen. English, French, Spanish audio and subtitles.

A commentary or making-of doc might have clarified director Bruce Beresford’s intentions, but the disc has no extras. EXTRAS Widescreen. English, French audio and subtitles.

Mao’s Last Dancer (Mongrel, 2009) D: Bruce Beresford, w/ Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood. Rating: NN; DVD package: none

The final ballet is spectacular, and Chi Cao demonstrates wonderful leaps throughout, but Mao’s Last Dancer is overall a bland, detached biopic with a strong narrative but no insight. As a young boy in the 1970s, Li Cunxin is taken from his peasant family by the Chinese government to live and train in the state-run ballet academy. A decade later, he’s allowed to study in the U.S. with the Houston Ballet, which leads to onstage success and a determination to stay in America when his government orders him home. Conflict ensues. The implications of a state-run upbringing emerge when the Houston Ballet’s artistic director comments on the lack of emotion in the Chinese students’ dancing. Chi, who plays Li as an adult, is a good enough actor to deliver strong emotion when he needs to, but the script never goes very deep into Li’s emotional life. Nor does it do much with the rigours of ballet training or the effects of the differences between Chinese and Western approaches to dance. These things are all present, but only as passing elements.

(eOne, 2010) Documentary traces a year in the life of the famed comic as she turns 75.

Animal Kingdom

(eOne, 2010) Hard-edged Australian crime drama about a 17-year-old caught between the cops and his violent criminal family.

The Freebie (Phase 4, 2010) Katie Aselton and Dax Shepard play young lovers who give each other a one-night break from the relationship, no questions asked. 3 movies@nowtoronto.com

Resident Evil: Afterlife (Alliance, 2010) D: Paul W.S. Anderson, w/ Milla Jovovich, Shawn Roberts. Rating: NNN; DVD package: NNN Even in 2-D, Resident Evil: Afterlife is a fun ride, but this really should have been brought to DVD in 3-D, where director Paul W.S. Anderson’s love of flinging stuff in your face and plunging you into vertiginous depths really shines. Genetically enhanced Alice (Milla Jovovich) opens the movie with a spectacular assault on the Tokyo headquarters of the evil Umbrella Corp. (They launched the zombie apocalypse.) Then she joins a group of survivors holed up in a prison. They’re looking for Arcadia, whose radio broadcasts promise shelter and safety. Not every actor can play a convincing action hero, but Jovovich does it with focused intensity in her movements and her mastery of deadpan dialogue. Anderson provides a solid, nuts-andbolts commentary. EXTRAS Commentary, cast doc, action doc. Widescreen. English, French audio and subtitles.

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chatpong Weerasethakul. 7 pm. Howl (2010) D: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. 9:15 pm. Fri 7 – You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger (2010) D: Woody Allen. 4:30 pm. Inside Job (2010) D: Charles Ferguson. 7 pm. The Tourist (2010) D: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. 9:20 pm. saT 8 – Howl. 4:45 pm. You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger. 6:45 pm. The Godfather (1972) D: Francis Ford Coppola. 9 pm. sun 9 – Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. 1:45 pm. Amélie (2001) D: Jean-Pierre Jeunet. 4 pm. Inside Job. 6:30 pm. Phantom Of The Paradise (1974) D: Brian De Palma. 8:45 pm. Mon 10 – Inside Job. 4:30 pm. B-Movie Fest: I Drink Your Blood (1970) D: David E Durston. 7 pm. Bloody Pit Of Horror (1965) D: Massimo Pupillo. 9 pm. Tue 11 – Vertigo (1958) D: Alfred Hitchcock. 4:15 pm. The Tourist. 7 pm. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (2009) D: Daniel Alfredson. 9:05 pm.

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2 bdrm, 2nd floor apt. on residential street at Rogers and Old Weston Rd. Newly renod. Open concept kitch. /living area. Hrdwd. and ceramic floors. One extra-large bedroom with closet and one smaller bedroom. Backyard, TTC, $1100/month incl. Parking available for $50/month. No dogs, please. 416-854-4409

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I’m a 27-year-old dIvorced woman.

I married the first man I ever had sex with, and we had a very vanilla sex life. He refused to try any play with dominant/submissive roles. My fantasies have always involved my submission, and my favourite porn features women being submissive. My current boyfriend is very open and experienced. With him, I’ve tried being held down during sex, light bondage, dirty talk, gentle choking, etc. The sex is AMAZING. Here’s my problem: A few nights ago while we were watching TV and cuddling, he started to stroke my body. I asked if I could touch myself and if he would keep watching TV while I did it. I had the most intense orgasm of my life while he ignored me. We talked about how this was very submissive behaviour, and I said that I’d like to explore it more if he’s open to it. (He is.) My concern is that this submission might spill over into the relationship. I am NOT submissive in the relationship; we’re very much equals. I know that he sees it as a sexual kink and is very GGG, but I’m concerned that it could lead to him thinking that I want to be ignored in other aspects of the relationship. Seeing as this is my second relationship and the first time I’ve been able to indulge my submissive desires, I might be worrying over nothing. I’m feeling like an emotionally leotarded, sexually repressed teenager. Scared Of Submission Keep talking to your boyfriend, leotard, and you’ll be just fine.

At first it struck me as odd that you would be troubled by a thoroughly sweet moment of soft-focus, fuzzy-bunnies Dom/ sub intimacy and not by the other, arguably more intense, SM games you’ve been playing with your boyfriend. There you are getting held down, tied up, talked down-and-dirty to, and “gently choked” (gentle or not, choking is a bad idea)… and you’re worried that being ignored while you masturbate takes you into new and dangerously submissive territory? After a moment’s thought, I realized why this particular game troubled you so much: All of that other stuff took place in obviously sexual contexts, i.e., it happened in the bedroom while you were getting it on. This game – a game you initiated – began during a moment of not specifically sexual intimacy. You were cuddling, you were watching TV, you weren’t having sex. If Dom/sub games can break out when you’re just sitting there watching TV, who’s to say that Dom/sub games can’t break out when you’re doing the dishes? Or at the movies? Or having dinner with your parents? You can have the Dom/sub dynamics you enjoy without having to worry about them slopping over into other areas of your life, SOS, by being assertive, communicative and vigilant. If you can ask a man to ignore you and keep watching TV while you masturbate, SOS, you should be able to say this to him: “Being submissive turns me on when we’re having sex – and the minute I started masturbating we were having sex – but if you treat me like

anything other than your equal when we’re not having sex, Sir, I will kick your fucking ass.”

my guy wants to come In my mouth.

I am fine with the act, but he produces a high volume of ejaculate, like 3 tablespoons’ worth. The only thing I can think of is getting him most of the way there and letting him come on my face. Any advice on how I can do this for him? GGG Sex Partner I measured out 3 tablespoons of halfand-half, GSP, and you couldn’t drown a kitten in it, much less a GGG sex partner. An adult should be able to knock that back without much trouble. Give the man a blow job, GSP, and let him come in your mouth. If there’s too much ejaculate to swallow, or if you can’t manage to precisely time swallows to spurts, allow the excess ejaculate to run out of the corners of your mouth. If you don’t want to swallow any ejaculate, close the top of your throat when he begins to come and spit it all out – into your hand or onto a towel, or just let it run down and over his dick – once he’s done.

I recently started college, and I met

an amazing woman. Call her Jennifer. She’s talented artistically, poetically and with a blade. I met her at the Renaissance Club, and the first time I saw her at Fight Circle I was intrigued. Older club members often adopt new club members. Jennifer and her girlfriend, Robin, adopted me as their daughter. A couple of weeks afterward, we decided to have

a pet/Mistresses relationship between the three of us. I was content with this because it would allow me to get closer to Jennifer. One night, she and I “slept” together, and soon afterward, Jennifer decided to put the pet/Mistress relationship on hold because she didn’t want to drag me into her relationship drama. I’m not sure what to do: should I wait for them to break up (they have been having arguments lately, and Robin still isn’t aware that Jennifer and I “slept” together), wait for Robin to allow us to have a pet/Mistress relationship again or just move on? Ex-Pet Lesbian Sword fights, adoptions, pets, Mistresses, faux incest/pseudo-bestiality roleplaying games – a lot has changed at Liberty University since I was an undergrad. Look, EPL, if Jennifer and Robin are falling apart, step back and be patient. That way you won’t be held responsible by the rest of Renaissance Club once you and Jennifer resume your pet/Mistress/mommy/ daughter/whatever routine.

I am lIvIng wIth a man whom I deeply

love. I recently noticed that he is watching porn when I am not around. My selfesteem crashed when I learned this, because he often claimed to be too tired to have sex. At the same time, I noticed that since he started watching porn, we have had a lot more sex. Can you help me sort this out so I can bandage up my wounds? Bummed By Porn

I get lots of letters from women – and some from men – complaining about “too tired for sex” partners sneaking off to watch porn. I had to read your letter twice to make sure I wasn’t seeing things: your partner used to claim he was too tired for sex, which presumably bummed you out, but now that he’s watching a little porn, you’re having a lot more sex… and you’re still bummed out? He’s using porn to get his juices flowing, BBP, and those juices are ultimately flowing into you. Perhaps you should be grateful to porn for the way it’s improved your sex life.

I’m a straIght male who skIpped the

sleeping around phase and went straight to long-term boyfriend. Now in my 30s, I find myself wanting to make up for lost time. I’ve talked to my girlfriend of eight years about threesomes, arrangements, swinging – anything to sleep with other women and still hold on to my relationship. My girlfriend says her sexually adventurous days are behind her. She has a low sex drive and doesn’t want to waste what little she has on other people. I’m stuck: Part of me thinks I can’t be happy sexually having never had a sexually adventurous phase, and part of me fears that I’m giving up a loving relationship for what others tell me isn’t a big deal anyway. Stuck You break up. Send your Savage Love questions to mail@ savagelove.net

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