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Striking the right note with a Charlie Brown Christmas
It has been said that the genius of jazz legend Miles Davis was that he played silences the way that…
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The Chateau Lafayette
The Chateau Lafayette was divided into two halves. There was the tavern side and there was the escorts side. The…
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Southland
When Crash won the Oscar for Best Picture back in 2004, it struck me as an excellent example of the slightly deranged…
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Reasons to love Ottawa #1: Because only an Ottawa native could love New Edinburgh for being gritty
Although I grew up in Manor Park, I’ve always loved New Edinburgh. It seemed urban, almost gritty in comparison. The…
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Michael Fassbender, Shame and His Very Long…Scarf
My wife Rachelle wanted to see the movie Shame on Sunday. “This looks good, we should see it,” she said on Saturday…
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Looking for Lava Love-on a budget
After desiring a relationship with writer Michael Murray for some time, Guerilla determined that the best course of action would…
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Lives of constant sorrow
Shortly after I started high school, I went to the Towne Cinema on Beechwood Avenue in New Edinburgh and saw…
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Inside the Actors Studio
It used to be that I never gave celebrities any credit at all. It was my presumption that they’d reached…
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Kitschy comforts
For a long time, I’ve ridiculed both the Wheel of Fortune and those who count themselves among its fans. Some have…
