We managed to see Cloverfield a few weeks ago, and with the release of Diary of the Dead (above) this week, we have to say it's rather timely to discuss our opinion of it. As tired as this quote is, there's really no better way to describe Cloverfield than to take from Macbeth's famous soliloquy: "Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." It's particularly relevant because Cloverfield and Diary of the Dead are similar......

Feeling “Christmassy” yet? We aren’t either (we've just assumed you weren’t, apologies if you are, or something), and there isn’t that much on at the cinema yet to start ramping up the festive joy. It’s a Wonderful Life is showing at the Fox starting tomorrow and Bad Santa is going to be on at the Revue this Wednesday. To be completely honest, if you’re going to check out anything at those cinemas, we recommend......

CityPulse. The New Music. Baby Blue Movies. City Lights. Fashion Television. Speaker's Corner. These programs are among the innovative shows that have aired on CityTV since it officially launched way up the dial 35 years ago this evening. CityTV had a short gestation period after the CRTC approved its license in November 1971. Key figures in the station's early ownership included president Edgar Cowan, vice-president Phyllis Switzer, lawyer Jerry Grafstein and managing director/former CBC......

Last night's star-studded 17th Annual Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Awards brought prestigious wins for local play 'Da Kink In My Hair and playwright trey anthony. The play started as a one-woman Fringe Festival production and enjoyed multiple sold-out runs in Toronto until expanded by the Mirvishes at the Princess of Wales Theatre last year. Set in a West Indian hair salon on Eglinton Avenue, the production involves the stories of multiple women who pass through......

It doesn’t take long before the bubblegum beauty of Julian Calleros’s recent mixed-media portrait series, called The half of one self’s, gives way to a web of personal meaning. Adorned with patchwork, embroidery, bright pinks and reds, the portraits put some of the artist’s closest relationships on center stage. His mother, boyfriend, grandmother and a couple of his closest friends appear surrounded by a range of symbols that suggest the existence of an intimately personal......

A lot of the Big Ticket shows in town these days are shows that we've had the chance to see before. This is not a bad thing. There's nothing more exciting than seeing a brand new play that blows your mind, but it's also good to know that if a play is good enough, it can have a life that extends long after its initial run. Probably the highest-profile of these remounts is John......

Imogen Heap Nov. 8, 2006 Massey Hall Back for her third show this year in Toronto (first two were at the El Mocambo and Guvernment), Imogen Heap stopped by Massey Hall on Wednesday night to entertain an almost sold-out crowd, on the second stop of her winter tour. Padding barefoot onto the stage, Heap is adorned in one of her stunning signature dresses, with full red crinoline lining under her skirt and a corset......

Last year, Mirvish Productions took an intriguing chance on actor/playwright trey anthony's "'da Kink in my Hair", with little evidence that a production about Black women's experiences would have wide commercial appeal. Tickets at the Princess of Wales theatre often sold-out and anthony [capitalization sic] would see 'da Kink get extended multiple times. The strength of 'da Kink was in its everywoman vignettes, mixing comedy with gut-wrenching reality that was at times almost unbearable to......

Wilco (everyone's favourite alt-country turned rock band) played an incredible show last night at Massey Hall. Lead singer Jeff Tweedy [pictured] looked particularly frazzled: long, shaggy hair, Bob Dylan's beard, and a cast on his right leg. He sung his heart out, and was quite the charmer, dancing by dragging his hurt leg along the stage floor, and apologizing to the audience twice: one for not speaking until a half-dozen songs into the set,......

Torontoist is telling you to ignore the confusing name for this event and instead focus on the fact that it looks like it'll be a fun and fashionable evening. The Terminus 1525 sponsored I Am A Wild Party is being held at the Toronto Free Gallery tomorrow night which pretty much guarantees that it'll be fun. But just to ensure this Terminus 1525 is launching two projects at the event. The first is CVP:Trial......

This February 14th is in the running for the most depressing day of the year. The gloomy weather, the TTC fair hike, U2's performance at the Grammys and the fact that it's a Monday all add up to one sad day. So to get you and yours in the mood, Torontoist has come up with this cute little playlist...(Sorry, no downloads) VD CD 1. Notorious B.I.G. - "Me and My Bitch" 2. RZA - "My......