Articles by Amber Authier

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  Amen

  Death Before Musick

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  How many endorsements from super famous rock stars does it take to give credit to an authentic punk band in the 21st century? System of a D...

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  State Of Shock

  Guilty by Association

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  Within the first few sweet piano notes, Vancouver-based State of Shock won me over. "Sound Track of Our Lives,” the opening track on the ba...

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  Calendar Girls

  Nigel Cole

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  Calendar Girls is the film version of the light-hearted story about how 11 ordinary Yorkshire, England women challenged the perceived socie...

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  I'm Not Scared (Io Non Ho Paura)

  Gabriele Salvatores

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  The opening scene of Oscar Award-winning director Gabriele Salvatores' latest film perfectly sets the stage for this heart-breaking tale. C...

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  Breakin' All The Rules

  Daniel Taplitz

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  What do you do with a broken heart? After a devastating dumping — think public humiliation, think running off to Paris with the best man, t...

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  Raising Helen

  Garry Marshall

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  Helen Harris (Kate Hudson) has it all. She lives in a stylish Manhattan apartment, works for one of the hottest modelling agents in the cit...

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  Hundred Reasons

  Shatterproof is Not a Challenge

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  Far too often bands are chastised for altering their sound to the much-detested, radio-friendly rock style. But sometimes, as in the case o...

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  Ella Enchanted

  Tommy O'Haver

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

  Cinderella, make way for Ella of Frell! This film, based on Gail Carson Levine's novel, follows the young and beautiful Ella (The Princess...